Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Watson

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] A. W. Watson, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, sued the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as defendant, in an action at law in the Circuit Court of Gadsden County, Florida, for damages sustained by the killing of livestock and breaking of wagon by the running of a train.

The declaration alleged that the defendant did carelessly and negligently run and operate its engine and train of cars across the public crossing at a high, rapid…