| Show SOMMER 4 AND AN HIS FEES Trial of a Suit Brought Against Salt lake County for SO SOME E AMUSING FEATURES Ito lit Lil II Ieee J tl p ut ci Th rp aa quite an arra tt pr justices and talent n Chor Cherrys court thIs the O n lOll requirIng their preen b 1 a of at the l issues between n ot of the lie peace ace In and ir the a cond pre and SnIt Salt Lako count county was represented by byU U D N and Jo Joseph eph Lippman and the defendant iy by County Count Attorney Put ut and hIli fi assistants lUcy Huy Van Colt Cott nail and W T r Gunter This suit uit was all brought by Sommer to 10 recover tram from the tho county the sum Bum or of liS and interest alleged to be duo due as fees leel I Ifor for the tho of 3 G witness juror between Janu y tf 1597 and September 7 Justice Sommer Bommer tha 8 suing these thes certificates the law him 25 21 cents on each cacti as well as 25 c for administrating oaths The for decision Is III Whether these fees I properly chargeable to the county Justice Sommer says they ate are and 4 dares clars he will stand UP for tor his bIS ci 1 relt regardless ot of the consequences Plaintiff says fays he un arc ern ei Izell account ot of the tho fees to th i or of coun county commissIoners and 11 tr was rejected fl Justice thereupon suIt against t the he county In Justice eP Pat deo does court and got Kot Judgment for or the till full amount or of hili hi claim For the pur or of the question the prosecuted an appeal and the oase oale WaS las reached reachel today tollay The Tho c Sommers Items tema are barred under the thenet net act ot of 1896 the chapter relIed on being an act to establish a uniform system lysten or of county government also that he is II barred by the tho statute or of limitations I For or n a further defense It Is that he line has been paid pahl lila his fees In each eachor or of the cases of which he claIms lees In Inthe the lie present suit that he accepted n a warrant and gave 1 a receipt In full Cull for Cor his servIces In ouch case and that tha t thereupon he Is now estopped trout makIng an any further claim GOOD FOIl FOIt FORTY FOUTY YEARS trial was extremely funn funny and afforded no end of amusement to tholo in attendance Justice was the first witness called and the followIng Is a Portion or of the opening dialogue between the thu plaintiff and At tome tomey Attorney name please Sommer You are arc th the same amme MorrIs Sommer who was wall justice or of the Second precinct In J The Tho slime same men change every seven l rS s y but theres no about me I can as assure sure lure r You 1011 fer ja In 1191 ee sin lr In 1599 v Yea sir Jr In 1900 Yea les SIr In 19 In iii 1901 Ye sir and for forty years lonGer lon er than that Ir if I want to be Loud laughter Judge Jude suppose that Is con conditional upon the theory that OU VIII have g guess U w so Attorney continuing You have hae resided In Sail Sal Laie io duro Ing nil all these years ears have you Yes Yell sir except when I went to Den Denver wr ver More laughter INTERPRETED TIlE LAW Justice Sommer was lien all on his claim against the county Its reo no j Uon by the county commissioners and was proceeding to give hIs Ideas of oC the law on the question when Goatee interrupted the witness and said i l object your our honor to any In ot of the law by this 81 because you know my lay Interpretation or of the law correct and sound Gunter withdraw the obJection Counsel for plaintiff called the other Justices for tor the tho purpose or of shoving that they hat had never nover received fees on any The put ut In rio no tes many At 4 were eon con eluded and Judge Cherry Imme ImmedIate lIate Iy 11 rendered hIs bIB decision disallowIng nil all claims prIor to 1997 for the reason that the law did not then provide for or such fees On the claIm prior to September ms ISIS the tho court held the they were wert barred by br the statute or of limitations Oil On claims filed after Itter September I S the tie court allowed The fees then I amounted to 29 S and Sommer got ot Judi ment for or thIs amount os as as hIs I Colts 1 |
