| Show DAMAGE SUIT AFFIRMED Francis Wild Will Get S2500 From Union Pacific Railroad The Supreme court yesterday handed down an opinion affirming the judgment judg-ment of the trial couil in the case of Brands Wild by his guardian Matthew Mat-thew Wild vs the Union Pacific Railway Rail-way company appellant The plaintiff recovered a judgment for 4000 damages for personal injuries sustained by thoplalntlfiT while walking on the defendant companys track The trial court overruled the defendants motion for a new trial on condition that the plaintiff remit from the amount of the verdict all over the sum of 2500 which was done and Judgment of the lesser amount entered from which the defendant appealed on the grounds of insufficient evidence and errors at the triaT The Supreme court held that the evidence was sufficient lor the casc to go to the jury and that their verdict could not be disturbed dis-turbed and also found that there was no reversible error In the record The opinion was written by Justice Baskln and concurred in by Chief Justice Jus-tice Miner Justice Bartch dissenting Mrs Allen Wants a Divorce j Suit for divorce was yesterday filed t I in the Third District court by Nettle i W Allen against Wljlard Allen on the grounds of desertion and failure to support sup-port The parties were married In Salt Lake on July 23 1S94 and the plaintiff plain-tiff alleges that In September 1900 her Husband deserted her and since then has failed to support her She prays for a decree oC divorce the custody of their two minor children chil-dren and 20 a month alimony Twice Married to Fithen Mary 35 Filhen Is suing for divorce from J J3 FIthcn on the ground of failure to support The marriage took place in Salt Lake on August 30 1SDO and the plaintiff alleges that her husband hus-band for mor than a year failed to provide for her She also says that she was married to the defendant first in the year 1880 and that that marriage was dissolved long prior to 1899 and by the first marriage she has a boy aged ten years for whose custody she prays Estate of James Park Petitions were yesterday tiled In the Probate court by Lclllu Park widow of the late James Park praying that W G Park brother of the deceased bc appointed administrator of the estate es-tate and that aim be appointed guardian guar-dian of the minor heirs The estate Is valued at 723171of which SC23L Is In sheep and Implements and S1000 for a farm at Mill Creek The heirs are the widow and six minor JHIdron of the deceased The hearing was set for February 27th Widows Petition Jemima Cecilia 3Fanson yesterday died a petition in the Probate court praying that she be appointed admin iHlratrlx of the estate of her deceased husband Joseph Hanson The personal per-sonal property consisting of 1500 sheep farm Implements etc is valued at 5 92170 and the real estate n farm over Jordan at 1139 total 630270 The heirs ore the widow and eight children chil-dren The hearing was act for February Feb-ruary 27th Utah Lake Water CaseIn Case-In the trial of the Jordan river and Utah lake water case yesterday the entire case was occupied In taking testimony tes-timony to establish the claims of the Salt Lake Mattress company and the West Jordan Manufacturing company to a portion of the water The witnesses wit-nesses examined were D H Wells T A Cooper Sr John A Egbert R P Gardner Joseph A Wright Samuel j I Batcman A 13 Cooper and Edward L < Prohon The hearing will be resumed this morning Judgment Default Judgment by default was yesterday entered for the plaintiff for M4610 In the case of Pamella K Edmonds el al vs the Fortune Mining and Milling company Not Members of His Church Lewis B Coates Oral leader of the Church 9fdirlit Scientists statUS that Mr and Mrs T M Surbaush against > whom suit was brought on Wednesday by Mrs Frances E Johnson to recover 1100 are not members of his church or congregation Decision Against Interpleader A decision was rendered In the United States court yesterday sustaining the demurrer of Ogden City to the bill of Interpleader In the case of William C Weaver as receiver of the Bear Rler Irr gitlon and Ogden Waterworks company com-pany vs Ogden City and Jarvls Conklln trustees The decision Is based on the ground that the court has power to ascertain to whom the fund accruing from water rentals rightfully belongs and that therefore it is not necessary to resort to a bill of interpleader |
