PETERSON v. HANSEN-NIEDERHAUSER, INC.

No. 9485.

13 Utah 2d 355 (1962)

374 P.2d 513

DARWIN PETERSON AND LAMONT VANCE, DOING BUSINESS AS PETERSON & VANCE, A PARTNERSHIP, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. HANSEN-NIEDERHAUSER, INC., A CORPORATION, ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard W. Elton and Robert D. Moore, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

L.E. Midgley, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


ERICKSON, District Judge.

This is a tort action to recover damages for the destruction of plaintiff's truck terminal building and contents, caused when defendants, while excavating a trench on plaintiffs' property, severed a gas line, which igniting, destroyed the building and its contents.

The case was tried to a jury and from a verdict for the plaintiff, defendants appeal. For convenience, the defendants will be referred to as the appellant, while the plaintiff...

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