Chipman ex rel. Chipman v. Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial ■District. Hon. H. W. Smith, Judge. Action by Sarah E. Ohipman, an infant, by John I. Ohipman, her guardian ad litem, against the Union Pacific Railway Company and 'the Utah Northern & Oregon Short-Line Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, ■defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Merritt, C.’ J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff by reason of being run over by the train of the defendant companies, and having her foot .severed at. the ankle. The testimony showed that the plaintiff, at the time of the injury complained of, was .about three years old; that on the day of the accident she went on the highway. In playing about the track, or .attempting to cross it, the plaintiff’s foot caught between the rail and a plank forming a part of the road crossing. The train was a passenger train running on regular *70schedule time. The…
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