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Show Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of D. U. P. After considerable controversy and much litigation, the state supreme su-preme court has ruled upholding the constitutionality of the proposed pro-posed Pioneer Memorial building to be constructed on the triangular triangu-lar plot of ground leased by the state to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers for 99 years. Chief Justice Roger I. McDon-ough McDon-ough and Justices George W. Latimer Lat-imer and Lester A. Wade concurred concur-red in denying a petition prohibiting prohibit-ing construction of the edifice. They agreed, however, that the present lease has been invalidated by more recent acts of the legislature legis-lature and that a new lease must be drawn. Dissenting opinions were written writ-ten by Justices James, H. Wolfe and Eugene E. Pratt who held that use of taxpayers funds to build the structure was prohibited by the state constitution. This had reference to the appropriation ap-propriation of $225,000 by the legislature leg-islature of 1945 for the building. This was later supplemented by $125,000 from the state reserve building fund. |