Lewis v. Silver King Mining Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Third District Court, Summit County. Hon. H. H. Bolapp, Judge. Action for damages for the death of plaintiff’s son alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant company. From a judgment of non-suit, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBaskin, J.
This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the death of her son, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.
The complaint in substance alleges that while John A. Lewis, the son of plaintiff was, on the 18th of July, 1898, engaged as a servant of the defendant, in making an excavation under the direction of defendant for a mill-site in Woodside Canyon, in Summit County, Utah, the defendant carelessly and negligently, and without knowledge or fault of the deceased, caused large rocks to be hauled and unloaded at a point on a steep hillside, above…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miller v. LucoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
- Coffey v. GreenfieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1882
- Shain v. ForbesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- McIntyre v. Ajax Mining Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1899
- Frank v. Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1899
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