Legal Opinion

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Miller

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 15, 1907PublishedCited by 22 opinions

This case was decided by Division B. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Putnam County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Taylor, J.:

The defendant in error, as plaintiff below, sued the plaintiff in error, as defendant below, in the circuit court of Putnam, county, in an action for damages for the death of her husband, Simon J. Miller, alleged to have been brought about by the negligence and carelessness of the defendant railroad company in the operation of its trains.

The first count of the declaration alleges that on the 17th day of January, 1906, a train of cars of the defendant company was running towards a public crossing of the defendant’s road at a high rate of speed and without giving any signal or…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1896

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Johnson ex rel. Johnson v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
  2. Graham v. A. Lusi, Limited. The Novarchos KoundouriotisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
  3. Stevens v. Tampa Electric Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1921
  4. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. WebbSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  5. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. TomberlinSupreme Court of Florida · 1915

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