Connell v. Petri

HOLT, Associate Justice:

Carolyn Connell, thirteen years of age, was killed by defendant in the operation of his automobile, on the 12th day of April, 1946, on. U. S. Highway No. 17, just north of the city limits of Jacksonville, Florida, said highway being thirty-three feet in width.

The record discloses that the deceased, in the company of another girl, crossed the Seaboard Railroad tracks, located directly west of said road, on her way to the highway to await the arrival of the school bus, which they were to board, for the purpose of attending school that day. It was after 8:00 o’clock in…