Burbidge v. Utah Light & Traction Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; W. H.'Bramel, Judge. Action by John B. Burbidge, administrator of the estate of Peter Peterson, deceased, against the Utah Light & Traction Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGideon, J.
The plaintiff, as the administrator of the estate of Peter Peterson, deceased, brings this action to recover damages for the death of his intestate. The deceased was employed as a motorman by the defendant company and at the time of the accident was operating a car over one of its tracks. The accident is alleged to have been the result of the negligence of the defendant company. The alleged acts and omissions constituting the negligence are: (a) Defendant used, or suffered to be used, an unsafe, defective, and insufficient street car; and particularly a car with a defective set of brakes, (b)…
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