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ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. DE MAYO

No. 15123.

222 F.2d 462 (1955)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Margaret DE MAYO, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 13, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Reid DeJarnette, Miami, Fla., Parker Holt, Fort Myers, Fla., Frank A. Howard, Jr., Dixon, DeJarnette & Bradford, Miami, Fla., Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, Fla., C. C. Howell, Wilmington, N. C., for appellant.

Paul G. Hyman, Richard E. Hodges, and Britton, Hodges & Hyman, Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, TUTTLE, Circuit Judge, and DAWKINS, District Judge.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, appellee, was awarded a verdict in the sum of $25,000 for injuries allegedly received when she tripped over the loose end of a bracket which held the cover of a steam heating pipe extending along one of the end corridors of appellant's passenger coach. In some way, unexplained, one end of the bracket had become detached, some screws were missing, and it protruded a few inches into the aisle. The suit was by the husband and wife...

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