SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. BRANHAM


104 So.2d 356 (1958)

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY and R.H. Williams, a resident of the State of Florida, Petitioners, v. Jesse H. BRANHAM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smathers, Thompson & Dyer and L.S. Bonsteel, Miami, for petitioners.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham and Sam Daniels, Miami, for respondent.


SEBRING, Justice.

Jesse H. Branham, who was the plaintiff below, sued Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company and R.H. Williams to recover damages for injuries resulting from the negligent operation of one of the trains of the railroad company. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendants appealed, assigning as error the refusal of the Circuit Court to direct a verdict in their favor at the close of the plaintiff's case in chief and at the end of the entire...

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