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Show SirKKMIS I'OLHf DENIES. lorirmatloa Hail Ha riled la Ilia Loner Court la Iba Lloyd- J Llllotl I'aar. Ia Iba oaaa of lha quo warranto proceed pro-ceed Inge oa Ibo relation of H. P, Lloyd agaluat Wm. M. Kllloll, wberela Ibo farmer aeeka lo oual iba latter from a aeal In Iba City Cuuooll, Ibo Hupreme courl yaalarday afternoon delivered an opinion written by Juatlca ilarteh and concurred la by Chief Juillce Zaae and Juatlca Miuer. Attention la called lo tbe oaaa of Iho Htata oa rel K. li. It. Thompeon e. La Grand Young, in which the defendant coutrudad Ibal Iba Jurlidlolioa if the upreuia ouurt waa bounded by tba old uee of the quo warranto proceedlnga and that aucb power ojuld oulybeiu. voked where the Htata w-a Inlerealeu at the luaiauoe of the attorney general and out at the hebeel ol auv urivai. Individual. " ' The opinion aaya: "rhla poM n la doubtleaathe reaull of the cbangea lo Iho form af the writ aa eliowu uy lie hMory aud of aooufuilau of the I'rln-c.plee I'rln-c.plee governing the lurladictlin under dlacuralou aa well aa lo a want ol proper appreciation of the meaning cl tbe term quo warranto In ita aooient and urigliial uee In modern American parlance reapecllug the reiulli dealu-naled dealu-naled by Ibuee proeedlnga. Hlm Iho uplulou tracaa Ibo evolution nr warranto Irom tba t nje of Jilchar.ll of Kugland down lo the praeool lime. Tbe opinion lurlher aaya thai "the gnvernmeul ullloer haa tbe right ex. otllolo, where the pruciedloge are In- lluled rllh ul leave of court, but be paui ot prevent the court Irom aeaum. I i jmladlctlon by re ualng toooneeul lotueuieol bla name where a private olttien la tbe relator' and, further, "there la oa claim of any apeolal rea. ann or of any leculiar emergenoy which abould reduce the courl to ai-auraa ai-auraa Jurladlcllon, nor la Ibta a raea In which the atate haa a eeial Intoreel or la which the relator baa ao convenient conven-ient end eejedy remedy ia any other irlbonal; for uncer Iho cnnilltutlon tbe dlatrlul oourta alao have Junadictlnn quo warranto and ample power la veeled In them lo afford adequate relief re-lief la tha panlea In lha neae. In feci the conlroverey oan be determined In a dlatrlot court more oonvonlonlly than In lha oupreme court, heuce II Involvee queallona of fact, which la tha epeoial province of the dltlrlct court lo deurmloo and which Iba eupreme oourt baa no proper raolllly to try. "The remedy promlaed by the con atllution authorising prooeedinge In Inferior tribunal., mull In all Caeee be lollowed, unleaa it eball be mada lo appear lo Iho eallifaollon of Ibla courl l hat there la aa argent neoeaally lor Iho Interposition of lla power, and tha lie dlicretloo In granting or wllb-holding wllb-holding leave lo Die Information In Iba nature ofquo warranto la aol limited.'' The opinion oincludeei 'la the oaee al bar the facta elated In tba Inlorine-tioo Inlorine-tioo ahow llial late la a mere soateai betweea private peraone for Ihe eeme otlloeeudwe aee aelblng ofaaeoan exceptional character In lha elroum-alancea elroum-alancea aa ought lo Invoke tbe Inter-poellioa Inter-poellioa of thla oourt,, Tho relator rau.t be relerred lo bla remedy la the dletrlot court. The applloalloa for leave lo file Ibe laforiaeilon In thla courl la denied." C'ouueel for Mr. Lloyd Immediately after lha deoiaion filed Ibe Information Informa-tion In the dlairlcl courl where II will aeon ba beard. |