Webb v. Brown

Citations

• 63 Fla. 306

Syllabus

<p>1. Where a transcript on writ of error is authenticated under Special Rules 1 and 3 of Supreme Court Rules, and the trial judge does not certify that the bill of exceptions contains all the evidence adduced at the trial, the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict will not be considered by the Supreme Court.</p> <p>2. Where all the evidence adduced at the trial is not duly shown to be before the appellate court, the inadequacy of the damages allowed cannot be considered.</p> <p>3. Under a plea of the general issue in an action for assault and battery, circumstances may be shown in evidence in mitigagation of punitive damages, but not of actual damages.</p>