Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-03 | Page 6 | Suit for $25,000 Against U. P

Suit for $25,000 Is Filed Against U. P. Joseph F. Goss, administrator of the , estate of Don Carlos Bassett, who was ; killed in an automobile accident near ltiverdale, July 16, 1916, filed suit in the district court yesterday for 326,000 damages. Tho Union Pacific railroad was named as the defendant In the action. ac-tion. An amended complaint was filed, alleging al-leging that the company was negligent negli-gent in failing to safeguard the public pub-lic by suitable means at tho crossing, i While .Bassett, accompanied by L. H. Hadley. A. G, Finch, John Doe Liv-I Liv-I ingston and John Doe Seaman, was driving his machine, it became stalled on the trackn at the Rlverdale crossing, cross-ing, the complaint states. An attempt was made to flag the train, tho complaint com-plaint states. The automobile, when hit by the train, hurled Bassett in a ditch, killing him. oo