Smith v. Rio Grande Western Railway Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the district court of the first district and from an order refusing a new trial, Hon. John W. Blackburn, judge. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
On this appeal the only question presented for our consideration is whether or not the evidence is sufficient to justify the verdict of the jury. No errors of law whatever are assigned. The action was commenced by the plaintiff to recover $15,000 for personal injuries alleged to have occurred to him by reason of a collision with one of the defendant’s trains. The verdict was for $7,500, which the plaintiff voluntarily abated to $3,500. The facts, in substance, are, as claimed by the plaintiff, that on the 6th day of July, 1891, the plaintiff, in company with one Watters? was riding…
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