Lawrence v. Denver & R. G. R. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of Utah County, Fourth District; Hon. A. B. Morgan, Judge. Action by L. 0. Lawrence against the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. STATEMENT OF FACTS This is an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained and suffered by plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant.
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Appeal from the District Court of Utah County, Fourth District; Hon. A. B. Morgan, Judge. Action by L. 0. Lawrence against the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. STATEMENT OF FACTS This is an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained and suffered by plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant. Plaintiff in his complaint alleges, among other things, that defendant is a corporation, and that it is the owner of a line of railroad that passes through Springville City, Utah; that on or about March 28, 1916, at…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCARTY, J.
(after stating the facts as above.)
The facts of this case, briefly stated, are as follows: On March 26,1916, one Orson Bird, who was in the employ of Taylor Bros., of Provo, Utah, called at the home of plaintiff in Spanish Fork, Utah, and endeavored to sell plaintiff and his wife a piano. Respecting what was said and done on that occasion by and between the parties, Mrs. Lawrence, plaintiff’s wife, testified in part as follows:
“He (Orson Bird) had come over to our place and wanted us to go over to Provo to sell us a piano. I told him I didn’t want to buy a piano. * * * He said I would enjoy…
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