Brown v. Loftin

CHAPMAN, J.:

This is a railway accident case in which Miss Nancy Virginia Brown lost her life. She, with three others occupied the rear seat of the automobile which ran into a freight train consisting of 32 cars then operated by the Florida East Coast Railway Company over a regular street crossing situated on the outskirts of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The collision occurred around 1:00 o’clock A.M., September 26, 1943. The freight train was in motion and the automobile struck the 17th car back from the engine. The automobile was driven by a Chief "Petty Officer of the United States…