MELVILLE v. MIAMI SHORES

No. 62-745.

155 So.2d 739 (1963)

Virginia MELVILLE and J.G. Melville, her husband, Appellants, v. MIAMI SHORES, a municipal corporation, and Florida East Coast Railroad (The Florida East Coast Railway) a Florida corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross, Reinhardt, Preddy & Haddad and Arno Kutner, Miami, for appellants.

Dean, Adams & Fischer and Charles K. George, Bolles & Prunty, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON, TILLMAN, and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs appeal a summary final judgment for Miami Shores Village, one of the defendants in an action brought for personal injuries to the plaintiff, Virginia Melville, who alleged she was injured when she fell while walking across a railroad crossing. The crossing was within the city limits and for the purposes of this appeal may be assumed to have been in a condition which a jury might find to be dangerous to a pedestrian.

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