Legal Opinion
Kirch v. Atlantic Coast Line R.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1930No. 5647PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action by appellant to recover damages for the death of her husband, Charles J. Kirch, who was killed as a result of an automobile in. which he was riding being struck by a train of the appellee railroad company at a public grade crossing in Hillsborough county, Fla.
The declaration alleges that Kirch was a guest of the driver of the automobile, and that the railroad company was negligent, in that its train was being run “at a great and unlawful rate of speed without giving any warning of the approach of same by ringing a hell or blowing a whistle.” The ease…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. CrosbySupreme Court of Florida · 1907
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. MyrickSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Arline v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. ClaughtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Edwards ex rel. EdwardsSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
- Ford v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932