Palmer v. Oregon Short Line R.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; T. D'. Lewis, Judge. Action by S. J. Palmer against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
•FRICK, J.
Respondent brought this action against appellant to recover damages caused by the alleged negligence of appellant in running a train of cars over and killing respondent’s child, of about two years of age, which was on the railroad track near a country road crossing.
The facts developed at the trial are substantially as follows: The respondent at the time of the accident lived in Bannock county, Idaho, on a small farm or ranch about 1 mile east of a siding on appellant’s line of railroad, known as Topaz. Respondent’s house was about 235 feet south of appellant’s track. The country is…
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