Strand v. Union Pacific Railroad

McDONOUGH, 'Chief Justice.

This action was brought for damages for breach of contract, and involves the sole question of whether the action is barred by the four year statute of limitations applicable to oral contracts, Section 78-12-25, U.C.A.1953. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered by the court below holding the action barred.

On December 10, 1943, plaintiff Strand Electric Service Company and the defendant Union Pacific Railroad Company entered into a written contract by the terms of which plaintiff agreed to construct a signal pole line between Caliente and Rox, Nevada,…