Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Mallard
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court en banc. Writ of error to the circuit court for Alachua county. STATEMENT. The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error in an action for personal injuries, in the circuit court of the eighth judicial circuit for Alachua county. The case was tried at the fall term, 1906, and the verdict was rendered on the first day of December, 1906, the last day of the term of court.
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This case was decided by the court en banc. Writ of error to the circuit court for Alachua county. STATEMENT. The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error in an action for personal injuries, in the circuit court of the eighth judicial circuit for Alachua county. The case was tried at the fall term, 1906, and the verdict was rendered on the first day of December, 1906, the last day of the term of court. Hon. B. H- Palmer, judge of the third judicial circuit, presided over and acted as judge of the eighth circuit for that term of court in Alachua county in the place and stead of Hon. J.…
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Shackleford, O. J.
(OAssmUng) : I am informed by my associates that they cannot concur in the opinion *551which I have prepared in this case and'that four of them have reached the opposite conclusion. I have given the opinions prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor, Mr. Justice Hocker and Mr. Justice Parki-iill nry most careful consideration and have striven to reach a like conclusion, but find myself unable to do so. This being true, in view of the importance of the questions involved, I have thought that it might be well to submit my views. I am still more inclined to this course by reason of the fact…
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