Case Name: S. R. Johnston, Plaintiff in Error, v. H. Campbell and R. E. Lee, Defendants in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1930-07-30
Citations: 100 Fla. 393
Docket Number: 
Parties: S. R. Johnston, Plaintiff in Error, v. H. Campbell and R. E. Lee, Defendants in Error.
Judges: Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 393–394

Head Matter:
S. R. Johnston, Plaintiff in Error, v. H. Campbell and R. E. Lee, Defendants in Error.
En Banc.
Opinion filed July 30, 1930.
Loftin, Stokes & Calkins and Hall, Johnson & English, for Plaintiff in Error.
Chancey, Lester & Saunders, for Defendants in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
— In an action on a promissory note the court overruled a demurrer to pleas of failure of consideration and conditional delivery of the note not complied with. Verdict for the defendant was returned. The court on motion set aside the verdict and rendered judgment for the plaintiffs non obstante veredicto. On writ of error the judgment was affirmed upon the theory that all the pleas were fatally defective. Upon reconsideration it appears that even if the pleas do not state a defense to the action, yet in view of the provisions of Section 2815, Rev. Gen. Stats., 1920, Section 4502, Comp. Gen. Laws, 1927, an amendment or repleader and new trial should have been allowed. The judgment here of affirmance is vacated and the judgment of the trial court is reversed for appropriate proceedings.
Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, J., concur.
Strum and Brown, J. J., concur specially.
Ellis and Buford, J. J., dissent.