Byram v. Payne
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Second District, Weber County ; A. W. Agee, Judge. Action by Robert Byram against John Barton Payne, as Agent, under the federal Transportation Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 456), of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. 'Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeber, J.
Defendant, the Director General of Railroads, appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff on two causes of action.
At Huntsville, Utah, on September 6, 1919, plaintiff delivered to defendant, for transportation to Omaha, Neb., seven carloads of sheep, and Fred J. Cobabe delivered three carloads of sheep for the same purpose. The ten cars were shipped together. Two hundred and thirty of plaintiff’s sheep and 135 of Cobabe’s died at North Platte, Neb. Cobabe’s claim was assigned to plaintiff before this action was brought.
In the first cause of action the allegations of negligence are that…
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