Cummings v. Hines
Utah Supreme Court
PRATT, District Judge, dissenting. Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; P. G. Evans, Judge. Action by J. G-. Cummings -against AYalker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1DissentPratt, District Judge
The plaintiff
brought this action to recover the value of 35 sheep which he alleges were negligently killed by a north-bound passenger train of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company in Tooele county, Utah, on the 19th day of February, 1918. The case was tried to a jury, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff in the sum of $437.50, upon which judgment was entered April 3, 1919. Defendant appealed.
It is contended by counsel for appellant that the judgment should be reversed for the reason, among others, first, that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s finding of…
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