Legal Opinion
Betty Bush and Her Husband, Eddie Bush v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1958No. 17199_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Emerging from this 900-page record after a jury trial, verdict and judgment which the plaintiffs, Betty Bush, a professional woman golfer, and her husband consider inadequate for injuries sustained when her Thunderbird crashed into a small railway motorcar near Pensacola, Florida, are two simple questions. Did the Court err in (1) giving the usual railroad right of way charge since the railroad vehicle was a small motorcar, not a large train or locomotive, or in (2) failing to give the jury an explanatory illustration of a computation under Florida’s railroad…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Continental Improvement Co. v. SteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. PiddCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. GolayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
3Cited by10 opinions
- Pearson B. Garrett, Jr. v. Ellis Campbell, Jr., District Director of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Kayo Oil Company and Max Cook v. Annette SammonsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. McKinneyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
- Weeks v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
- Erskine Niel Bacon v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Central Surety & Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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