Salt Lake Electric Supply Co. v. West
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; P. C. Evans, Judge. Action by the Salt Lake Electric Supply Company against Con West and the Board of Education of Salt Lake City, wherein the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company intervened. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the complaint in intervention and dismissing the complaint, in-tervener appeals. appellant’s points.
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Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; P. C. Evans, Judge. Action by the Salt Lake Electric Supply Company against Con West and the Board of Education of Salt Lake City, wherein the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company intervened. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the complaint in intervention and dismissing the complaint, in-tervener appeals. appellant’s points. Where the legislature substitutes a new method of substantially equal efficacy for enforcing a right or leaves standing one good method out of two theretofore existing, such substitution or…
1Opinion of the CourtGideon, J.
On July 19, 1918, plaintiff instituted this action against the defendant West to recover judgment for certain material and labor furnished the defendant .on or about January 1, 1917. The material was used in installing an electrical system in a public school building belonging to the garnishee, Salt Lake City school board. At that time West had a contract with the school board to repair or reconstruct the building in question.
At the date of filing the complaint the necessary affidavit and undertaking were filed to entitle plaintiff to a writ of attachment. The writ was issued, and thereafter…
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