Melville v. Miami Shores

The plaintiffs appeal a summary final judgment for Miami Shores Village, one of the defendants in an action brought for personal injuries to the plaintiff, Virginia Melville, who alleged she was injured when she fell while walking across a railroad crossing. The crossing was within the city limits and for the purposes of this appeal may be assumed to have been in a condition which a jury might find to be dangerous to a pedestrian.

The principle question upon this appeal is whether the responsibility for requiring the railroad company to properly maintain the crossing was in the City or the…