Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Cowart
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided August 1, 1939PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Buford, J. —
Writ of error brings for review judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the culmination of suit for damages occasioned by injury to cattle while in transit on defendant’s railroad.
Plaintiff in error has presented seven (7) questions for our consideration. The first question is:
“Where plaintiff in the first count of his declaration bases his right of recovery upon defendant’s alleged failure to perform its duty to safely transport and deliver a carload of cattle under a verbal agreement and in the second and third counts charges the defendant with failure to properly transport and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Jacobs v. ParodiSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. CoachmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
- Somers v. Florida Pebble Phosphate Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1905
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. SheffieldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977