Legal Opinion

Parrish v. Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1891PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Appeal from tlie Circuit Court for Jackson county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of ' the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Tayuok, J.:

Thomas Parrish, the appellant, brought suit against the Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad Company to recover damages for an injxiry sustained by him resulting from the negligence and incompetency of the person in charge of - one of the defendant’s locomotives. The declaration alleges that said company employed one Chappel as engineer, and one Eubanks as a fireman to aid and assist 'Chappell in running and operating a steam locomotive on said railroad; that said Eubanks was inexperienced, incompetent and unfit tó act in the capacity of fireman or engineer, or to aid and assist in the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Randall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Barbaroux v. BarkerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1862
  5. Wright v. . New York Central Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. CrosbySupreme Court of Florida · 1907
  2. Camp v. HallSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
  3. Watrous v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
  4. Warner v. GodingSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  5. Pinney v. PinneySupreme Court of Florida · 1903

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