Legal Opinion
Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. Bailey
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1951No. 13343_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by the defendant railroad company is from a judgment awarding plaintiff damages for the death of her husband resulting from a collision between defendant’s train and an automobile 1 driven by the deceased, of which the negligence of the defendant railroad company is alleged to be the proximate cause.
The collision occurred in Wildwood, Florida, at about 1:26 p. m. on December 30, 1948, a clear -cool day, where the main line tracks of defendant and Oxford Street intersect at approximate right angles. At that point there are eight tracks running substantially…
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