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Show SUPREME COURT, Stifral Opinions R'ndeted bj the hiin on Saturday, It ItllLKOtl) IMMUII. CtSIS Oalle a Kir;e Auinitnt of lluilnrx lime lu a Miort llrur. A 'filiin of tliei T, rrltorUl Huf renin Court wai ht H Haluphy, all tlm Jii..'i;" Wng irne'it, namely, Chief Ju-llio X,ne, and A iclalo Jmtlcee Anlor-on, Anlor-on, lllarkbiirn an I Miner. Thu pni-ci-filliiK comtucnrcJ at 1 til with tlio rcvllng, by C'lrrk llaibc, of thn reoonl oftho teTloui) alllliik', 'I lirrr wia n hrt;o atten lauco cf member r f tl.ii iar, In arilliJ allou of the liwdllii: downof acTrral ImjKirlaut ileililinalii cnea recently aubmltted for the courts conilderatlon, auJ In this they win not dla I'llntcd, Tlm following rr. imit waa treiarnd for iubllcatlon In rlaturday's N rw,nnd the matter was In tyi-, lait owing to the InMvy pn'wire tiimiouriiiicult had to l-o livid uvrr until today, A II III 11") All DAXAtlR CAI Judge Miner rrndcrid tlm opinion of .o court In tho cans of Jhlolci Tool, aliulnlilrattlx of tho ulatvof Jocli root, Ueceaard, blilutllt and rwoin. ent t, llio Hontfurn 1'iu.lflo ('onijnny, dfremt'intaniarM3lLintf lalnif aunri i al from au order of the Klnt DlitrKt rotirtlii refuilui; ilffrndtnt's motion fur a hew trial (II. r. Ilrndiraoii iiidp). Thi action wa orlnlnilly bnaignt by plalutlll to nroeer ilaui. agnforthe alleged argllgont killing of JuerphH. t'nol wllllo remlrlti( near liithe ilifi ndiint coinpiiiy' yard at Ugdeii ou Hejl, inln-r I .in, ISM. It waa tried r(Hthi ISO), and it tit-diet tit-diet given for plalutlll In tlm aunt of tlD.umi. I)i feiidant aaalgncU aa error (I) contributory ne gllgeucu of tho ile-cea.fdj ile-cea.fdj (2) that awltcliman Klljait rick was n fellow Hrvant of the deccaaeil, and that Ilia lonttlbllt. ory negllgenco caused Puol'a death, 13)exceelve damtitea, and (t) errura ntholnitnictloiiauf tho court to tlm Jury. The full facti cf tlio (i.o liavu a. res ly a ared In tho loluiuna of thu Nnva, Tlm Court notr antrmnl tlm JuJg-mrntof JuJg-mrntof thotowir court, holding, on the lUft!otl of Uamagea, that It wrW fur thejury to delermlne tho amount, under tho statute, and tho Kiiirtmo Court could .not littrrfero with their fludlnga In thla case. Justlro Illtck-burn Illtck-burn dlwentrd and read Ills rtaaona at some length. cm: iour, KllraCook,UlnilirandnuiInl, va. Oregon Hhort Lino and Northern Ilallway Company, defendant and anielhuU Thla was an aipeal from the Judgment au J order oi errulliu tlm motion for a new trial, and Mm opinion waa now rendered by Judo Auilernoii. Tlm motion to ulimhui tlm appeal from the Judgmont waa denied, ami thalaa lo tho apia-al from tho ordir overruling tlm motion for n now trial was sustained, twenuso no sufficient uaclertaklng on apical had U-cti filed. Irfnvo was, hnwevir, (then to illotho "Till. ANOTIII1C Allctt Ilrown, reacioiident, vs. tho Koulhern IVclllo Itallway, apw). aut. Apal from tlm Firat District Dis-trict Court (II. 1'. Ilcnderaou, Judge) rimoplulonof tlm court a delivered deliv-ered by JudgeAlidriTon. The action w as brought by lalntlft to ncovirdamsgcttfor lujurloa allegi-d to havu tain austaluiil by ruaaon of tlm dtfeii lant'a nigllgime, whereby llio former una, so Injured that tlio amputation ampu-tation of onn of his handa U-cauio necewary, Thu Jury awarded dacuagra $l!!,iiiio, for whlcli amount tlio court gave Ju Igment- A motion for a new trial was made, ouu of tho Kruii nJs la-lot; la-lot; exnwslvu damages. Uion Its hc-nr-lug the court reduced the Judgment to $111,1111, by