Brewer v. Apalachicola Northern Railroad
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.1
In this particular railroad crossing accident case wherein Mrs. Brewer sued the Apalachicola Northern Railroad Company for the death of her pedestrian husband who walked upon the railroad track of the company in front of an approaching train at a grade crossing and was thereby killed, the record shows that while a jury could find the railroad guilty of negligence2 in affording an inadequate warning by horn or bell of the approach of the train, “it is conclusively shown that the plaintiff did not look . . . that there was no obstruction whatever to the vision, that the accident…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hoffman v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- Merchants Transportation Co. v. DanielSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. TimmonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1948
- Parker v. Perfection Cooperative DairiesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
- Perdue v. CopelandSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Brewer v. Apalachicola Northern RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1975