Ogden Sun | 1905-10-03 | Page 6 | New Move in Railroad Cases

NEW MOVE AZUSA WRECK DAMAGE vigorously CON TESTED plaintiffs make a counter move to prevent transfer of actions to wyoming courts arom fridays standard upon a technicality rests the question of whether 0 not the suits that have been before the second district court and velch are the result of the azusa wreck at azusa wyoming nov 11 1904 shall be tried here or in wyoming yesterday tha attorneys for the union pacific company filed a petition in the clerks office of the district court praying that the appointment of A I 1 stone as administrator of the estates of joseph lowham ben ackles and ellham murray be vacated and set aside this morning W L magennis attorney for A I 1 stone felled a demurrer to the petition of the railroad company and a counter petition praying that the petition of tho railroad company be dismissed the decision in the case will be far reaching in effect as in the past there have been many suits tried here which it the contention of the railroad company is upney should have been tried in wyoming where laws are much more favorable to corporations po than ir this abate jn this state there la practically no limit to we amount of damages that may be assessed tor loss of life or for injuries received in a railroad wreck while in wyoming chere is a schedule in effect that prohibits the assessment of damages for the loss of life at a sum greater than the hearing en the petition comee up in the second district court oct 16 at which time arguments will be heard both tor the petition and on th demurrer