Utah Supreme Court June 15, 1875 (Thomas v. Union Pacific R. R. Co.)

Lowe, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court:

Complaint shows that Joseph Thomas was the minor son of the Plaintiff; that on the 27th of October, 1869, he was a passenger on the Defendant’s railroad train, and that by the negligence of the Defendant and its servants the train collided and the son was instantly killed.