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Show FI.VAM.Y SETTLED. A Tnenljr Tlmutsud Hollar Suit Coniri lo An I'.'i'l In the foul til lilitrlrt I'ourt. The lilg rult of W.O. Aura It and W. II. 'lhompaon vs. Win. (larland which has been lu thu coutts since 1SU0, has been settled In the Koutlll DUtllct eourt, and the plalnlill' diew his chri k Infavurof tha plalmlUafor JW.HOO on the CommercUl National bank, where It waa honored without hesitation or previous uollcu. Tho esse Just enJel was a most peculiar one aud Is of unusual Interest. The questions Involved were new to mpitnttomvyi, and seldom have they ever been sprung. Wra, Gatland was ttinroiilractor of the gnat Iliar ltlver mual. He acceltcd thu wcrkunlir theordlnary railroad contract, which I rovl led that eillmatea should only bo allowed upon tho miaiurements nud Tecommendatlons of tho cmal com tkny'a-rigular engineer, who should make all calculations of tho amotinta duo the contructora nul a'anlllct-tlous a'anlllct-tlous of tho character of tbo work rer formed, whether In aollJ rock, Iooao rock or earth. Mr. (larland lu turn gavocontrarla to several aub-coiilrao-tois, among them lelug Autiett auj Tbomtiaou. 'Iho mb conlrsi-lors berime be-rime dbaatliilled Willi tho tint till-matu till-matu aiibmllid by tl e engineer of work done and brought eult lu thu district coutt here for JJU.OiKI against tlsrlaud, alleging In their complaint that the engineer lud tulcd fraudulently fraudu-lently and in iili' wrong calculations, llitriby reducing the amount which In all iquliy should le dun them for actual hibor rfurmid. 'Iho plalntills claimed dial they bail not l en ere Hied Hi-ed with a sunicltut number of tarda of solid recti work, liut ou the contrary, con-trary, alleged that the eugliirir had clattllled thejobas ea.th wolk. Car-laud Car-laud lu his nuswer made tho plea that Inusutuch as the canal coin-4iiy's coin-4iiy's euglueer hsd made tho vs-llmatu vs-llmatu ou calculations tuppo'ul to haeu Ueu based upon tlm actual labor performed by tho sub contractor', con-tractor', thu company llsilf should be made u parly defetiduut In the caao. Judge Miner considered the point well takcu ami eutirod au ordir to that ellect. The oaio waa thou c.lled lor trial. In May, IS'Jl, the court gavo Annett an 1 Thouitiaon Jujgmcnt for $Sd,nOO agalnat (Urland, und Inasmuch u.s the laltirwis, under tho contract, to receive re-ceive hla remuneration upon the aamo b&sle aa the sub-iontractors, n udg-uienl udg-uienl wss also given him against the Hear Lake and HImt Waterworks and Irrlgalloncompa ylu thusuiuof 31, 000. An appeal 'ri taken by the canal urporatlou to'tieHup' met ourtof 'he Terill rynndsa Uarwrd was no -de-fendint mil would clllier l forced to I ay thejudsnient against him or faku on aplial ulso, nooljabtlmi was made ' by hlui and the cam went up. Djrltig tha liat terroofthecourtaileoltlon wt" I haifed dowuoinflrmlncihevcriib-inf 'thee urt below aa lo nt- judgment ol ?i,iki a;altiat (lailaml hut r verrullng it against tlm ooiuaii) In UTorvf tin enmr clor. In or tee to aave further iiufenllnn from thai ,ti itter (larland yesterJay pal i li aJmUiniulMnitaadt la'od, lnit look au n' sal lo tho Hu-prenieC Hu-prenieC urt of the United ejtatis1 on lila caaei agalnat Hie canal tropic In tho llnal ttlal of tho casu Dicksnti anlHtoneaiipeaud for the plaliillfls, T.vana and ltogera, the Hear Lake and ltlver Water Works an I Irrigation ciiniJiiiy, and W. L. Miiglniils for (Isrland, |
