Show I INSA VICT I JUDGE o ABA MOST tOOT OF OP orix Magistrate Gets a Judgment For About of f Amount Sued For Fo For a brief twenty minutes yesterday there were ware w re hilarious times in Judge Cherrys court on the occasion occa ion of f the tha airing trIne af at the grievances of ot Morris Som Somi Sommer om ommer i mer justice justlee of the peace for the Second precinct as regard the fee question For over ovar a year y r past Morris Morria has borne his crow crose like a stole stoic Finally h lw arose I in his travail and entered suit against a ains I Salt Lake county to settle settie the question forever and a 8 day and incidentally re recover recover cover coyer the sum aunt of O f which live witnesses at two bits a head h ad for issuing certificates and a quarter of a a dollar apiece for tor swearing them in so 80 help me Plaintiff was yesterday esterday rep represented represented represented resented by Attorney D N and Joseph Lippi ian while County At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney Putnam Deputies Van Vax Cott and Gunter held down the thC side of or the de tie defense defense Judge Sommer holds hold that he is en entitled entitled entitled titled to the above amount for tor the is issuance issuance issuance of certificates to witnesses be between between between tween Jan 6 1817 7 and Sept 7 1899 and that the county is the party perty he is 18 le lie legally legally gally gaily entitled to look to for the amount desired Morris says that he be tried to tomake tomake tomake make the county commissioners loners tee gee e things in lit that light he even evea Went ent to the extent of ot notifying that august angust board by means of 01 a closely clo ely typewritten ten document to that effect with the se sequel sequel sequel quel that the commissioners to a man ignored the tha request and gave him the marble heart Sommer then proceeded pro to file le suit against the county The action was heard h ard by Justice Pardee who gave I judgment for the last penny prayed for tor forThe forThe The county attorney appealed the case with the tWo result that yesterday Judge Cherry gave gae judgment to the extent of 28 The county yesterday ye contended that Justice Sommers claims were null mill and void under the statutes of ISM wherein is set forth an act to establish a uni nut uniform uniform form system of county government further that he is barred by the stat statute statute ute of or limitations It was further con contended contended contended tended that the justice has been paid his fees in the cases sued for Justice Sommer related the circum circumstances circumstances stances in connection with his against the county and the subsequent rejection by the commissioners loners during which he maintained that his hie Interpretation tation of ot the law was just ju t as good as that of ot the county attorney After defendant had introduced tea tes testimony to the effect that the other jus justices justices tices had not received fees on certificates certificates certificates cates issued iS both bolh sides rested At the conclusion of arguments by bi counsel Judge Cherry rendered his de tie decision decision to the effect that the law Jaw disallowed disallowed disallowed lowed claims previous to liST 1897 as there had been no nc n such provision made prior to that date Consequently judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for 28 and costs the amount of or tees fees since Sept 7 1899 p |