Legal Opinion

Trabulsy v. Loftin

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 30, 1954Published

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant brought an action against the appellees, the issues were tried before a jury which found for the appellees and the judge placed his imprimatur on the verdict by denying a motion for a new trial and entering a judgment that the appellant take nothing by his complaint.

The appellant charged that his motorcar was demolished and he was injured in a collision with appellees’ train at the intersection of their railway and Okeechobee Road in Hialeah. At such time, so it was alleged, an ordinance was in effect making it unlawful for appellees to operate trains across…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Baltimore & O. R. v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
  2. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. KaySupreme Court of Florida · 1917
  3. Peaney v. DavisOhio Court of Appeals · 1927

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