ramellt of pUllltlll', but ovrrnill the motion. rialntlft waa heal brakuman on thu drfenJantcomiiany'allim at thotlmu ho rect Ivcd Ilia Injuries complatuod of. Tho train waa nuliitf wt an I rraclnil Illue Creek station aluut ten o'clock at nlghU At this lolnt the la Is a hill win re It Is customary to attach u "lullicrnongluo fur thu lucent- Tlio coulULtor ordered plulittlir lo couplu llm'lnl.r" to thu inglim drawlug the train. Tho lath r oa ued the s Iti Ii and callcil to thu man lu chargo of tho helr"tobriuirlt lait nn'the main track, so that thn loupllug could bo made, I'lalntlll aftirwarda signalled the man to I ack Ihoingluu up, whlcli hodld. rialntlltalillktcd lbocoUlllig nln anl algnalleil for it contluuanco of the backing of the engine, wlillo lie ran to thn statlouary engine, supped Uionthcutclier,audilckeilUithepuih lair to cc,U le Into tho dravilieud of tho 'helier." Hu awrrrd, however, that the onglno camo back with such steoil an I forcu that ho fnlted to mako the couillng and waa llnablo til uet met of tlio way. As n result his left lian 1 was caught brtnteu the luimpors of tho twotiiglnta, and ho was otfu r-wise r-wise li.Jurrd. Tho Court note found tint plulnlllPs Injuries weru mtrily an arcldoiit, rrsultlng.Hsfound by the Jury, from tlm catel, ssneia of tlm dufoudunt compnuy, "but still an accident lu tho si nao, thai It i. (is not Intontlonal." V lulu tlm Injury In-jury wia sovire. It only initially ills, al Ud the plalntltramtlhtru were many nccunllona lit nlilcli ho w ould bu able to earn m arly If not quite as much as before be-fore tlm occurrence. Tlm damage In this calo Hero Hi exctaslvu Hint tho virJIctoughtnottotluiid. Wlillo the court corislderril It lla duly Hi hold railway uumpanlea to a strict account. altllty for daiuiigca cau-Ld by their nrgllgmt or wrongful ails, yit It was al.ulls duly not to icrmlt n glaring Injusllcotu bo done them In order to lallify tho demands of ) cil.cr rijtl dice. Tlmjiidgment must lie ixvi r. d and the i aui-0 remandoil. AU tho otlu r J tnlgi com urml. ltlCI M.AMXIl'B. In the mailer ol tho statu of Orson 1 n't, Involving Iho iimatloii as tlm fghtof ili isame u, chllilrento Inherit, tho JuJgment if tho Third DMrln t- urt was reversed, luaccordanco with lira ill clslou of Iho Hiitremo Court nf tho United Htatea 111 tlm Cope nise, lu whlijliltiosaimicpiedlonuuilnviilud. In Hi tarn of t(. 11. Druiumoiiit va. tlm tfuntlii ru I'acim-.n tielltlon fjr n relx-ailng v as deiiloii, . Intkoroioof Hnuh J. Weaver vs, W. I,, I'lckanl, luvolvliiir sumu S ion, the Judgment of the court Ubwiu fayyrof tlmplalutlO wasroier. 1 U.ll. l'ranUlu, Valeutlna Uldoon, T. I). Jolinaon, Xoble Warren ami M. A. IliVKler wera aimlttcd to ractlce. J. I,. Hchallor, of llrlghoml'lty, was apiolutid n Unitul Htalea Commissioner. Commis-sioner. In tlm ca of llio charges mide against J, U. Loinai, of loy:au, M. A. lirreilm askul that the (hatge bo mode mora definite. Tho ruiucst was allowed and the court ai polnlcU Dtvld J'.vanslo preirouuJ nin lh charge within twenty daja, mid allownl Mr. Im twi.ntyila)a Inim tho lime of Mini: In whlili tu answer. In thonftertiooit, lu the mnof tho I'copln ex ril. vs. Inils Colin it al., known ns tho Con in llcwM-e, Ii llramlo Vouug III Vetl that the) nplxiil lie cils-iiiIuhiI, cils-iiiIuhiI, tier-line iho nite rciulrluc the filing ofaiinMraithid not lies ti compiled com-piled villi. The court altiwnl Icn ilajsfor llionilng of tire altiail, and Iho raco vtent mcr uulll tho Juno term. Thla four hide I tlio present slttlus of the Court. |