Legal Opinion
Van Allen v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1940No. 9118PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a guest in an automobile, brought this suit for damages suffered in a crossing collision between the automobile and appellee’s railroad train. The claim was -that the injuries were the direct and proximate result of the act of the defendant in “carelessly and negligently propelling and running its train against and upon the *781automobile.” The defense was- not guilty. The evidence concluded, defendant moved for and obtained a directed verdict on the ground that the proximate cause of the injury was the negligence of the driver of the car in driving blindly…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Miller v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. WatsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. MyrickSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
- Germak v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1928
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. PiddCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Walker v. Loop Fish & Oyster Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Ry. Co., Inc. v. Church (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- McAllister v. TuckerSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
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