· 6/15/1907
Wade v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Citations
- 54 Fla. 277
Syllabus
<p>In an action where the negligence complained of is the running of a train at excessive speed without a headlight, and the evidence shows that the speed of the train .and the absence of the headlight were not the cause of the accident, but that the negligence of the person injured in not leaving the track when warned to do so was the cause of the injury, the giving of an affirmative charge for the defendant was not error.</p>
Judges: Whitfield
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