ACME CRANE RENTAL COMPANY v. IDEAL CEMENT COMPANY

No. 9693.

14 Utah 2d 300 (1963)

383 P.2d 487

ACME CRANE RENTAL COMPANY, A PARTNERSHIP, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. IDEAL CEMENT COMPANY, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT, AND UTAH CRANE & RIGGING, INC., A CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS, INTERVENORS AND APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warwick C. Lamoreaux, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

James E. Faust, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CALLISTER, Justice.

On February 13, 1960, plaintiff, Acme, entered into an oral arrangement to lease a 60-ton crane to defendant, Utah Crane. The rented crane was to be used by Utah on a job for Ideal Cement Company at its plant near Devil's Slide, Utah. In the early morning of February 17, 1960, cracks were noticed in the outrigger boxes of the crane and work was halted for a period of about 12 hours to make the necessary repairs.

Originally Acme brought...

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