Riley v. Salt Lake Rapid Transit Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District. Hon. Chas. S. Zane., Judge. Action by Julian Riley against the Salt Lake Rapid Transit Company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s minor son, caused by defendant’s negligence. From a judgment for $5,000 entered on the verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff, defendant appeals. unless plaintiff remits $2,000 of the judgment.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District. Hon. Chas. S. Zane., Judge. Action by Julian Riley against the Salt Lake Rapid Transit Company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s minor son, caused by defendant’s negligence. From a judgment for $5,000 entered on the verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff, defendant appeals. unless plaintiff remits $2,000 of the judgment. The estimate of non-expert witnesses of the rate of speed of moving cars is very unsatisfactory proof and should be received with great caution. Peterson, Ry. Accident Law, 424-5; Hoppe v. Ry.…
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, J.:
Respondent brought this action to recover damages for the death of his seven-year-old son, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant. The appeal is *434from a judgment in respondent’s favor, and from tbe order overruling tbe motion for a new trial. Tbe appellant is a corporation engaged in operating a line of street railway on different streets of Salt Lake City, and, among others, a line running south on State or First East street to Fourth South street, and then turning and running east and west on the last-named street. On the 14th day of June, one of appellant’s…
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