Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. James L. Swafford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1955No. 15121_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in a railroad grade crossing case, tried to a jury, with verdict for plaintiff below.
Mrs. James L. Swafford, a 42 year old housewife and rest home operator, for whose death the husband brought the action, was driving a car west on 27th Street outside of Sarasota, Florida, at 5:24 P. M. on December 31, 1952, a clear day. She was returning to her home, some distance from the scene of the accident, after having taken her maid home a few blocks from the crossing in question. She had crossed the railroad on the same street, going in the opposite direction,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. WeirSupreme Court of Florida · 1912
- Lowry v. Seaboard Airline R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. TimmonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1948
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Planters Manufacturing Company v. Protection Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Elsie B. Allen, George D. Allen v. Matson Navigation Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Price v. KingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Hockett v. ChapmanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
- Wallace Woodington v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company and S. J. Groves & Sons Co., Inc., a Minnesota Corporation, Eagle, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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