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Show 81TIOE 1011UT. Dolr Tno -Incites Triuuct tlio llud-nrti llud-nrti Todaj, Chief Juttlca 7.na having gone to Trovo ou cou it bci'lnrw, and Judge MliiirMn; almllarty tngnged luUg dcu, Juttlcea Andirnuii and lllackbiiru wrrellii, U occiipinte of the lumli In tho Hiipremu Court thla moruliig Ukii Ltklt g their ,eat-, Judge Ander on ruuiakcel that couiiiel might tiiUr-lain tiiUr-lain tome iloult aa to whither two Ju Jgea could legally alt aa the Tvrtlto-rial Tvrtlto-rial Hojrvcno Court, acting In the ab-nance ab-nance of tho other two. Thla had, liowi vcr, Iwen doue before, nnd lio lilrutolf had nn donbt wliitevir na to tho vail Illy of Iho pro-cccdlug. pro-cccdlug. The only joint waa whether cou until engaged In the cani et down for hearing to-Jty wero dlt ItiHtl loratiwauyoljectlou. (.fcoureo if they felt no Inclined there waa no alternative but tn adjourn the court oer to morrow. Ilia Honor then announced an-nounced Unit Ihu Aral efe-o ou Mondays Mon-days Hit waa Ihat if It. J, Allen, reiiondent, vt. Iho Union l'-tclflc lUlltvay Coim-int, aiitllantf. Mr l(. I, w'llllauia, I touiikI on tho oun aide, add that Iho Inla luvolvi-l III that dlipule Here aUliil lu hrlcla, and the itirilea were content to tubnilt their taae thtreiu. Tin: cjuii.tifT n t forth Ihat tho defendant comaiiy rntcj a Hue of railway between Omaha, .Sel.ri.ka. Mil Ugden. Ulah. That un or about Novi mUr 1 4th, ISSS, tho plalntllT waa engagtil running a train of fnlght cara at lie ho, Utah, acting lu the ciiacltyof a hmkeiitau. A ladder on one of tho cara of the train wai, It waa alleged, Imperfectly constructed, elefn live, and unaafc, and Ihat audi could have laeu utKovtred by the defeu lanla by the elenlieof ordinary tare. While lalutltr waa jiuraiilug liladutlea, one of the rounds of the lalder Iroke without lugll-geiit-o or f italt nn hla iart, ho waa thrown lo the gruun I, an I Ida left hund run over by the train an I crushed. II laiam ntvtssary to amputate two of the fliigere, an I llie whole hand wat rendered utelia. Tho aumclnlrae-l wai JlO.nuo, and thejury found n verdict lor the plain tin for Jlr.SJ and owia riieanval now came before tho Hu renin Court ou the gr,uud of exceeelvo damigea, nnd that the liiautllilcno) of evidence dlliiotJuallfythevitrdlcU AMJTIIHl 1UII WAV AttrJtl.. The next taao waa tint of Albert T. Webb (at aJmlnlstrttur), retpotident, a.iho ItloUraudo Western Itallwny Com pan) , aj pelUiils. Thla waa an apjial from tho Third lb.lrl I Court against au order refusing a new trial. Tho original action lodged against thoa nlutiita waa for negligently ctualug tho death of Ioult T. W ebb, and It waa brought for tho benefltKit 1.11-iU.th I,. Webb, mother an I nolo hi Ir of thedeceaaed. Webb waa tneply tight yi an oil nt the time uf hla death, and unmarried. Itat tiered Hint an t-istbouud train, at the Halt I.nke City lie lot, while awltchltig.t ultod out the tl raw-head of a refrigerator cur aud thut the train lieeam-i eeiarated. The forward t-tr- tlonof th'j train waa lacked up and broke the brake beaut of the cur ahcack Tho forward tart waa moved on. Thcutue couduolor aallod ltlce, tho car reolrer, to remove tho broken brake beam, au that tho can could bo coujled wlthaibalnand iho broken car net out of Iho train for repairs. Ho eamo with the deceased man, the latter acting aa an atilitant. Ilrownlee, the brakeuiau, I roceednl lo make the coupling wltli a chain, but In endeavoring to do thla he dropped the - lu. Deceased atepd In on the aide oposlle the brakemau, toiuelst lu couillug. Iloth men wire down on tlitlr knti at the time, aud while lu that joslilou the fgrward cara niadu a retmgrado movi ment and crushe.1 tie-iiaacd'ahead, tie-iiaacd'ahead, killing him Instanlly. The defelito wat Ihat the deceased went to tho brakeiuaii'a aealstauce not under an order lainiMnt to duty, but ooutrart to a caution to kct pout of the way: that on rovloui occasions he hallieeii wnrutd to kii pout of similar danger voluntarily nnsumeil, nnd In thla Instance, hla want o' kuowledgu of a brnkeman'a duty prove d fatal. Any negligence outbe pirt of the coniao wat denied. A verdict waa renlared for )VXX, and against Ibe entering or Judgment for thla amount by Judgo aue the Ilallway Company ap( ealt-1. Judge Marshall argued for the appellant ap-pellant coniany and Allorney Itawllni for the respondents. At the clew, of the argument! the case was submitted to the Court, TliKBCiinoi, iax CAtrs. Mr. I'. I,. Williams r, minded (he Court that the further argument In thu achool tax case i had been set down for tomorrow morning, lie asked whether (Ida woulJ ta'to precedenco of all othtr casta. Judge lllackburn I think that waa the understanding, l,rtltlao. |