Salt Lake Times | 1891-01-20 | Page 1 | A Utah Decision

A I'TAH DECISION. Polygamou. Chlldr.n Born One Tear After Paa.ag Edmund.' Act, Legitimate. Washington, Jau. 20. Justice Brown yesterday rendered the first opinion as a member of the United States supreme court. He delivered two opinions, of which the more important im-portant was in the case of George N. Cope vs. Janet Cope and Thomas II. Cope, brought hero on appeal from the supreme court of the territory of Utah. The question involved was whether or not a son by polygamous marriage had the right " of inheritance in-heritance from his fathor, it being claimed that he was illegitimate. The court holds that a son by polygamous polyga-mous marriage did have the right, and reverses the judgment of the territorial court. The court says the Edmunds act declared legitimate all children of Mormon parents born within less than twelve months from its passage. The object, the court says, was to make these unfortunate children an especial object of care and to make the parents relinquish polygamy by fixing the period per-iod until aftor which their children should be legitimate.