| Show AlUtOAII lKl3lHIO Ulllroad law has been rapidly crystalllzlnK during Ibo last twenty lIe years and moro especially during the list doesdowith the remit that lorlrun fixed prlnclplea tin relatloi to it have litcomo ao thoroughly estab IlilicJ that tho courts rosltlvely refuse to disturb thorn and Irgltlatlvo acts which meek to do ro are set aside One 01 Ibuo fixed principles may be thus exprosEe A rtllroaj company while euKaged lu conducting a lawful buslntes a lawful mtnnor oinnil beheld be-held responsible for damages that may coo 10 olber Iellooo without con Irlbutory legllutnce on Its pail TIm and again state legislatures have I ssied Ian ILI violation ot this natural rule of rights but the overwhelming weight of judicial authority has held such statutes to be Invalid This blunder which baa become an antiquated chestnut amour lawyers and well Informed legislators wee committed by the House branch of the Utah Legislature yesterday The no lion of tbe railroad bill which related to Undue tracks and res oLslblllly for I livestock killed had bon dlscused i when MuriiocU Offered a substitute I I or It which sail nothing I about fences but merely provIded i brltfl that the I ullrcod cLmfny should bo rlon ble for all live atocj klllnd en iu tracks No mailer what precautions the railroad may talks 10 prevent tile kill lug of stick and no miller bow careless care-less I or lIglIgnl the Vivant 01 this aslnials may Lee II I they ate killed on the track the railroad Must lay fir them Such Is I tho Utter ot too see lunas tanol by the Houte Tli s itettaiienfclcedaocordlllgtottitetille ouldollord a ready marketfirlive tttct I u order for the owmr of thu onlmIlo turn them Into castle ho would merely havo to drtvo Ibtui < < ui a railroad trick But the principles ol civil ztj I ru prudence ore u it so Coldly over lie by uuwlie ULllatlon A ftlf n I r nili y ain lo I flat j r or l tip bolo dama ca when an Injury 10 t itti IU son or properly of another I tell is from negligence on Its part but It cannot ba to bell when U has nol been guilty of negligence Ignoiance of this pleat prltclplo led the House lo adopt Ibo lutitliuie etcllon rolorrovl lo It that provision shall be patted finally by the Legfols lure and llInd by the U vernor It will not aflitl the ixlttlng utr upon the subjttl that law has bicime a pillar In tile temple of moJern jurisprudence which cannot Lo rOved tilt of Ua place until tile whole fibrla tall or Is I remodeled The NE5 repeals what It Ins laid I before that it Is poor statetmtutblp for H legislature to how uulrlfuJllnes towards railroads In Arizona for Ibilanc IhoieBlilatlon Is to ncout age railways rather IIIn olborwle aid mould bo a i bore In this State we need the Tuttle woiei than We Lord city I regulations ol them It Is proter hem to add that the majority of the resent assembly has shown a decided frleiidllnesi U railroad eulorprliit and Iho probability It I that the action of The llouie hero crltlclsod was not Intended to be adverse lo them but rather was deslgceJ 10 solve a qUlllloll that had perplexed some ol the members a good deal I There Is tlmo to correct Ibo error gnu ILeerl In the code a alld aud reason able > section covering this ubsct and this ought U I tu done |
