Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Pelot
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for De Soto County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
— This writ of error was taken to a judgment for $490.00 and costs recovered by W. A. Pelot against the railroad company upon a declaration alleging that while the plaintiff was a passenger on the defendant’s train a servant of the defendant “did negligently, violently and suddenly, regardless of the rights of plaintiff, shove and push” a door in the car “upon plaintiff’s foot; which said stroke did then and. there crush and bruise plaintiff’s foot, causing it to rise and inflame, from *122which plaintiff was sick and sore for many weeks, to the damage of plaintiff in the sum of $800.00;.that he…
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