Groot v. Oregon Short Line R.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Second District; J. A. Howell, Judge. Action by C. P. Groot and another, partners under the firm name of C. P. Groot & Son, .against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and another. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs against defendant the Union Pacific Railroad Company, it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPrick, J.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants, as common carriers, in transporting' twelve carloads of sheep from Soda Springs, Idaho, to Omaha, Nebraska. The complaint consisted of two causes of action, one for damages to seven carloads of lambs, ewes, and wethers belonging to plaintiffs, and the other for five car loads of lambs owned by one H. C. Gorton, who assigned his claim to the plaintiffs before the bringing of this action. The answers of the defendants were, in effect, gen*156eral denials. Tbe evidence developed at tbe trial, wbicb…
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