Coon v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

— J. M. Coon brought an action at law against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, under Section 7049 C. G. L., for the wrongful death of Tressor Lee Coon, plaintiff’s minor son.

The first count of the amended declaration alleged in substance that the defendant as a common carrier was on May 26, 1933, operating a steam surface railroad over a line of track in Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida, about one-eighth of a mile east of its station crossing Maryland Avenue; that about 6:20 A. M. on that day Tressor Lee Coon, plaintiff’s minor son, lawfully drove a Model T Ford along…