Stephens Ranch & Live Stock Co. v. Union Pac. R.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. Geo. G. Armstrong, Judge. Action by the Stephens Ranch & Live Stock Company against the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
The plaintiff, a corporation, brought this action against the defendant to recover damages to growing crops and to its lands which, it is alleged in the complaint, were caused by the defendant in constructing certain dams across a natural water course, and thereby causing the annual flood waters flowing therein to be diverted through an artificial ditch and cast upon plaintiff’s lands.
The complaint, originally contained three causes of action. The first one, however, was dismissed at the time of trial, and therefore is out of the case. In the second cause of action plaintiff, in substance,…
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