Varnes v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; F. M. Robles, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This was an action by Mamie Yarnes, as administratrix of the estate of Robert Fox, who was her son, against the Seaboard Air Line Railway for damages for his alleged wrongful death. The declaration in three counts alleges in substance that on the night of June 7th, 1917, Robert Fox was. a trespasser upon a freight train of the defendant company running between Jacksonville and Tampa; that C. C. Hicks was a special agent or special officer, servant, agent and employee of the defendant charged by it with the special duty and authority of protecting said train from trespassers and preventing the…
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