Jensen v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from judgments of the district court of tbe first district, and from orders refusing ne# trials. The plaintiff’s complaint in each case contained two causes of action. The first charged the killing of the horse, according to a complaint good at common law, for the killing of the animal by the negligence of the defendant.
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Appeal from judgments of the district court of tbe first district, and from orders refusing ne# trials. The plaintiff’s complaint in each case contained two causes of action. The first charged the killing of the horse, according to a complaint good at common law, for the killing of the animal by the negligence of the defendant. The second charged the same injury under the section of the statute, which is as follows: “That any corporation operating a railway or railroad within this Territory, which shall injure or kill any live stock, by running an engine Or engines, car or cars over or…
1Opinion of the Court
Judd, J.:
The plaintiff below, appellee here, brought this action against the defendant company to recover the sum of $299,. the value of two horses which he alleges were killed by the engine and cars of the - defendant. Judgment having-been rendered in the Court below upon the verdict of the jury against the defendant company, it has brought the-*255case- to this Court, asking tliat tbe judgment be reversed- and a new trial awarded. The jury, under instructions given by the trial judge, rendered a general verdict for the plaintiff, and at the request of the defendant tbe following request for a…
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