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Show THE EMMA-ILLINOIS CASE. This case was piven to tho jury yesterday yes-terday by judge McKean. Whatever the result may bo on tho final decision, no one will disputo tho fact that the interests involved make the ease one of the greatest importance. We have neither ihe inclination nor intention of d'spuiinn the law as laid down by his honor, in his charge to the jury yesterday, yester-day, which will be found as given by our reporter in another column. et as the case has to be carried up, it is to bo hoped the points of law involved have been included in tho exceptions taken, as well as mere technicalities, that tho decision of tho court of last resort may cover all tho important points involved. As wc read judge McKcan's charge, should tho doctrine t'icrc laid down bo tu-tained in 13 broadest meaning, it would be almost a death-blow to all enterprise and prospecting in any limited locality where one patent for mineral land had bceu secured. And wo know more than ono mino, to day, valued at figures running into millions, that would be worth nothing to tho present owners, should tho theory announced by judge s MeKcanbc fully eonlirmcd. Fairly considering, then, tho magnitude magni-tude of tho interests involved, wo sincerely sin-cerely hopo all the salient points ot law have been included in the exceptions, excep-tions, and that the jury havo given the plaintiff damages sufficient, if they found for him, which wo believe they have, to carry tho case to tho supreme court of tho United States, ' |