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Show Im m to pay 119,009 DUES Nels Paulson and Wife File Claim for Killing of Daughter Daugh-ter by Fire Chief. ALLEGE CARELESSNESS Say Accident of June 5 Was Due to Negligent and Un- 4 lawful Operation of Auto. A claim for 515,000 damages, lor i.u death of their daughtor. Elaine, who wns Killed by the automobile of Fire Chief . H. By water June 5, was filed- by Nels--Paulson and Emma F. Paulson with lb" cit v commission yesterday. In the communication presenting U I iialm it l alleged that the death of the I Huid was due entirely to the negligviut- a j id carelessness with which the automo- hflc a being operated. Following Is the t'alm In full: The undersigned, NcIh Paulson and Emma V. Paulson, his wife, respectfully respect-fully represent that on Thursday. I June j. at about the hour of is o'clock noon of said day. at or near the fctMJih crossing of the Intersection Intersec-tion of Ninth East street and Ninth South street In Suit Lake City. Salt Lake 'u.imty. Utah, Elaine McPhee Paulson, the minor daughter of -the undersigned, used S years and 10 months, was instantly killed by being be-ing struck, knocked down and run over bv the automobile of the tire ihief of the Salt Lake City' fire department, de-partment, the same being" under the control of and operated by W. 11. Bywaior. chief of the tire department of Rah Lake. City, accompanied by his automobile driver; that at said time and place, as the undersigned are informed and believe, said automobile auto-mobile was being driven at a speed in excess of fifty miles an hour, said rate of speed being dangerous to human hu-man life, and unlawful and contrary to the laws of the state of Utah and the ordinances of Salt Lake CJty regulating reg-ulating the speed of motor vehicles upon public highways and the streets of ?alt Lake Cltv. That the death of said child was caused solely by the negligent, careless care-less and unlawful operation of said automobile by said fire chief and his driver and was not caused by any carelessness, negligence or inattention inatten-tion on the part of said deceased child. That by reason or the death of said ohlld under the aforesaid circumstances, circum-stances, the undersigned have been Injured and damaged in the sum of $15,000, and the undersigned herewith here-with present a claim against Salt Lake City for said sum of $15,000 and respectfully request that the same be allowed by your honorable board of commissioners of Salt Lake City. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) NEL3 PAULSON. EMMA F. PAULSON. |