Court Opinion

ID: 3396625
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 19:04:13.31839+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:30:55.149260
License: Public Domain

I concur in what is said by Mr. Justice CHAPMAN in the opinion prepared by him in this cause for the reason that I do not think the conclusion reached by him is in conflict with our holding in the cases of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Voss and other like holdings cited by Mr. Justice CHAPMAN, because of the fact that while the appellant put on testimony in the trial, it failed to introduce any substantial evidence showing that it, the defendant in the court below, was not guilty of negligence, but, on the contrary, the evidence put on by the defendant showed that the defendant was guilty of negligence at the time, place and under the circumstances of the wrongful act complained of. Therefore, in the instant case the presumption flowing from Sec. 768.05 F.S. 1941 (same S.F.A.) was not eliminated by the introduction of defendant's evidence but was affirmatively supported, and the charge was without error.
The judgment should be affirmed.
CHAPMAN, J. concurs.
TERRELL, BROWN, THOMAS, ADAMS and SEBRING, JJ., dissent.