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Show ilFILLIAlm HARDY. Tho Firht for Possession of the County CoLuctcr's CFV.e is Enne-wed c- A FE TIT JtJEY EHPASHELED- JuJge Atulorpon Inaugurates Work on tha Jury Docket 1 he Orders in ! Various Coirta, The struggle for possession of the office of-fice of county collector bctweta Leonard Leon-ard G. Hardy and A. L. Williams was renewed in Judge Zand's chamber this 111011110,7 under tho title of Tho Poople. ex rel, Walter Murphy vs. Leonard O. Hardy, t ho plaintiff represented by Ju le 1 :cksoi and Bawling it Crilch-low Crilch-low aii l the respondent by Arthur Brown, esq. The compiaint sets up in i. general wsy that A. L. Williams km nleetoii to the ofl'ic; of collector of Salt l.uhe county on August 1, 1-!1; l iat defendant on September 3. without authority au-thority of law intruded iuto and usurped the oliiea in dispute and ha ever sinco held and exercised said oliici of collector lor Salt Lake county. That ou tho Inst Monday in August, ISN-l, Nathaniel Jours was duly elected to the ulhcH lor the term of two years, commencing com-mencing June 1, lSo. and ending June I. lfS7; th.it ou tho lii'jt Monday in August, ls'Si.said Jones was duly elected elect-ed to said ollice fur two years, commencing com-mencing June 1, and ending Juno 1, lbS'.i; thit said Joues resigned iu October. Oc-tober. 1'SS(I, and tho county appointed aid Hardy to nil the vacancy lor tho unexpired term for which tho said Jones was elected on the first Monday in August, liisi, as aforesaid; thut de-fenuaut de-fenuaut duly qualified ami entered on his duties and continued to bold ami exercise tho same; that at the election in August, lo87, defendant tvu duly elected collector lor the unexpired unex-pired term of two years commencing Junol, 1.S87, and euding June 1, 1SM; that ut the general election held iu August. ltss-i, no one was elected to the office of collector; that in August, 1!?M), did Hardy was elected collector for the unexpired term of two years ending June 1, lS'.H; that at the general election elec-tion iu August, 1SS)(, no one wait elected to said oilice of collector; that at the general election in August, 1801, one A. L. Williams was duly elected collector col-lector fur the unexpired term of two years coiumenciug June 1, 1801, and ending June 1, 18UU- that thereafter on August 10, the secretary of the Utah commission issued and delivered to said Williams his certificate of election, and tii' t he took the oath of otlic and gave bonds in the sum of . (00,000, and did also give bonus to the county in the sum of $JiO,000, toth of which were approved ap-proved aud giv ing at the eamo time luri her bond in the sum of $10,000 as required by the legislature; that s'o Williams demanded possession of the nfflei U'hirh umu rt.fnti.iil Wherefore pluiut:!! demands judgment judg-ment for possession and that Defendant Hardy be oimtej and removed therefrom. there-from. In answer to this the defendant put in a general denial following it up with a demurrer to tho complaint which sets up that it does not state facts sufficient to establish a cause of action; that it shows afiirmatively that the defendant de-fendant Hardy is lawfully holdicg said ollicn. and that under no circumslauces is Williams entitled lo enter into posses-ion of said oliico until June, 1S12. Tho trial of the case was takes tip this morning, the argument occurring on thu facts alleged in the complaint. ltftttiro Aarinrflnn, Work on the jury docket began in JihIjtj Anderson's department this morning at which time the following venire was summoned to the box: Jn'.n Kl li-out. I!os- -3 E. Sava;e. V.';;; .v;i : Park, J-. .1. i;.n.t. Mi-lvin Miliar, 'Wi.i'i.m. s. Stevenson. 11. W. ilMMill, A V. t')-KMl, Villi. -i v i--i,"-.vii.lui. Con l'ri uli. r.''.r: 1! lira tow. JoliriS. Kim-aM, Wi!ii:.,n c. W alitor, li- 8. Shuitilff. Mi'lrii-! h.i'l, William Ki.wait, I on an Ktisiiti, Ar'iiirl. ( m.-UJtijf. J. O. O. lr iu, '1 tmut iy Ln-isuuii, Jr.mcs M tchencr Arthur I. dishing and I-.';:ri F'hs gave valid reasons for not sitt.og aiid were excused, whereupon where-upon tho t'.ocket was proceeded with. Harare ijutliro Zme. The following entries were ordered Ly J mln Zane during thfc day: Jens Olsen vs. Ilyrum Uogby et al.; passed by consent. Nellie Wall vs. Mary Striugham et al.; foreclosure on three mortgages ordered. or-dered. Jesse W. Fox. jr., vs. Scott Anderson Ander-son et al Cause passed ou motion of counsel for plaintiff. Owen J. Murphy et al. vs. the Carlton Carl-ton Town Lot Co.; demurrer to corn-plf'ot corn-plf'ot overruled. William Middlemiss vs. the Utah Central Railway Co.; motion overruled anil writ of review allowed. Board of Education vs. L. G. Hardy, collector; motion of defendant to deposit de-posit money wilh the court allowed. Thomas Lnrson vs. the Utah Central Railway; petition of intervention denied and writ of certiari allowed. Argument in the contest for the col-lectorship col-lectorship is still in progress. Short On1. r. The following orders wore made before be-fore Judge Anderson: Jno. J. Briant vs. M. Shaughnessy, default on supplemental complaint entered en-tered and judgment .h prayed. John Murlha, administrator, vs. Edward Ed-ward Thinot et al; cause dismissed. F. West heinter vs. Kate Murtha; case dismissed for want, of prosecution. D. J. Cook vs. Bolivar Roberts et al; leave to file supplemental answer in one week. O. W. Powers vs. Thos. G. By water; trial before jury and judgment "for $100 in favor of plaintiff The action grew out of the refusal of defend-.trt to pay his lawyer's fees in an action for damages apsinst the city wherein ho received $1000 on a compromise through tho city council. This concluded the csll before Judge Anderson, aud court adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Frotmte Oourk, The business done today was as follows: fol-lows: Kitate of Thomas Jewel), deceased; rase dismissed for want of proper no-tiee. no-tiee. Fsfste of Elizabeth Oglesby, deceased; de-ceased; finai account, allowed sod decree de-cree of distribution made asprived for. Fstaie of Elizabeth Barnes, deceased; case continued to September 2lth, |