Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Hess
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to Circuit Court for Alachua County; Jas. T. Wills, .Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The defendant in error, Roy C. Hess, brought suit in the Circuit Court for Alachua County against the Seaboard Air Line Railway to recover dam*496ages for personal injuries alleged to haye been inflicted upon him by the negligent act of the engineer on one of the defendant’s locomotives in sounding the -whistle of the locomotive at a time when the plaintiff was employed as fireman on the locomotive was adjusting the whistle, which negligent act resulted, as it is alleged, in producing deafness in one of the plaintiff’s ears. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff below, and the…
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