Bowers v. Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe district court of the first district, and from an order refusing a new trial. The court of its own motion charged the jury as follows: The plaintiff brings his suit to recover damages for personal injuries to himself while in the employ of the defendant. The facts are all with you, you are the sole judges of them and of the credibility of the witnesses.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe district court of the first district, and from an order refusing a new trial. The court of its own motion charged the jury as follows: The plaintiff brings his suit to recover damages for personal injuries to himself while in the employ of the defendant. The facts are all with you, you are the sole judges of them and of the credibility of the witnesses. The law which you are to apply to the facts, as you shall find them, you must receive and take from the court. The plaintiff is bound to make out and show the existence of the facts necessary to entitle him to…
1Opinion of the Court
Boreman, J.:
The respondent, who was plaintiff below, brought au action in the first district court, against the appellant for personal injuries received in a coalmine owned and worked by the appellant. The injuries consisted of the cutting and maiming of the respondent’s right foot, by coal cars, necessitating amputation. The damages were laid at fifty thousand dollars. Answer having been filed denying the allegations of the complaint, a trial was had before a jury, resulting in a verdict and' judgment in favor of the respondent for ten thousand dollars damages. At the close of the evidence…
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