Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. McElroy

Citations

• 72 Fla. 90
• 72 So. 459
• 1916 Fla. LEXIS 343

Syllabus

<p>In an action for damages alleged to have been caused by fire that negligently escaped from a railroad locomotive, where there is no substantial evidence that fire from which the damage resulted did escape from defendant’s engine as alleged, from which negligence may be presumed under the statute, the charges of the court should not assume that such evidence was adduced.</p>