(DOWNLOAD) "Mamie Varnes v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Company" by Supreme Court of Florida * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Mamie Varnes v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
- Author : Supreme Court of Florida
- Release Date : January 29, 1920
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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ELLIS, J. -- This was an action by Mamie Varnes, as administratrix of the estate of Robert Fox, who was her son, against the Seaboard Air Line Railway for damages for his alleged wrongful death. The declaration in three counts alleges in substance that on the night of June 7th, 1917, Robert Fox was a trespasser upon a freight train of the defendant company running between Jacksonville and Tampa; that C. C. Hicks was a special agent or special officer, servant, agent and employee of the defendant charged by it with the special duty and authority of protecting said train from trespassers upon the said train, and preventing the intrusion of trespassers upon the said train and preventing trespassers from stealing rides or transportation or beating their way upon the said freight train. This is the language of the declaration alleging the relation of Hicks to the railroad company: It alleged that Hicks while acting within the scope of his authority and in the