Case Name: McALLISTER HOTEL, INC., Appellant, v. John E. PORTE, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1959-10-16
Citations: 123 So. 2d 339
Docket Number: 
Parties: McALLISTER HOTEL, INC., Appellant, v. John E. PORTE, Appellee.
Judges: TERRELL, HOBSON, ROBERTS and THORNAL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 123
Pages: 339–345

Head Matter:
McALLISTER HOTEL, INC., Appellant, v. John E. PORTE, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Oct. 16, 1959.
On Rehearing July 8, 1960.
On Suggestion of Disqualification Oct. 7, 1960.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 17, 1960.
Anderson & Nadeau, Miami, for appellant.
H. Reid Dejarnette of Dixon, De-Jarnette, Bradford & Williams, Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This case was before us on a previous occasion. McAllister Hotel, Inc. v. Porte, Fla., 98 So.2d 781.
The case was re-tried in the Circuit Court and resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the defendant McAllister. Concluding that the jury had arrived at its verdict by mistake and had misconceived the issues, the trial judge granted a new trial in the interest of what he deemed to be the justice of the cause. We are now asked to reverse the order granting the new trial.
We have carefully examined the briefs in the light of the record and appendices. We are not constrained to conclude that in awarding the new trial the circuit judge abused the sound judicial discretion that was his to exercise. Our ultimate judgment is controlled by our opinion in Cloud v. Fallis, Fla. 1959, 110 So.2d 669 and the principles thereby announced. On the authority of the last cited decision and the cases therein discussed, the judgment under assault is—
Affirmed.
TERRELL, HOBSON, ROBERTS and THORNAL, JJ., concur.
THOMAS, C. J., and DREW and O'CONNELL, JJ., dissent.