MOSES ROSENTHAL, APPELLANT,
v.
A. A. JACKSON, AS RECEIVER OF THE PROPERTY OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY, APPELLEE
MOSES ROSENTHAL, APPELLANT,
A. A. JACKSON, AS RECEIVER OF THE PROPERTY OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY, APPELLEE
111 So. 2d 480
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1959)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases
Opinion of the Court
Affirmed on the authority of Chafin v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., Fla. 1952, 58 So.2d 185, 32 A.L.R.2d 625. See, also, Posner v. New York Central R. Co., 154 Misc. 591, 277 N.Y.S. 671; Mays v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co., 197 Misc. 1062, 97 N.Y. S.2d 909; Jensen v. Interstate Transit Lines, 221 Iowa 513, 266 N.W. 9.
CARROLL, CHAS., ' C. J., and HORTON and PEARSON, JJ., concur.
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