Show I I Supreme me Court Court- Decision Favors Carbon O C Co Doctor The supreme supreme court handed downa down a d decision Wednesday In favor of Dr r. r J. J C. C Hubbard of or Standardville C Carbon arbon county in a rather complicated ted case ase sing art ou out of or a suit for fot damages filed by Ch Charles rles Meadows 1 in n the district t court of Carbon county Meadows l sued for for Cor or injuries Tie he alleged he sustained to o his leg leg- when a a. ahot hot Instrument or 91 r somo some acid was dropped on It whilo he was was' being operated on onor for or appendicitis The operation was performed In Salt alt Lake A year ear and ten months month's after after fter the operation Meadows Meadow filed lila his suit for tor damages Dr Hubbard assigned his claim for professional services services' to M. M S. S Hardy doing business business busi busl- ness esa under the name of ot the Doctors Doctors' Doc Doc- tors' tors Business bureau while the action ac ac action action ac- ac tion for damages damages' was pending in Carbon c county As the assignee brought action li-i li n the th the e city court of Salt SaIt Lake against Meadows to to recover for or services rendered to Dr Hubard Hubbard Hubbard Hub- Hub bard ard Meadows appeared In the 30 ac acIon action Ion Uon In the city court and by leave ot of f that that- court Dr Hubard Hubb Hub- Hub b ard rd and filed a counterclaim against hini damming claiming damages to to- the he sum of of- Hubbard and rid Hardy demurred to the ilie he counterclaim In the city court courto o oil H the ground that the th city had no no jurisdiction in that the statute fixed the jurisdiction when damages damages damages dam dam- ages were were claimed on less Jess than 1000 1000 The Thc city court overruled the thede de de- de demurrer demurrer and nd a judgment on the counterclaim was rendered in favor of f t Meadows and against Dr Hub Hub- Hubbard bard tard in th the sum Bum of This judgment was appealed to the district dis- dis trI t court and there motion was made mad to have the judg judgment nent set set- aside on the ground that the city court ourt was without jurisdiction Meadows resisted the motion and the he court ourt held with him and denied denied- the he motion Then the case ase w was s tried on its merits and a a. judgment w was s rendered in favor of Hardy and against Meadows for an ant and anda a t judgment In favor of or Meadows and against Hubbard to the sum ot of f 1000 Hubbard then appealed to o the thc supreme court The supreme court has found lound against the plaintiff and remanded the he case to the district court with directions directions- that the judgment therein theren there- there in n rendered on the counterclaim be annulled and vacated and that the counterclaim be dismissed and that the he judgment In the city court rendered rendered ren dered on the counterclaim counterclaim- be also vacated d and set aside |