Legal Opinion
Martin v. Rivers
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 21, 1954PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
72 So.2d 789 (1954)
MARTIN
v.
RIVERS.
Supreme Court of Florida. Division B.
May 21, 1954.
Loftin, Anderson, Scott, McCarthy & Preston and Don G. Nicholson, Miami, for appellant.
Davis, Kirsch, Brown & Gorman, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.
DREW, Justice.
William Rivers was struck and killed by a train operated by the appellant, John W. Martin, as trustee of the property of the Florida East Coast Railway Company. The widow, the appellee here, brought suit in the court below for the alleged wrongful death of her husband and the trial resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the widow in the sum of $26,250.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Powell v. GarySupreme Court of Florida · 1941
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. TimmonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1948
- Egley v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1922
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Wawner v. Sellic Stone StudioSupreme Court of Florida · 1954
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. James L. SwaffordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. WalkerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. McKinneyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
- McAllister v. TuckerSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
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