REID V. SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE RAILROAD
39 Utah 617,118 P. 1009 (1911)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was an appeal from a damages award for negligence.
FACTS: Reid (P) was permitted by a landowner to graze certain cows on the landowner's
property adjacent to train tracks. One of P's cows was struck by one of San Pedro's (D)
trains and killed. The cow could have gained access to the tracks either by going through a
portion of the fence negligently left unrepaired by D or by going through a gate which could
have been negligently left open by P. D provided the gates for the convenience of the
landowner. There was no direct evidence as to the cause of the accident. It was not even
contended at trial that D left the gate open. The only solid evidence was that the animal
was killed in the immediate vicinity of the open gate but one mile from the portion of the
fence that was downed. There was no direct evidence to show which passage the animal used
nor was there any evidence that the train was operated negligently. The jury gave the
verdict to P. D appealed.
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