| Show JUD ES TAKE SEATS Hall Morse and Stewart Now in Office WENGER SUES CITY FOR 1051 Claims Fees in PollTax Suits Fifteen Fif-teen Naturalizations Canceled Mrs Hilton Will Amend Her Complaint Com-plaint Against Mrs Boylance Damage Suit of Hepworth Against Oregon Short Line Compromised for 20250 Judgment by Default Against Estate of H C Lett Judge Cherry yesterday formally retired re-tired from office as Judge in the law department of the Third District court arid Judge Morse took his seat on the bench Before stepping down from tho bench Judge Cherry handed down hiD Decision sustaining a motion for a new trial in the case of John R Hlckman vs Frank Knox He then introduced I Judge Morse as his successor and vacated va-cated his seat The first act of Judge Morse wan to I announce the appointment of Justin R Davis as official court reporter and then court adjourned until Friday I JUDGE HALL TAKES HIS SEAT Judge Hall took his seat yesterday I morning In the equity division of the District court and appointed John W I Pike official court reporter Mr Piko filed his bond In tho sum of 2500 with Walter R Pike and E A Wall as sureties JUDGE STEWART GETS THE KEYS There was no court In the criminal dvlfcion of the District court yester day Judge Norrcll without any formalities I for-malities turned per the keys of hIs chambers to his successor Judge Stew I art a Wcnger Sues the City for 1051 D II Wenger yesterday filed suit against Salt Lake City to recover S105L45 alleged to be for fees In poll tax cases in which the city brought suit In Justice Wengers court against I I about 400 parties who were delinquent I in paying the tax The city Polltax Collector claimed that Wenger had agreed to charge fees only when the amount sued for was recovered Wenger however claims that he Is en titled to the fees whether collections were made or not and that a contract providing for a contingent fee in such cases Is void and against public policy I Naturalizations Canceled I It appearing that the following named persons have not caSod for or paid for their naturalization papers I the order admitting them to citizenship S was vacated and set aside Thomas Holmes A H Brown Joseph Olsen John Anderson N Nylund John Johnson John-son C A Erickson G Dall A Hag blom M Hoyer A Larson J Soter land G Rudas A J Thon E Olsen F Schmidt I Mrs Hilton Will Amend In the case of Annie F A Hilton Vs Rosa P Roylance the defendants demurrer de-murrer was sustained by consent and the plaintiff given leave to amend tho complaint by adding the words that I the plaintiff from the date of her mar rlasre up to the date of filing the complaint com-plaint has been and still Isa resident of the Territory and State of Utah Damage Suit Compromised The guardian of Samuel Le Roy Hop worth a minor who had a claIm for damages for personal Injuries against tle Oregon Short Line Railway company com-pany was yesterday authorized to compromise the same for 20250 Young Hepworth was run into by a train while crossing the Short Line tracks in a buggy at North Temple I street I Petition lor Guardianship I Amanda W Anderson yesterday filed in the Probate court a petition pray i ing that she be appointed guardian l of her eightyearold daughter Mamie who has an Interest in certain real estate es-tate which needs the care of a suitable S person The hearing was set for January 9th Judgments Entered In the case of the Pacific Investment company vs J C Taylor administrator administra-tor of the estate of IIC Lett deceased de-ceased judgment and decree of foreclosure fore-closure was yesterday entered for the plaintiff for 710150 by default J I In the case of John Halfin vs Wil I Ham Frost eta judgment was en 1 tered for the plaintiff by default for r 71594 and costs |
