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Show SUPREME COURT OPENS OLD CASE Lower Court Twice Eervarsed, and the CaBe Put Back to th Starting: Point. wrw THEN a case la reversed and WW a ne" t110 Is ordered without Y an5' restrictions or limitations the ' entire case Is reopened, and, the parties par-ties to tho proceeding hold the eamo relative positions with respect to the introduction of evidence, burden of proof, etc., as If the case had never been tried." This constitutes an Important Im-portant ruling made by the Supreme court yesterday In an opinion handed down In the cas of the corporation of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, eta, vs. Helen Watson, appellant The action Is one In which the plaintiff plain-tiff sought to quiet tltlo to a piece of property In the Fifteenth ward. Twice has tho defendant appealed from the Judgment of tho trial court, and twice has that court been reversed. At the eecond trial of the case the trial Judge refused to allow the defendant to Introduce In-troduce certain evidence on the ground that the same had been passed upon at the previous hearing. Judgment again was entered in favor of the church and tho present appeal was taken. Tho opinion handed down yesterday yes-terday directs that the Judgment be vacated and a new trial on all the Issues Is-sues Is ordered. Justice McCarty writes the opinion which is concurred in by Chlof Justlco Baskln and Justice Bartch, |