Salt Lake City v. Schubach

LAESON, Chief Justice.

An action to determine the liability of a property owner, and also of a tenant of the property, to the city, for damages suffered by the city due to injuries sustained by a pedestrian through defects in a trap door over a chute or vault under the sidewalk installed and maintained for the benefit of the property.

Defendants Brisacher are the owners of a three story building at the northeast corner of the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in Salt Lake City. Many years ago, the owners of the building with the consent of the city, constructed in and under the sidewalk…