Legal Opinion
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Sarasota-Fruitville Drainage District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1958No. 16590PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This is a motion for rehearing of the decision of this Court which held, one judge dissenting, that the judgment of the trial court should be reversed, 5 Cir., 251 F.2d 583. The question presented on the appeal is the validity of an agreement entered into in 1925 by which the Drainage District agreed to save the Railroad harmless “from all loss, damage, cost and expense which the Railway may sustain, resulting from loss, injury or damage * * * growing in any manner out of the installation, presence, operation, maintenance or removal of” culverts which the railroad gave…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Kawananakoa v. PolyblankSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Becker v. Keokuk WaterworksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Brumby v. City of ClearwaterSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Arundel Corp. v. GriffinSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
- Rabin v. Lake Worth Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
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3Cited by15 opinions
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