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Show SUPREME COURT DOINGS. Oplalcis Rendered In tbe Coarse ot Ills KofDloj's Session. Till! 11L1ZKII 1IAIIK.1S lOltl'f.S. ThMlurrM A?lnat Attornry Umax tka UtnllonflSuoJr Ollitr Jlall'ra. All tlia Ju'l?i waro prraent at tho o)iiln of tha Trrlt'jrlil Huprctna Court thla morning. ui'i.Ma.x. ThecaaaorJamn Hollay arillatit aa.tlioltlotlrau.lo WcaUrn Hallway (appaal from tha Flrat Dl.trlct), rr-ceully rr-ceully argued anil auhmlttril, waidla-mlaaatl. waidla-mlaaatl. Judga Mlnar dallvored tlia opinion of the court In Ihacaarof MadaJohn. aon ra. tlia IlloUranil Weitcrn Hallway Coinny, apllanl, alan from Judga lllackhurn'aCourt.Tlia facta of llila i-aao wire reirll III lha columna of tha Ncvtlafawdayaagu, ujwii thehrar. Ingof tha argutnenla ot counael, tho orlloal action having bean brought lr rrroTrr damagea for lha killing of a valuable inue belonging to Ilia plain tin onthacompAiiy'allnaof railroad, at a rpol adjolulng tho pUlntlrTa pa.lura laud The court founl no error In lliaro. cnrdijlllclrntly prrjullclal lolhediv friidaul t) Juatlfy tha grautln of a new trial, and therefore nlUrinol lha 'jiidmaiit of tho court below, with coat, Tha naa of Cynthia 1!. Jonas ap. illant, va. Jaua Meniinottnlao catna from tha Klral Dl.trlct court. Tha opinion waa rendered by Judge Miner. II waa an aparal from n orucr over ruling the plalntlfl'a motion for a new trial, and Involveil a dliputa'aa to rvilaln properly In tho dlatilcl of l'ruro. The court now ret aalde the Judg. nieritortlialowercmriand ordrraj a near trial, coata to abl Je tlia remit. JuJiaXinedellveraJ Iho opinion In thacaaaof .Maltha Cook appellant, va. M. I!. Craudall el al. (from Judga illackburu'a i-outl), which waa an action to recover Ilia value of a wagon eeliMtbythe drtendant, Crandill. ae cnllrrtnr of Hprlngvllle, lo I my lam aatca aod and kllcgeU to hava Utii due to thai niunlrlinllty. I'lalml'J at forth that her farm uhi which lha taira weraaaaetanl la alluati.1 culalde lha loan, aa Indicated by Ita Improva. nienta, and beyond lha range of Ita municipal hen-nta; that tlia lai for which Ilia aeliura waa made waa, for that reaaou, iiiiaulhorlted. Tha caio waa aulimlltel l) a Jury, who ra-lurmd ra-lurmd a verdict agali at Iho defend, ant for J1W. Tula, however, tha court aelaalda on motion. To thla or. der lha defendant riceptett and a Ia-ali-d to tha Ttrrllorul Hupreuiu ;mirt. Thla court Inferred, from thaevl dencv. tlmf the plalntlfl'a prenil.ee re-celveil re-celveil aoiuaof Ihabenorlta of Ihoag liidlturia of money arlalng from municipal Usee, and that they wvra wlthlnlherangaol Urn municipal ad vautagea of Hprlngvllle. Tha cuuil, alter citing a caaa In lout, waa of oplnlonjlhatthe plaliitlrTa pn jie rly waa aubjecltothe munlclil Ui. that the aeliura complained of waa legal, and anirmed lha Judgmaut of tha loner court. (UUUITTKD u.f iiiim. The caa of Jaawr M. Nelwn va. 1'ilerC. Ilrlitn, a llant. wai.ontlio agrrement of counael, aubmltted mi brlefa. Thla la the matter In which a llttlo tnleuudcretandltig aroaa belwivn Judga I'oweraand ConimlMlonar Nor rill In regard lo a motion to illaniiaa, and eiplaliied by tho former yeater day. AnMiiii:iiTUTiir. iuii. Mr. .), lira, of tha Huiirenitt court of Nebraaka, waa admitted to practice Hi the Ur nf thla ooull, on inotiou of Attorney lllley. Till! IOVKX AH'AIII. In refereura to Ilia chargta airalnit Mr. Iximax, a Uigan attorney, which citue before tha Huprtiiia iiouit at Ita formi'r aea.lon, leave vttt thli morn Ing grantrl Mr. Knina, attorney, to fllo a apeclflcatioii uf Ibe allegatloua made, A iiKiiirriTUit waa ordered to lama forthwith In tha caaaof llelllyelal va. Drlgga. 1IIK VLAZkH IIAIIRAB UOIII'l'a. Tho aul Jest of the applloatlmi fur a writ nf habeaa corpua In the ca.a of 0. U llliier waa Iheu lakvn up, Allormy llamllion (wllh whom waa Mr. Helitiieder) auld tho drfiiidaut'a (whim I had prepared a brief, and wero willing to auonnt thla, at auggtuttil by Hie court uu u former uccaalou, without arfitiment. United Hl.t.