Bourne v. Moore

This action was brought by plaintiff against defendants as receivers of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Company to recover damages on account of the death of her husband in a collision between an automobile driven by him and a freight train of the railroad company at a grade crossing in Salt Lake county. Upon the trial, the jury found for the plaintiff and assessed damages against defendants in the sum of $17,850. The trial court made an order reducing the judgment to $9,500 without condition, that is, without requiring plaintiff to remit the amount of said judgment in excess of said sum as a…