Florida Southern Railway Co. v. Hirst
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court for Alachua county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J.:
This is an action to recover damages received by Walter J. Hirst in a collision between two trains on appellant’s railroad, Hirst being on a passenger train, which was on its schedule time, and the other train being a special, or extra, train loaded with iron rails.
The rule as to negligence announced by this court in Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. vs. Yniestra, 21. *14Fla., 700, is that notwithstanding a person may be guilty of a negligent act from which injury results to another, still if the party injured has by his own negligence contributed to his receiving the injury, he…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Palmer v. Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Wilton v. Middlesex RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Eaton v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. BeggsIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
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