Jensen v. Oregon Short Line R.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; J. Louis Broum, Judge. Action by Charles Jensen against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThurman, J.
On March 14, 1917; plaintiff’s son, Rulon Jensen, 14 years of age, was run over and killed by a railroad train operated by defendant company at Idaho Falls, in the state of Idaho. The accident occurred at a point where defendant’s railroad crosses a street known as G street and at about the hour of 8:15 p. m. of the date above mentioned. The locomotive was attached to several cars in the rear and was pushing a rotary snowplow in front. The company’s employees, during the day of the accident, had been cleaning snow from the track and were returning to the depot at Idaho Falls. The rotary was…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Menard v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Newton v. Oregon Short Line RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1913
- Wilkinson v. Oregon Short Line RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1909
- Urias v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Christensen v. Oregon Short Line RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1909
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