ROMRELL v. W.W. CLYDE AND COMPANY

No. 13801.

531 P.2d 867 (1975)

Rulon ROMRELL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. W.W. CLYDE AND COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen G. Morgan, Morgan, Scally, Lunt & Kesler, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Phillip V. Christensen, Christensen, Taylor & Moody, Provo, for plaintiff and respondent.


MAUGHAN, Justice:

In this matter the contractor is charged with negligence which resulted in the death of a Charolais bull and a Hereford cow. The negligence complained of is the undermining of a fence, which previously had closed an area where the animals were located, thus allowing the animals to crawl under the fence, wander into a nearby field of new alfalfa, where they became bloated, and died.

The matter was tried to a jury, and from a judgment on the...

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