Case Name: Miami Transit Company, a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, vs. R. E. Ross, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1932-07-27
Citations: 106 Fla. 298
Docket Number: 
Parties: Miami Transit Company, a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, vs. R. E. Ross, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Whitfield, P. J., and Terrell and Davis, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 106
Pages: 298–299

Head Matter:
Miami Transit Company, a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, vs. R. E. Ross, Defendant in Error.
143 So. 234.
En Banc.
Opinion filed July 27, 1932.
Petition for rehearing denied August 23, 1932.
Worley <& Worley, for Plaintiff in Error;
ColUns <& Collins, and Waller <& Pepper, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This writ of error was taken to a judgment for $4423.68 damages to the plaintiff in an action for personal and property injuries in a collision between an automobile and a motor bus. The record has been duly considered and negligence of the defendant as alleged being shown but the damages' awarded being excessive a remittitur may be permitted. Ryan v. Noble, 95 Fla. 830, 115 So. 766; Luce v. Lee, 79 Fla. 693, 84 So. 726; Florida Railway and Navigation Co. v. Webster, 25 Fla. 394, 5 So. 714. Tbe court, without a detailed discussion of the errors assigned, hereby orders1 that upon remittitur of $1500.00 being entered as of the date of the judgment, within ten days after the filing of the mandate in the trial court, the judgment will stand affirmed for the remainder $2923.68, otherwise the judgment will stand reversed for a new trial.
It is so ordered.
Whitfield, P. J., and Terrell and Davis, J. J., concur.