Edmunds v. Salt Lake & L. A. Ry. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; J. Louis Brown, Judge. Action by Wilford L. Edmunds against the Salt Lake & Los Angeles Eailway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThueman, J.
Two of plaintiff’s horses were run against and seriously injured by a railroad train operated by defendant on its railroad extending from Salt Lake City to Saltair Beach May 31, 1914. The animals were so seriously injured as to render it necessary to kill them immediately after the collision. The railroad at the place where the accident occurred runs through lands owned and occupied by private owners, *32and said lands were more or less cultivated and improved in the near vicinity of the accident. The lands were not fenced on either side of the road. It appears that plaintiff turned the horses…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad v. ParkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
- Acord v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Toledo, Wabash, & Western Railway Co. v. HowellIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
- Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago R. R. v. LindleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Meyer v. North Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1864
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