Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-05-11 | Page 9 | Attorney Now on other Side of Land Case

ATTORNEY NOW ON OTHER SIDE OF LAND CASE W. W Halverson Farr former assistant assist ant attorney general has learned more about the adage of one mans man's meat being another mans man's poison polson John F F. Mendenhall executive secretary secre tary tory of the state land board said Monday When Mr Farr Parr was assistant attorney at torney general h he- he wrote this land board an opinion the gist of which was that the hoard board should collect a sizable sum of money from the Union Union Un Un- ion Pacific railroad in ln payment for forgrave grave grav taken from from- state land Jand w the company had t taken ken on a assignment assignment assign assign- ign- ign ment from a party who had in turn purchased it on payments from the state Mr Mendenhall said When the gravel was ws S taken the land was returned returned re re- re turned to the state for lapsed pay pay- ments Mr Farr is now an attorney for forthe forthe or orthe the Union Pacific Railroad company and It lt will be interesting to tt see ec just how good a case he has made for forthe forthe forthe the state and whether or not he can make a better one for tor the company compan We have asked the railroad officials to meet with the board on the mat mat- ter