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Show City Council Contest. This morning Judge Zane ruled upon Uie demurrer which had been lntrroed In tho contested election, Involving Uie seats of three members mem-bers of thejrlly cunclL The demurrer de-murrer wiw bwd nit twfvTMidj flizt-, 11 vtas brought in the name of the peop'e of Salt Lake City, where as Uie defenlantf held that It should have been brought in that of the people of Utah Terrltorjr. The second sec-ond grouni was a misjoinder of the partle-, the defense holding that separate trials should liavc been had in Uie case of each seat to l contested. con-tested. In ro'ppci to the first ground of the demurrer; JuJge Zs.ce held it to be good, and stated tbat,ln his opinion, opin-ion, the action should iiavo been brought lit the ntmsof the people of the Territory of Utah. I n regard to the second, his Honor held that the rule whLh ordinarily require separate trbb in the care of each seatoroalce contested for docs not apply. He ruled that there hid bccn.no mLJ6ldder orUie rHrlcs, and that there was po rdaon why thcCasie action should riot " determine deter-mine tho rights of all parties to the contest. The cfT. ct of this ruling Is to require re-quire tbe adienilng of the complaint, com-plaint, which was done today by Mr. Lo Gran! Young, representing the plaintiffs. TJnTlcaie will be heard some tlmn in October next, and Uiere will be only one trbt Tue seats iu the city council that are In this pantriversy are held by MeMrs. Noble, Hall, and Colin, of the Fourth l'.cclnct; but tbweeats of the vltUng members frunt the Third PfeclUct are iu nrcciselv the same situation, saro Uiat salt for them las not been begun. |
