Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Johnston

74 So.2d 689 (1954)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. et al.

v.

JOHNSTON (Two Cases).

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

July 30, 1954.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1954.

Leroy B. Giles, Edward K. Goethe and David W. Hedrick, Orlando, for appellants.

Jack F. Wayman and A.M. Crabtree, Jr., Jacksonville, for appellees.

TERRELL, Justice.

Account of a crossing accident at Fort Mason, near Eustis, Florida, Edgar Johnston, a minor, secured a judgment against appellant for $36,000. Mrs. Gertrude May Johnston, a widow and mother of Edgar Johnston, secured a judgment for $4,000, account of loss of services of her…