Scoville v. Salt Lake City
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District. Hon. George IV. Bartch, Judge. Action by Edward P. Sooville against Salt Lake City te-reco ver damages for personal injuries to his minor child. From a judgment for plaintiff and from an order denying; a new trial, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District. Hon. George IV. Bartch, Judge. Action by Edward P. Sooville against Salt Lake City te-reco ver damages for personal injuries to his minor child. From a judgment for plaintiff and from an order denying; a new trial, defendant appeals. “The mere slipperiness of a walk, occasioned by ice or snow, not being accumulated so as to constitute an obstruction, is not ordinarily such a defect as will make the city liable for damages occasioned thereby.” 2 Dill. Mun. Cor. p. 1260, and cases cited in note 1. Slipperiness of sidewalk,…
1Opinion of the Court
MeRRItt, 0. J.:
This action was brought by respondent against the appellant to recover damages for an injury sustained by his •child, a boy aged 18 months, at the time of the accident, near the Western Union Telegraph Office, in Salt Lake -City, on the east side of Main street. Ice had been allowed to accumulate on the sidewalk, caused by the freezing of water which came down a conductor and a waste pipe leading from a sink, and was allowed to flow out and over the sidewalk. The conductor had been there a long time, and the water flowing from thence would freeze and thaw as the weather was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. JureySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Cooper v. SchlesingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Collins v. City of Council BluffsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Laber v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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3Cited by21 opinions
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