Reid v. San Pedro, L. A. & S. L. R. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; lion. Oeo. G. Armstrong, Judge. Action by Janet Reid against the San Pedro, Los An-geles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStraup, J.
This is an action to recover damages for tbe killing of two borses and a cow by tbe defendant in tbe operation of its railroad. Tbe case was tried to tbe court and a jury, and resulted in a judgment in favor of tbe plaintiff. Tbe defendant appeals.
Tbe action is based on a failure to fence at tbe place where tbe stock entered tbe defendant’s right of way. Our statute (Comp-. Laws 1907, sec. 456x) requires every railroad company operating a railroad by steam power to erect and maintain “a fence on each side of its railroad where tbe same passes through lands owned and improved by private…
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