STATE DEPT. OF FISH AND GAME v. UNITED GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY

No. 11362.

450 P.2d 742 (1969)

22 Utah 2d 200

STATE of Utah, By and Through its DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNITED GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Kenneth M. Hisatake, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Grant H. Bagley and Clifford L. Ashton, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


TUCKETT, Justice:

The plaintiff filed this action in the court below seeking to recover for the breach of an alleged contract entered into with the defendant. The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the killing of fish in Bear Lake, Utah.

In 1963, the defendant was engaged in conducting seismic research within the United States under a contract with the Department of Defense. In carrying out the research project the defendant desired the use of bodies of...

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