Burbidge v. Utah Light & Traction Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; M. L. Ritchie, Judge. Action by John B. Burbidge, administrator of the estate of Peter Peterson, deceased, against the Utah Light & Traction Company. From a judgment in favor, of defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeber, J.
*98Appellant, administrator of the estate of Peter Peterson, deceased, sued to recover damages on account of the death of said Peterson, a motorman in the employ of defendant.
Five acts of negligence on the. part of defendant are pleaded in the complaint: (1) That defendant failed to place a stop or slow-down sign within a reasonable distance from a curve where the street car was overturned and the motorman killed. (2) That the accident was due to defective brakes. (3) That there was a defective roadbed. (4) That there was a defective curve. (5) That there were no guard rails at the curve.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lowe v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1896
- Cunningham v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1885
- Mangum v. Bullion, Beck & Champion Mining Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1897
- Dearden v. San Pedro, L. A. & S. L. R.Utah Supreme Court · 1907
- Hall v. Ogden City Street Railway Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Fish v. BallCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937