Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway Co. v. Peninsular Land, Transportation & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange county. STATEMENT. The charges referred to in the following opinion as numbered 3rd and 20th, are as follows : 3rd.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange county. STATEMENT. The charges referred to in the following opinion as numbered 3rd and 20th, are as follows : 3rd. That the question of negligence is one for the jury to determine; that if the jury believes from the evidence that the property of the plaintiff was destroyed by fire, and that said fire was the primary result of the negligence of the defendant, either in not having proper appliances on his engine, or if he did have them, in not having them so adjusted as to prevent the escape of the sparks in unusually large quantities calculated to…
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment recovered against appellant by the appellees in April, 1890, for the sum of 852,909.03, and costs, in an action of trespass.
The amended declaration states : That the defendant, who is a corporation under the laws of Florida, on April 9th, 1888, owned, controlled, managed and operated a railroad from the town of Sanford, in Orange county, to Tavares, in Lake county, in this State, known as the Sanford & Lake Eustis Division of the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway Company, and that at the same time, and at the time of the construction of the…
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