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HOWARD v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 15682.

231 F.2d 592 (1956)

Roberta HOWARD, Appellant, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Bedell, Chester Bedell, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Charles Cook Howell, Jr., Charles Cook Howell, Howell & Kirby, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant entered notwithstanding a $7,000 jury verdict returned for the plaintiff. The sole question for our determination is whether the evidence, considered in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, is sufficient to warrant a finding of liability on the railroad's part for the death of the plaintiff's five-year-old son, under the Florida law of attractive...

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