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Show PROTEST BY THE BANKS. Tij Disputed JssessneiU Comes Up For Hearing Before Jodge Zane. 1 TAKI.Vfl Of TK4TIMOM. Dtclilon In Hi" .'rlckson lllrorra Null. ' -UtiitrM Orders of llio Third , 1)1.1 r Id Court. ! Tbo prlnelpel feature In Chief Juttlce Zano'si court toJay was thu tilting of tostlmouy In tho cites of lour of Ilia city banks against County Collector llnrtly, on nrcount of alleged exceatWo assessment on tbrlr rtifttctlvi) irorrtl, Thu tanke In munition are tho Descrot National, the Utah National, National Dank of the llejiutdle, anil tho Coiniuctdal Tjntioiial. JudsrBiiiliorland nnd Itawllns and CiltcUlow npiwared fur tho ilalnttrit; County Attorney Murphy repretented the collector. AfU r aoino considerable delay, occasioned ly Interpositions In ragard Id demurrcri, etc., on thopirl of counael, JiiJro Butuerland brl-lly stated tho faols. Hoaatd that each Uuk had Ihitlluted a tearate suit, anil that ol tho Deaeret National was flrat taken up. Tho ilalulllla attcd tho court to until nn lojuuotlon restraining the tax collro. tor, Mr. Hardy, from collecting tha tut assisted against them roieo. lively. Thry alleged that they Mere land far greater than the amount lm. jiosedupoiinlherinoneycd capital Inthu Territory. Under the natloiiulcurruucy tcl .ernilsalon was irlvcii la the cltlei and territories tu assess lliealiarea In national bank a on tho lonJItlon that lucli asseamieul li made at tho placo where the bank iloes business; but ll waa laid down that they muat nut bo tiled at it nrrator rate than oilier raaueyed capital In the Terrl-lory. Terrl-lory. In this Territory, by a ttaiute parted In 1602, all debts at (U red by inorizaKta, or trutt deed ol real or pereanal proHrty, were oxnupt from i.xallou. C'ounatl Intimated that lie proiioied to ahow liy evidence thai oui-aide oui-aide of thecapltalol thu banka, national aim territorial, 76 to Vt) per cent uf the moneyed capital was ao iccuiedaud eitmpt thai thu cxenii Hull waa a macled that nutlonal bauks Rot no ii tinitlon from It at all. Tbua, to the ixteulof the tirniption there waa an unfrltnuly dlecrlralnatlen ngalnat cap;, tallnvenlel In national bank allures. The general facta slated In the complaint were denied on thu ground of "nut of Information, auftVteut, lerhap, to pit them In Itsuc, but not upon any knowledge. TUo complaint atated that there nro about ilx million Uollaia In inorlKisia In thia county nnd about nine nililluna In the Terrilury, nnd that that la a larger parlol tun moneyed cajiltnl of the Territory outalde of the capital cf the lnuka. Tills iuretlon tctidod to ratabllab that, and It would be a material ma-terial point on the final argument whether this exemption waa n noi. friendly dlaorlmlnntlou. Kich of the btnka took this further exception (hey dcalred clllur to rbtaln n restraint azatnet the entire tax or to the extent ol the execea. They Inilited that tho moneyed capital of each of 'them waa as'etaed at Ha full value, dollar for dol lar, and that the other taxable property In the county waa uniformity ami eye-temallrally eye-temallrally valued at only about TU per cent of Ita rial worth. Ho that the binka were assessed exctaitvely, to the mount, nt least, uf 33 per cent. Theao were thu two polnta Uoii which ! deuce would belntroduced. Tnu Ter-rllurlal Ter-rllurlal banka tiled their complaint on tho latter ground, of Inequality lu thu valuation, nnd a'ao uu the ground that they had been d. nkd tbo benellt of thu exempli)!) of ruortiiacet, although thu atalute abao-lutely abao-lutely exempted these from taxation. County AltorneyMurphy objected to the udmlulon ol any testimony on the partol lhoplalntlll,for thortason lliut Lliecomnlalut did not atatu facta rultl. uleut to cnuatllute n cauts of action. (,'ouDidnlu luterpoaed a ajari lal uljrc tlon acnlnat tho taking uf any evldeuce aa to the number of iiiurlgugea held by residents of Halt Lake County, on the ground that the extmrtlon olaucli mortgagee Irein Iniatlou did not cotf atlluteauoh a dlaorlmlnatlon