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Show Termiuatt-d for the Present. The case of John P. Lawaon aud others against Johu W. Kerr and others, wnicli baa beeu on trial for a number ol days iu the Third district court, wae terminated yesterday, After the argument of Jude R s- i borough lor the piamtiffi, ids honor, j Chief Justice Schat tlor, reviewed the I case and gave his opinion in a plain, uumidtakabie manner. He said tbe case was one which w.is as difficult to et at, by rr. n; of lb? complications arising Irom toe uutuber of claim mte aud contestants ft,t ti.o pr -forty at istiietne Sn.il. jr Jack mine, as any tLai had e'nr beu tubmiued to him. Tosrs .vltj fijiht parties to the controversy, six uf whom had been on tbe stand aul testified to their interests in the mining claim and tbe adjacent mines, wbiea had been bought for the purpose of securing secur-ing its title, but what relationship each bore to the other was a puzzler to his honor to determine. He weut over the agreements which the plaia-tifis plaia-tifis and defendauts had mutually made between themselves; the joint interests all bud; the money advanced to purchase the claims necessary to j make good the title to the primary I bone of contention too Sailor Jack mine; the subjects of tenancy and partnership which appeared to form tbe system of cooperation upon wbioh the parties to the suit worked, and closed by awarding to the plaintiff Lawson three-eihtbs, to the defendant defend-ant Kerr three-eighths, aud to the di-f;ud:mt Wadswortb one-fourth of the interest in the property in controversy. |