White v. Salt Lake City

WOLFE, Chief Justice.

This is an action for damages against Salt Lake City, for the alleged wrongful laying of water pipes in the street abutting plaintiff’s property. Plaintiff is the fee owner of property abutting both sides of two dedicated streets which meet at right angles. His 80 acres adjoins both sides of Marie Avenue for a distance of 1300 feet and both sides of Valley Street for 1700 feet. The property is situated in Salt Lake County outside the corporate limits of the defendant municipality. The defendant laid a 48-inch steel water pipe line, three feet under the surface of the…