Salt Lake City v. United Park City Mines Company

503 P.2d 850 (1972)

28 Utah 2d 409

SALT LAKE CITY, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

UNITED PARK CITY MINES COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant and Respondent.

No. 11948.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 22, 1972.

Joseph Novak, Jack L. Crellin, Salt Lake City Atty., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Clifford L. Ashton, Charles L. Maak, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.

ELLETT, Justice:

This is an appeal by the City from an adverse ruling by the lower court sitting without a jury. The defendant, hereafter called the Mine,…