Court Opinion

ID: 9864581
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 14:06:53.845158+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:18:36.493342
License: Public Domain

THE COURT.
The petition for rehearing is chiefly addressed to a general discussion of the weight of evidence and to a criticism of the character of the witness Palazzi, asserting that his testimony is therefore unworthy of belief. These are questions solely for the consideration of the jury and conclusively illustrate the error of directing a verdict. This court does not decide that the plaintiff burned the property or falsely swore to the value or character of the property destroyed. Circumstances disclosed by the record are marshaled in the opinion merely to indicate there was substantial evidence to support the defendant’s claims and that it was, therefore, error to take these issues from the jury and direct a verdict.
The petition for a rehearing is therefore denied.
*328A petition by respondent to have the cause heard in the Supreme Court, after judgment in the District Court of Appeal, was denied by the Supreme Court on June 19, 1930.