Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the Court En Banc. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Suwannee County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
This writ of error is to a judgment *95against the railroad company for personal injuries to Mary Wallace in being struck by an engine of a train while she was crossing the railroad track on a street in the town of Live Oak, her feet being partially crushed.
The negligence alleged is that “the defendant then and there by its servants so carelessly and improperly drove and managed the said locomotive engine, that by and through the negligence and improper conduct of the defendant by its said servants in that behalf, the said locomotive engine then and there struck with great force and violence…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
3Cited by24 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. TomberlinSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
- Lowry v. Seaboard Airline R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Farnsworth v. Tampa Electric Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1911
- Seaboard Coast Line RR Co. v. BuchmanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- J. Ray Arnold Lumber Co. v. CarterSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
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