Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Johnson

This is the second appearance here of this case, see Johnson v. Florida East Coast R. Co., 66 Fla. 415, 63 South. Rep. 713, where we sustained a demurrer to a plea interposed by the railway company.

The action is based upon an alleged negligence of the defendant company, in so carelessly piling up the trunks on its platform as to cause one to fall upon the plaintiff while he was there rightfully as a passenger looking for his own baggage.

The only assignments of error we deem necessary to discuss are based upon the court’s submitting to the jury the statutory presumption against the railway…