Case Name: ECONOMY CAB COMPANY OF JACKSONVILLE, a corporation, v. ERMA LEE PINHOLSTER, joined by her husband, S. A. PINHOLSTER, and S. A. PINHOLSTER
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1943-11-23
Citations: 153 Fla. 726
Docket Number: 
Parties: ECONOMY CAB COMPANY OF JACKSONVILLE, a corporation, v. ERMA LEE PINHOLSTER, joined by her husband, S. A. PINHOLSTER, and S. A. PINHOLSTER.
Judges: BUFORD, C. J., CHAPMAN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 726–727

Head Matter:
ECONOMY CAB COMPANY OF JACKSONVILLE, a corporation, v. ERMA LEE PINHOLSTER, joined by her husband, S. A. PINHOLSTER, and S. A. PINHOLSTER.
15 So. (2nd) 674
June Term, 1943
November 23, 1943
Special Division B
Rehearing Denied December 14, 1943
Clarence G. Ashby, Henry F. Martin and Adair, Kent, Ashby & McNatt, for appellant.
John E. Teate, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This suit originated in the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida, resulting in a verdict and judgment in the sum of $6500.00 for the plaintiffs below. It is the outgrowth- of a collision between two automobiles on July 19, 1942, at the intersection of Second and Hubbard Streets in the City of Jacksonville. An ordinance of the City requires all vehicles approaching street intersections to protect vehicles on the right approaching the intersection. The latter, by the terms of the ordinance, was given the right of way.
The appellant has perfected its appeal here. It is contended (1) that the failure to exercise ordinary care on the part of the appellee while driving the automobile at the street intersection constitutes contributory negligence per se, and for this reason the appellees, as a matter of law, are precluded from a recovery; and (2) the amount of the verdict and judgment is excessive.
The entire record has been carefully considered, the briefs read and studied, the cited authorities closely examined, and, after hearing able oral argument at the bar of -this Court, we have concluded that the judgment should be affirmed on the authority of Toll v. Waters, 138 Fla. 349, 189 So. 393. See Turner v. Modern Beauty Supply Co., 152 Fla. 3, 10 So. (2nd) 488, and similar cases.
It is so ordered.
BUFORD, C. J., CHAPMAN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.