SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD CO. v. BRADDOCK


96 So.2d 127 (1957)

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Virgil BRADDOCK, Appellee. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. James M. BRADDOCK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smathers, Thompson & Dyer, Miami, and Fleming, Scott & Botts, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham, William S. Frates, Walter H. Beckham, Jr., and Sam Daniels, Miami, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

TERRELL, C.J., and THOMAS, HOBSON, DREW, THORNAI and O'CONNELL, JJ., concur.

OGILVIE, Associate Justice, dissents.

CLAUDE OGILVIE, Associate Justice (dissenting).

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