Morris v. Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County- Statement. The plaintiff in error, William H. Morris, by W. J. Morris his prochein ami, on the 24th day of January, 1895,instituted his action of trespass for personal injuries against the defendant in error, th-e Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company, in the Circuit Court of Duval County.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County- Statement. The plaintiff in error, William H. Morris, by W. J. Morris his prochein ami, on the 24th day of January, 1895,instituted his action of trespass for personal injuries against the defendant in error, th-e Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company, in the Circuit Court of Duval County. The original declaration in the- cause is as follows: (1) “Herman Morris, by his next friend William J. Morris through Fletcher and Wurts, his attorneys, sues the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company, a corporation organized and doing…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, C. J.
(after stating the facts.)
The rulings of the court below upon.' the demurrers to the original and amended declarations, and the entry • of the final judgment thereon are assigned as error.
*23The gist of the contention made by these demurrers is that neither >of 'the counts, of the original or amended declaration, when confessed to be true, makes out a case of legal liability against the defendant company.
There are four counts to the original declaration and two to the amended declaration, and for convenience we will refer to them- as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th counts, in the order in…
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