Legal Opinion
Santi v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1968No. 10988PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROCKETT, Chief Justice:
Plaintiff Joseph Santi sued the defendant, The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, claiming breach of contract to sell him 16 carloads of lumber which had been dumped along the railroad right-of-way in a train wreck and derailment November 3, 1962, near Woodside, Utah. Upon a plenary trial the district court found that no contract had been entered into and rendered judgment against the plaintiff. He appeals.
Immediately following the derailment the Railroad sent a freight claims agent, E. B. Mitchell, to the site to see what could be done about salvaging the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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