Preece v. Oregon Short Line R.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Second District; Hon. N. J. Harris, Judge.' Action by John Preeee against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. From a judgment, both parties appeal; the plaintiff also appealing from directed verdict for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant to recover the value of certain horses and cattle which the plaintiff alleged were negligently killed on defendant’s railroad in Davis County, Utah, at different times and dates.
There were seven causes of action stated in the complaint. In the first cause of action plaintiff sought to recover the value of a mare that was killed and for the injury of her colt which thereafter died. The mare was killed at a public crossing called Burke Lane. The second cause of action was dismissed by the plaintiff at the trial. In the third cause of…
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