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Show LESSONS JTHE LAW Tha Jury in the Draper Ditch Company Case Dissolve in a Stubborn Dead-Lock. A BE00ED OF THE DOCKETS. A Bio Grande Western Passenger Asks for Damages in the Sum of $10,000. The wheels in Judge Zane's court began be-gan to grind on schedule time this morning. Tho first exercise in the judicial ju-dicial olio was tho sealed communication communica-tion from the jury in tho Draper Ditch company case, in which the court was informed that agreement was beyond the range of modern possibilities. They had been balloting and deliberating for hours without a result other thau that montioned and were accordingly discharged. dis-charged. The case of Kanedy vs the Rio Grande Western railroad was then called for trial, Judge Powers appearing for the plaintiff aud Judge Marshall for the defendant. de-fendant. It is an action to recover damages and the verdict ver-dict will appeal to the public as decidedly de-cidedly interesting. The plaintiff ,y wants $10,000 but might bo satijfied wUh something less. The complaint unfolds rather an interesting idea of the vicissitudes of frontier travel and recites va thrilling story. In August . .. last the plaintiff purchased passage at Kansas City for Salt Lake. The ticket was limited to flvo days and Denver was reached on time. At Palmer Lake the train stopped out of respect to a washout and considerable delay was Ay-" ( ;. sustained. This baviug been repaired tho train pulled out and plaintiff reached Grand Junction where the Rio Grande Western was boarded for Zion. By this time the limit of the ticket was reached and when tendered tho ticket puncher was rejected. The plaintiff says he tried to explain that a chapter , of delays had caused, but the conductor con-ductor demanded the fare or the seat in j. the coach. Plaintiff was then unloaded at 1 o'clock in the morning at a point ton-jnles this side of Fruita. The night xwas dark and rainy, aud he proceeded to hoof """ it back to the station. After a dreary pilgrimage he landed at the station and knocked on the door. Tramps are indigenous to that country; however, and tho agent identifying the Visitor ns one, declined to open the door. The result was that the plaintiff was compelled to keep company with the stars and romained on the platform until morning. For this he wants damages in the sura of $10,000. A jury has been empanneled and the case is now on its merits. It occupied the entire day. Probata Court. The following orders were made in this department yesterday: Estate of Anna B. Bale; order made fixing December 0th as date for hearing .final account and petition for distribu- . tipn. A, ; Estate of Charlotte Curtis; order eW V-w7 made appointing appraisers. Estate of Samuel L, Sprague; Saturday, Satur-day, November 2l)th, fixed as date for hearing of semi-annual account of executors. exec-utors. Estate of Albert Hedges; order made to show cause on December 17th why an order of sale of real estate should not bej'nade. Estaie of William V. Morris; decree , madehowing that due and legal notice If' too' Jitors has been giveu. f j J El. lite of A. S. Johnson; same order. 1 Estate of Thomas Jewell; claim of Cordelia Jewell for $300 allowed. , 1 1 Estate and guardianship of Sarah E. Civanaugh, a minor; order made fixing Saturday, November 2i)th, as time for I hearing semi annual account of guat- dian. Estate of David J. T. Turpin; order I made appointing appraisers. I Estate of Lehi S. Tinghey; Thursday, December 18th, fixed as date to fhow cause of sale of real estate should not be made. Estate of Henry Jugbrensen; same irder. Estate of John Masters; final dis-thi.rge dis-thi.rge of executor and sureties made. Estate of Samuel Varney; bond of tdministrator in the sum of $1000 approved; ap-proved; order made appointing appraisers. |