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Show Land Condemnation Suit For-Deer For-Deer Creek Opens at Logan Court proceedings to condemn Wasatch county lands needed for use in carrying out the Deer creek reclamation project began in the First district court at Logan Lo-gan today, with Judge Dallas H. Young of Provo, Fourth district court judge, on the bench. association asks the court, in this case, to ascertain the value of parcels of land owned by the defendants in the Deer creek area; also the damages being done to property not being sought by the project. A temporary occupancy order was given the plaintiffs September Septem-ber 16, 1938, the order being sifjn-i sifjn-i ed by District Judge Abe W. Tur- The case was filed by the Provo Pro-vo River Water Users' association j against William Granlee Tate, his wife, Amy S. Tate; Mary B. Tate and William B. Holmes. The suit is being conducted at Logan because of a change of venue granted on the ground that an impartial decision could not be had in Wasatch county due to prejudice of jurors. The Provo River Water Users' ner of the Fourth district. The defendants filed an objection to have the action dismissed, which was overruled. Later, a demurrer was filed asking for a dismissal of the complaint. This also was overruled. It is set forth in the complaint that the plaintiffs have attempted negotiations with the defendant property owners, but have failed to arrive at a satisfactory agreement. agree-ment. A price of $15,000 was set on the land by the defendants. |
