Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Consolidated Freightways

McDonough, justice.

One question of substance is presented by this appeal, namely, whether the record supports the finding of the trial court that plaintiff’s damage was caused by the negligence of defendant Gordon Ray.

On February 14, 1949, a gasoline truck and tank trailer belonging to appellant, one of the defendants below, ran some 12 feet from the edge of State Highway 30 near Brigham City, Utah and collided with a high transmission tower, breaking the concrete base thereof and the electric wires supported by it and causing a gasoline explosion and fire which burned plaintiff’s telephone…