Legal Opinion

Cowan v. Salt Lake & U. R. Co.

Utah Supreme Court

Decided April 12, 1920No. 3418PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; P. C. Evans, Judge. Action by Edna Cowan against the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.

The plaintiff recovered judgment in the district court of Salt Lake county against the defendant for damages for personal injury which she alleged was received through the negligence of the defendant in operating one of its suburban passenger trains at a street crossing in the town of Salem, Utah, which train collided with an automobile in which the plaintiff was riding at the time of the accident. The defendant appeals from the judgment.

The collision in question was considered by this court in the ease of Shortino v. Salt Lake & U. R. Co., 52 Utah 476, 174 Pac. 860, and in Montague v. Same,…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Brommer v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1910
  2. Cotton v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  3. Davis v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  4. Robison v. Oregon-Wash. R. & N. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Brickell v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Haarstrich v. Oregon Short Line R. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Parramore v. Denver & R. G. W. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  3. Caperon v. TuttleUtah Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Young v. White Sulphur & Huntersville RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Jackson v. Utah Rapid Transit Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1930

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