McALLISTER v. TUCKER


88 So.2d 526 (1956)

SUSIE BELLE McALLISTER, APPELLANT, v. ROBERT LINWOOD TUCKER AND SEABOARD AIRLINE RAILROAD COMPANY, A CORPORATION, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division A.

On Rehearing June 20, 1956.

Further Petition for Rehearing Stricken July 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Pepper Law Offices, Claude Pepper, Neal Rutledge and Jordan Bittel, Miami, for appellant.

Smathers, Thompson, Maxwell & Dyer, Douglas D. Batchelor, David W. Dyer and L.S. Bonsteel, Miami, for appellees.


TERRELL, Justice.

This action was brought by appellant against appellees to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband in a railroad crossing accident near Quincy in Gadsden County, Florida. At the trial defendants moved for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's case and at the close of the trial. The court reserved judgment on both motions and let the case go to the jury which returned a verdict against the Seaboard Airline Railroad Company and...

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