CITY OF JACKSONVILLE v. FRANCO

Nos. EE-488, EE-499.

361 So.2d 209 (1978)

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, a Municipal Corporation, and the Travelers Insurance Company, a Corporation, Appellants, v. Virginia J. FRANCO, As Administratrix of the Estate of Maurice Charles Franco, Jr., Deceased and Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, a Corporation, Appellees. SEABOARD COST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Stelljes, Jr., of Marks, Gray, Conroy & Gibbs, Jacksonville, for City of Jacksonville.

William C. Gentry, Joseph P. Milton, Jacksonville, Hugh C. Griffin of Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., E. Dale Joyner of Toole, Taylor, Moseley, Milton & Joyner, Jacksonville, for Virginia J. Franco et al.

E. Dale Joyner of Toole, Taylor, Moseley, Milton & Joyner, Jacksonville, Hugh C. Griffin of Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for Seaboard Coastline R. Co.


MELVIN, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, the City of Jacksonville, and the defendant, appellee and cross-appellant Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company appeal from final judgments entered against them in litigation that arose out of a collision between an automobile driven by plaintiff's decedent, Maurice Charles Franco, Jr., and a Seaboard train at a crossing near the intersection of Lane Avenue and Beaver Street in the City of Jacksonville, Florida. The appellant, City...

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