Legal Opinion

Tampa Electric Co. v. Bourquardez

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided August 8, 1916PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Writ of Error to Circuit Court, Hillsborough County; F. M. Robles, Judge. Cockrell, J., dissenting.

1Opinion of the CourtShackleford, J.

—R. C. Bourquardez, as administrator of the estate of D. B. Bourquardez, deceased, insti*162luted an action at law against the Tampa Electric Company, a corporation, owning and operating a line of electric railway in Hillsborough County, whereby he sought to recover damages in the sum of $25,000.00 for the death of D. B. Bourquardez, a son of R. C. Bourquardez, approximately twenty-one years of age, whose death was alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant. The declaration consists of three counts, the first of which alleges that “a car of the defendant at said time and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Warfield v. HepburnSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
  2. Beal v. McKeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
  3. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1907
  4. Consumers Electric Light & Street Railroad v. PryorSupreme Court of Florida · 1902
  5. Ingram-Dekle Lumber Co. v. GeigerSupreme Court of Florida · 1916

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Triay v. BurrSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  2. Stevens v. Tampa Electric Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1921
  3. Germak v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1928
  4. A. Mortellaro & Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. MannSupreme Court of Florida · 1926

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