Show important sheep decision salt lake may 30 A decision of considerable import to bool men waa was handed down last week by the supreme court of tho tile united states to the effect that tho the federal courts have jurisdiction over cases arising from ainu ck of sheep crossing private land when passing from one government pasture to another nn other the caso case in question was that of the uintah development company I 1 against john 0 mackay the company a corporation under the laws las of wyoming got action in the wa W oming courts against mackai for damages alleged to hae ila e been sustained when mackay and others I 1 sheep across their land a former railroad grant forty miles M wide to get got from one government pasture to another mackay applied to have the case removed to the federal court and it wai tried there it was then appealed to the ch cult court at den denver or the latter court held the case under 1 consideration for three months being unable to agree whether a federal court had jurisdiction in the case the question was then certified to the supreme court |