-a Dl.trlct Attorney Vallnn replied that ha had lu oljeo Hon whaWvir lo tha couieu mentioned by caiinetd. lie dealrml, however hiving prireJ no brief hluiailf lo exprraaliltvlewa mi the matter, and oailtho uttenlloii uf tho court to the fucla. The larlltlon for thn rltthnweil uni Ita tac that lllaier waa tried In Iho'lhlrd DWrlct court, and convict, wl by llieiiryof fal preleuava. lie luferroil from tho tent of tuu itlllou that lha nlject of tha tlllmi waa to have llila court deiermlne flr.t.whelher tha Indictment on which HUrar waa tried Haaauniilriiliaeumd, tn.it lha couit might look Into the aume, ata It Ihu uuuiea of thu wllnivi.a wero ludoraeil ujion It aa pmcrlliHl by ttuti, mil, If iiecwanry, ditlura It told) third, that their honor) would leok lulo Iho venllct and aaperlaln whither It waa aulllclmit loeuaUlu a aeutincei fuuilh, that Ihey would look. Into the evidence, and determine whrlharnr not tliu.drfeii.laut rhould bo dtacliarged, Iwcuilaa (aa alleged In tho ivtltloii) a certain p.iper waa ad. mlltral In evldeniu In vloUllon of hw. Ho had demurred to thn itltlon for tlia ra-aa in that It did net et forlh facta anrtlolent lo wnrrant tho ".ranting of Iho writ, llbior waa now awalllug aautvuee, and thla prwaJlng, j.a tiuk II, waa Intandwl to tako tho plaeo of a niutlou for u new trial, u mollon In arm t of Judgment, or a wilt of error, Whether the Indictment would bo aulject lo aAirll demurrer waa another imcellou. Mr. Varlan liialated that thla couit had no lurl-dlutlou on n lit nf luleaa corpua tu deal with thla Tha application .waa taken under advUemvut. ALLEUK1I liiVKimu.-a Of A RTIIEAJI. The caae waa neat called of llrawn It.Hiater, plalnllffanj appellaut, v. Wll. ,nl li. rraguii, II. Tlioriibi, tid Parmer T.Hanford, defendanUnnd re-aionilrnla, re-aionilrnla, KliubnllA: Alllaon, I'nwera and II Ilea, and M. M. Kellog waro a!. lorneys for tha aa-llantj and Huiltli Jc Hinith for tha le.pondent. Tha dimciilly nilaea over Iho alleged itlreralon of a certain etiram of water Howlng through tha plalntlil'a I inda In Weber and Hot UMerountlra. Theapal waatiken under ndvlio men I. Art r.nnon in TEM)RArnti(i. Tha neil caae waa that of A. V. Welti, plalntlirand nndent(repre aenled by Hmllli & H.nltll uf llgden), va. Tha Weaitrn Union Telegraph ciimlainy, iltfendanl and appellant, for whom Mr. It. It. Itogera appeared. lllaallegadtn tha complaint that on March 7lli, l9n. Mr. W. rll delivered to tha Wcleru Union Telrgrrtph com-liany, com-liany, at OcJen, a meenge fur trana. miaaloii, aa followa:"ToUru. ll.Mlorur, lUgla ItocV, Idaho.. 1 will glva one thourind caali, ball alx moutlia. Au awer. A. W. Werta." It la alleged thai, through lha carelreaurea' of lha operator, tha meaaaga waa mvla to read! "I will give one hundred raaea, balo air. inontha." On thla account plalntlfl waa aeprlve.1 nf making the tirurtta on a irchaeof real eatata, and the damagea were aaaeaaetl al Slou.1. Na dlgetira nr careleaam f on tha tela graph cmii'auy'e part waa denleil. Al the trial In the dl.trlct court at OgJtu In Hrplrmbrr, I vi i. tha Jury renilareda varulct tor tlr. Wrrlilu tha a.iuinr Mcanta, rUibHijeutly a mo II hi for a nw trill waa granted lha ra aiMudenl, and It waa contended by tha apiadlanl that In llila Iho court erre.1. The iUeaon ut forward nn lha ullierai a waa whether Iho mailer of datn.ga.ahould have la-en left hy lha trlAl Judga to tha Jury undar roar Inatrurilona, or whether unler Die clrrtitii.laiicea lha trial pelte ehoull lnvflielthonniotiut of thedaimgea and pertniilorlly directed tha Jury lu render a verdict for thai amount. II waa cuiicedej on lha trial that tha pltlnllir waa entitled to Mima damagea, vlr, lllty.flva cenla, andtliu Juda all-reeled all-reeled a verdict therefor, agalnat the protret of tho plalntltr, who wlahed Iho cao aubmltleil lo tha Jury, and plalntltr duly eicepted. Tho court lie-low lie-low gnntttl a motion fot a new trial mala by plalntlll, and thla waa tho alleged eimr for coualdi ration by tha Huiiremacouit. Tho rule, and regultl'.ona In rrgird bilhuaeiidlngiif meaaagea, etc.. weia anbmlttaJa lid tho caaa waa inula r ar ruruent when tha couit avljouruej at .'laduntllSo'cloak, |