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Van Engers v. Hickory House, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 5, 1960
118 So. 2d 657 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960)

Opinion

No. 59-410.

March 10, 1960. Rehearing Denied April 5, 1960.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, William H. Herin, J.

Schlissel Scher, Miami Beach, for appellants.

Walters, Moore Costanzo, Miami, for appellee.


This case was previously before this court. At that time we found, upon an appeal from a summary final judgment, that a genuine issue of material fact existed and returned the cause for trial. At the conclusion of the trial the plaintiff requested a charge which was an exact quotation from the opinion of this court upon the appeal. The charge was refused and upon delivery of an adverse verdict and entry of judgment thereon, the plaintiffs appealed. They urge that the refusal of a charge embracing the law as declared in a former appeal constitutes reversible error.

Van Engers v. Hickory House, Fla.App. 1958, 104 So.2d 843.

The use of any given language in an opinion is not sufficient to require the use of that language by a trial court in its charge upon a subsequent trial of the same case. Alford v. Cochran, 189 Or. 24, 216 P.2d 667, 669; News Leader Co. v. Kocen, 173 Va. 95, 3 S.E.2d 385, 391, 122 A.L.R. 842; cf. Davis v. Cain, 86 Fla. 18, 97 So. 305; Florida Ry. Co. v. Dorsey, 59 Fla. 260, 52 So. 963. A jury is properly instructed upon the law of the case as it applies to the evidence. The need for instruction is determined by the issues litigated. The opinions of appellate courts necessarily employ legal terms not always generally understood. Their purpose is to define. Instructions have the broader purpose of aiding the jury in their understanding of the case.

An examination of the entire charge in the instant case discloses that the principles of law applicable to the evidence were adequately covered in the particular to which our attention is directed by the assignment of error.

Affirmed.

HORTON, C.J., and MILLEDGE, STANLEY, Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Van Engers v. Hickory House, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 5, 1960
118 So. 2d 657 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960)
Case details for

Van Engers v. Hickory House, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:MABELLE A. VAN ENGERS AND LOUIS VAN ENGERS, HER HUSBAND, APPELLANTS, v…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Apr 5, 1960

Citations

118 So. 2d 657 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960)

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