WADFORD v. ATLANTIC CO.


86 So.2d 440 (1956)

Sheila Joyce WADFORD, a minor, by her next friend, Janice S. Wadford, Appellant, v. ATLANTIC CO., a corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Sheldon and Fred T. Saussy, Jr., Tampa, for appellant.

T. Paine Kelly, Jr., of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellee.


TERRELL, Justice.

About 1:30 P.M., November 23, 1953, a clear day, Clyde Wadford was driving easterly on Highway 580 in Hillsborough County. He saw friends approaching in the opposite direction and stopped, parked his car from 30 to 36 inches off the pavement and crossed the road for a word with his friends. He returned to his automobile in a few minutes and saw defendant's ice truck driven by James Sylvester Becton approaching from the west. The evidence is in conflict...

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