Legal Opinion

Rayam v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 17, 1935PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.

Writ of error in this case is to review a judgment in favor of the defendant o?i demurrer sustained to an amended declaration. The amended declaration attempted to state a cause of action against a railroad company for damages incurred when plaintiff’s automobile being driven by plaintiff in the night time on a public highway came into collision with a flat car loaded with steel rails standing on defendant’s railroad tracks, the same being a spur or service track and not a main line, and when such car was loaded was stopped and standing on the tracks obstructing the highway by reason of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. McCormickSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
  2. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Board of Bond Trustees of Special Road & Bridge District No. 1Supreme Court of Florida · 1926
  3. State ex rel. Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Board of EqualizersSupreme Court of Florida · 1922
  4. Tampa Electric Co. v. SouleSupreme Court of Florida · 1922

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Poindexter v. Seaboard Air Line R. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1951
  2. Cline v. PowellSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
  3. Clark v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1939
  4. Louisville & N. R. Co. v. OutlawAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
  5. Good v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944

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