Thomas v. Springville City
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the district court of the first district and from an order refusing a new trial, Hon. John W. Blackburn, judge. , On tbe question of admitting • the testimony of other horses shying, they cited 1 Greenleaf on Evidence, 52-448; Parker v. Portland, 31 Am.
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Appeal from a judgment of the district court of the first district and from an order refusing a new trial, Hon. John W. Blackburn, judge. , On tbe question of admitting • the testimony of other horses shying, they cited 1 Greenleaf on Evidence, 52-448; Parker v. Portland, 31 Am. Rep.'262; Kidder v. Dunsiable, 11 Gray, 342; Aldrich v. Pelham, 1 Gray, 510. They charged that the court was biased, as shown by its rulings, and evidenced certain passages in the brief, but since the court did not consider them worthy of notice, they are not inserted. The purported statement of facts in appellant’s…
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, J.:
This action is brought to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by Lavina M. Thomas and occasioned by a fall from a bridge over a streem within the corporate limits of the defendant.
The plaintiff was driving a horse attached to a carriage across this bridge, when the horse became frightened at a hole in the bridge, which had been partly covered by a plank, and backed off the bridge, causing the plaintiff to fall about ten feet into the water below.
Plaintiff claims damages on account of the unsafe and ■ negligent condition in which the bridge was left. The floor of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- District of Columbia v. ArmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Ring v. . City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Pomfrey v. . Village of Saratoga SpringsNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- City of Chicago v. PowersIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Kennedy v. . MayorNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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- Powell v. Nevada, California & Oregon RailwayNevada Supreme Court · 1905
- DeBry v. NobleUtah Supreme Court · 1995