against llio national bank aliarei aa waa contemplated con-templated by thenctof Coniirest. J. II. Kiniicl (rounty recorder), Mr. J. 0. llaytould and other wllnestta wolo examined during tbo furenoun. anvil The Zlon'a Ravings Hank nnd Truit Cotniany va. I'. J. Leonard, collector, la tbo title of another full In thu direction of alleged ixciwlvo ! went which will come on for hearing when the foregoing cases have been got rid of. Aa the argumenta III thu lormer will, however, occupy tonus Unit', It Is very doubtful whether tho Zon'a complaint i 111 lie reached to i oar. Ihn plalntlnV counsel art) Harlow ' I'erguson and John M. Cannon; Judge , Hu ie la the attorney on thu other aide. 1 ULMUIIREK tUSTAINKI). ' Intbucaieof !', 1'. Ilarker va. Au , dltor Arthur I'ratl, heretnforo aub. milted on mandauiua, the demurrer to the alternative ault waa kuttalncd. MAY IISI) IN AN A11TAI.. 1 Wm. Whitehall va. (leorge A. Meears et al. The demurrer to com-I com-I plaint wa euitaliied uud notice of np. , 04l glveu. i HiMtuNliM II UU In the uaae of tho United Hlalca v, I I). V. Dlutnimd, Initloiul for fraudu- 1 ntuae of the uiulli, the motion to re. ducti thu defenilaut'e ball was over. ru.eJ. A IIUillAMIl'd I IITITIDN. In the divorce ault of Ouo. A. K. dntlne va. Jeuule C. Klilredje, brought uu the ground uf ilteertlon, Ihocouit grauleil tho Utorce, J, II, Hurl waa tho plaliilllPa attorney. llCPlllEL'd IIMMUT OUNl'lllMl'D. In tho rare of Albert Halletnl. va. Ji hn W, Young et allhe report uf the letrcewua uouflrmed nud Judgmuut tuttredfor plalntlll. UllMIil l)V At I'lUI.lNtl. In Ihu matter of Andrew C. Ilrlxeu va. John K, 1'foe tt nl., tweuly Uay MtroHllowcdln which tJOppea, A ntMUmiui ovi itnui.Kii, In the cJinu of thu U.S. National Hank va. T. J. Angell et nl., the ill. n.urrirto compUlnlwoa nveuultd. ONP WllllllllAWN, Tb mat Iloltou va J. II. 1'atklnlon. Tbo demurrer wos withdrawn, wllb leave to abtircr lnttauler. AHUo.vDMonr. In the full of K. 8. 1)e Oolyer va. John A. tiheltle, the demurrer waa withdrawn and ten daya allowed to anawer, BUnillTIKU OH BTATrMKNT. Mary Waring va. P. J Leonard, col lector. This la one of Ihu tax cms at prraent In rourao of Initiation, an I waa uhmlltttl by counsel uu ugro d at a o merit of facta, ANCTIIBKJUtl KUll JUtiUK ADKIIMJS. Wllaon va, linrr.t elal. ttefcrrod on dimurrer to Judge Andcraon aa referee, to hear and decile. )ii M'ifAsir.ns will kri: to them. The ca of Adrm Duncan tt al. va. V.. It. (Jlulf, aaattaorand colleetor, reloncd, by cauieut, to Ml II. P. McMasters to taku tiatlniony nud re-turt, re-turt, I lie same rule was foUovoJ lu the care of Barah A. Crown el nl. vj. K. It. Clute. inn Kiuciciaos divoiioi: cash. Judge Anderaon gavo hla declalon tlile morning In the divorce rult of Margaret A. Hrlcknon va. Albert T. Krickaaon, tried before blot as referee, on Wedutaday ljut. rhe grounda ujwii which the complalut waa bareil wero iirunleuneM nnd cruelty. The refcrtu illd nitcouMdtr tbechargmatabiuiiej and illaiulited Ilia potitlon. He ga'o tbo yuuu couple aom t ol njvlo aud oiiulil cruil thai they ouht to live together happily, bo mi Tome a ciiaiii, A penlilentatUirtiey wai a'ixloni to gttattareln wbloh he was interested, before tho nothe of JudgcZilie tbll liiornleg, Hut Ibi ipiartero. nnluur allotted to Informal Imalneaa had gone by, and hewaaluformed that lie would now bavo to wait hit turn, a llio hearing hear-ing of the tax cases was thu next thing lu order. "CuulJn'l your honir take It at noon7" iuerliM the lawjer In hla uil lersiiaalve tone. 'Noon la uonu," reolneJ the Judge "Noon la lunch time, and 1 uk my lunch then." Everybody laughea txrept tho nttirney nferreil lo, whu tiled tu look aa thou ll liolwdy waalooklugat hlni and eat quietly down. AN AI'lTAL. Transcript and papers nn nppenl to Ilia I bird District court liaeu been lll I In thecal" of Jaiuea C Mee, a.algneof 11.8. YanR.ee, va. A.I-'raln. licimea from CommlatMiner llioth'a tuurt, wheiu Judgment waa entered UKalntt the tle'endsnt In default of hla omerance. (U0.1S waa Ihu uiuouut cl lined. |
