ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. TURPAK

Nos. 68-179, 68-180.

225 So.2d 340 (1969)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Appellant, v. Johnnie M. TURPAK, a Widow, Appellee. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Appellant, v. Johnnie M. TURPAK, As Executrix of the Estate of Harold M. Turpak, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giles, Hedrick & Robinson and Edward K. Goethe, Orlando, for appellant.

Frates, Fay, Floyd & Pearson, Miami, and Davis, McLin, Burnsed & Austin, Leesburg, for appellee.


PIERCE, Judge.

Appellant Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, defendant below, brings these appeals from final judgments rendered in favor of Johnnie M. Turpak, suing in one suit as widow and in the other as Executrix of her deceased husband's estate.

On March 8, 1965, Harold M. Turpak, plaintiff's husband, was driving his pickup truck easterly on West South Street in Leesburg. He applied the brakes and brought his truck to stop on ACL's main track which...

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