Brereton v. Dixon

20 Utah 2d 64 (1967)

433 P.2d 3

RULON BRERETON, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT,

v.

RALPH DIXON, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

No. 10637.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 26, 1967.

Dallas H. Young, Jr., Provo, for appellant.

Jackson B. Howard, Provo, for respondent.

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff, Rulon Brereton, sued the defendant, Ralph Dixon, alleging that the latter negligently permitted a fire in which he was burning rubbish in connection with a construction project to escape and destroy the usefulness of 111 peach and pear trees, being about one-third of plaintiff's three-acre orchard adjacent to his home…