Florida Railway Co. v. Adams

Citations

• 56 Fla. 294

Syllabus

<p>1. The provisions ,of Section 2864 oí the General Statutes of 1906 make it the duty of a railway company to properly equip all flat cars belonging to such carrier and which may be furnished on which to load any cargo of lumber with sufficient standards, supports, railing, etc., necessary to' hold and keep the cargo firmly in place. This statute, however, does not make it the duty of -the railway company to equip flat cars furnished by it to the shipper when the said cars belong to other railway companies.</p> <p>2. It is the duty of a court to interpret laws and not make them. When the meaning of a statute is clear, its consequences, i£ evil, can only be avoided by a change of the law itself, to be effected by the Legislature and not by judicial construction.</p>