Florida Motor Lines v. Millian
Decision Date | 01 February 1946 |
Citation | 24 So.2d 710,157 Fla. 21 |
Parties | FLORIDA MOTOR LINES v. MILLIAN et al. |
Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Duval County; Miles W. Lewis judge.
Milam McIlvaine & Milam, of Jacksonville, for appellant.
Evan Evans, of Jacksonville, for appellees.
Two suits were filed in the lower court, one each by the respective appellees, against Florida Motor Lines, a corporation, for damages accruing to the respective parties as the result of a collision which was alleged to have been caused by the negligent operation of a bus belonging to the defendant and then being operated by its agents, servants and employees.
The two cases were consolidated and tried in the lower court and are consolidated on appeal to this Court.
The plaintiffs introduced their evidence in the lower court establishing the fact the automobile in which plaintiffs were riding as passengers was stopped by the driver at an intersection while the traffic light at that intersection showed amber and immediately thereafter showed red and that a bus bearing the name of Florida Motor Lines in large letters on the side thereof ran into and collided with the back end of the automobile in which plaintiffs were riding, thereby inflicting injuries on the plaintiffs.
Appellants have presented four questions, which we are asked to determine, as follows:
'Question No. 4. Assuming that the bus carried the name 'Florida Motor Lines' on the side of the body, and that this raised a presumption as to ownership of the bus, does this establish such a prima facie case that the court may, as a matter of law, take the question from the jury on a instructed verdict?'
It will be observed that there is no question presented here as to the sufficiency of proof of negligence on the part of the driver of the bus or that that negligence was a proximate cause of the injury; nor is there any contention made that either verdict was excessive.
The defendant introduced no evidence. The only plea offered by the defendant was 'not guilty'.
Sec. 52.19, Fla.Statutes 1941, same F.S.A., is as follows: '52.19 Operation of plea of not guilty in tort actions.--In action for torts, the plea of not guilty shall operate as a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongfully act alleged to have been committed by defendant, and not of the facts stated in the inducement, and no other defense than such denial shall be admissible under that plea; and other pleas in denial shall take issue on some particular matter...
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