Case Name: Edward Ball, Plaintiff in Error, v. James A. Yates, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1940-05-03
Citations: 145 Fla. 537
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward Ball, Plaintiff in Error, v. James A. Yates, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Terrell, C. J., Whitfield, Brown, Buford, Chapman and Thomas, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 145
Pages: 537–538

Head Matter:
Edward Ball, Plaintiff in Error, v. James A. Yates, Defendant in Error.
200 So. 692
En Banc
Opinion Filed May 3, 1940
Rehearing Denied July 8, 1940
George M. Powell, Henry P. Adair, John M. McNatt, William H. Rogers and Fred H. Kent, for Plaintiff in Error;
Robert H. Anderson, Harry T. Gray and Charles E. Davis, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case was before us in Yates v. Ball, 137 Fla. 530, 188 Sou. 586. It appears now on an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff below. When it was presented before, the trial judge had instructed a verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff's testimony and on that appeal we held that the jury should have been permitted to pass upon the issues after introduction of the defendant's testimony.
Following that decision the circuit court conducted an extensive trial at which there was offered voluminous testimony on the part of the respective litigants.
With the picture of the transaction now complete, we are of the view that the verdict is not supported by the evidence adduced in support of the allegations of the declaration and the motion for a new trial should have been granted with leave to amend the declaration if so advised.
For the reasons stated, the' judgment is reversed and a new trial awarded.
So ordered.
Terrell, C. J., Whitfield, Brown, Buford, Chapman and Thomas, J. J., concur.