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Show Court Reverses Damage Award Leslie Taylor of Ogden loot a foot In an accident on the Bamberger Bam-berger railroad. . He Instituted suit against the road and the district court of Weber county awarded him damngea of $:0.00. The Bamberger Bam-berger company appealed to the aupreme court and that tribunal revereea the lower court on the ground that Taylor himaelf waa criminally negligent when he rode on the running board of an open car on lha railroad. Tha opinion was by Justice J. E. Frick and waa concurred In by the entire court. -To permlf' thia Judgment to stand." writes Justice J. E. Flick, "would result In a clear mlea implication of th law. To hoed otherwise than It doea would ultimately greatly Increase the burden on tha traveling travel-ing public." |