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City of Pensacola v. Quina

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B
Jun 6, 1939
138 Fla. 510 (Fla. 1939)

Opinion

Opinion Filed June 6, 1939

A Writ of Error from the Circuit Court for Escambia County, L.L. Fabisinski, Judge.

Coe McLane, for Plaintiff in Error;

Fisher Fisher, for Defendants in Error.


The writ of error herein was taken by the plaintiff below upon the ground that the amount of damages awarded by the verdict and adjudged by the trial court to the plaintiff, is inadequate for the alleged breach of contract rights in a street paving undertaken.

It is not entirely clear that the contract rights of the parties, as such rights could reasonably have been interpreted by the court and the jury, require as matter of law a greater award of damages to the plaintiff than that fixed by the jury and approved by the trial court in denying a motion for new trial; therefore, it is not shown that there is an abuse of discretion by the trial judge or a miscarriage of justice, and the judgment should be affirmed. It is so ordered.

WHITFIELD, P. J., and BROWN and CHAPMAN, J. J., concur.

THOMAS, J., concurs in opinion and judgment.

Justices TERRELL and BUFORD not participating as authorized by Section 4687, Compiled General Laws of 1927, and Rule 21-A of the Rules of this Court.


Summaries of

City of Pensacola v. Quina

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B
Jun 6, 1939
138 Fla. 510 (Fla. 1939)
Case details for

City of Pensacola v. Quina

Case Details

Full title:CITY OF PENSACOLA, for the use of EDWARD M. CHADBOURNE, v. M. A. QUINA…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. Division B

Date published: Jun 6, 1939

Citations

138 Fla. 510 (Fla. 1939)
189 So. 688

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