UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. EL PASO

No. 10361.

17 Utah 2d 255 (1965)

408 P.2d 910

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan P. Leverich, A.U. Miner, Howard F. Coray, Scott M. Matheson, Norman W. Kettner, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Skeen, Worsley, Snow & Christensen, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiff, Union Pacific Railroad Company, seeks payment under an indemnity covenant from the defendant, El Paso Natural Gas Company, for damages which the plaintiff paid to one of defendant's employees who was struck by the plaintiff's train. Upon the basis of the pleadings, mutual responses to discovery procedures and documentary evidence, the district court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment, from which plaintiff appeals.

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