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BUTLER v. MacDOUGAL

No. 59-266.

120 So.2d 832 (1960)

J. Turner BUTLER and William A. Hallowes, As Trustees of the Property of the Florida East Coast Railway Company, a Corporation, Appellants, v. Doris MacDOUGAL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott, McCarthy, Preston, Steel & Gilleland, Robert Beckham, Miami, and Harold B. Wahl, Jacksonville, for appellants.

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

CARROLL, CHAS., Judge.

One Robert MacDougal was killed in a collision between his automobile and a switch engine of the defendant railway company at a crossing in the city of Jacksonville. His widow filed an action for damages in the circuit court in Dade County against the Trustees of the Florida East Coast Railway Company, alleging that her husband's death was caused by the negligence of the railroad. A jury verdict in her favor resulted, for $85,000. Judgment was...

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