Gulf Life Ins. Co. v. Stossell, (1938)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 21
Judges: TERRELL, J.
Attorneys: Loftin, Stokes Calkins, Robert H. Anderson and Harold B. Wahl, for Appellant;
W.H. Mizell, for Appellee.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
Filed: Feb. 04, 1938
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The petition for rehearing is directed to that part of the Court's opinion reading as follows: "In support of its contention, Appellant exhibited here and in the court below some moving picture films. We have not before been called on to rule on the challenge to this class of evidence. "We hold that such evidence is admissible, but to be so, it must be produced under the direction of a commissioner *Page 128 appointed by the court for that purpose. Opposing counsel should also have notice and an
Summary: The petition for rehearing is directed to that part of the Court's opinion reading as follows: "In support of its contention, Appellant exhibited here and in the court below some moving picture films. We have not before been called on to rule on the challenge to this class of evidence. "We hold that such evidence is admissible, but to be so, it must be produced under the direction of a commissioner *Page 128 appointed by the court for that purpose. Opposing counsel should also have notice and an ..
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Upon further consideration of this matter, I think the correct rule is stated in the last sentence of the opinion. After all, moving pictures are but a reproduction of a rapidly taken series of photographs, and should be admitted under the well established
rules governing the admission in evidence of photographs.
Source: CourtListener
