Gillmor v. Salt Lake City
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; before Justice T. D. Lewis. Action by Charles Gillmor against Salt Lake City. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals. APPELLANTS POINTS.
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Appeal from District Court, Third District; before Justice T. D. Lewis. Action by Charles Gillmor against Salt Lake City. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals. APPELLANTS POINTS. The general rule in relation to the liability of a municipal corporation for the tortious acts of its agents and servants has been stated as follows: “A municipal corporation is liable for the acts of its officers, servants and agents, done within the scope of their authority, though neither expressly authorized in advance nor subsequently ratified by it, or as the rule has been otherwise expressed, a city…
1Opinion of the CourtPeick, J.
This is an action for damages for a trespass upon and injury to property alleged to have been committed by three police officers of the defendant city jointly with other persons. The plaintiff, in substance, alleges in his complaint that the defendant is a municipal corporation; that the plaintiff is *183tbe owner of certain real estate, describing it; that'a body of men under the direction and control of three police officers of the defendant city, naming them, were engaged in searching the Jordan river for a dead body supposed to be therein, and in doing so entered upon the inclosure of…
2Cited by25 opinions
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- Standiford v. Salt Lake City Corp.Utah Supreme Court · 1980
- DeBry v. NobleUtah Supreme Court · 1995
- Niblock v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1941
- Rollow v. Ogden CityUtah Supreme Court · 1926
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