Twenty-Second Corp. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. M. L. Ritchie, Judge. Action by the Twenty-Second Corporation of tbe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. APPELLANTS'’ POINTS.
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Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. M. L. Ritchie, Judge. Action by the Twenty-Second Corporation of tbe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. APPELLANTS'’ POINTS. Where the laws or constitutional provisions of sister states have been adopted which have previously been construed by the supreme courts of such states, they are presumed to have been adopted in the light of their interpretation, and take with them the construction placed upon them: People v. Ritchie, 12 Utah. 180, 193.…
1Opinion of the CourtErick, J.
This is an action for damages alleged to have been caused by the operation of appellant’s trains to respondent’s property used for church and other purposes.
The material facts, briefly stated, are, in substance as follows: Respondent, in 1890, erected a certain building forty by sixty feet, to which it added, in 1900, what is termed “the annex,” forty by seventy feet. These buildings are used for church purposes; that is, the usual Sunday and week day services are held in them, and, in connection therewith, Sunday school and other religious exercises were also conducted therein. The buildings…
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