Show r j Supreme Court Rules That Thai San Son Juan County Gets Land and A Utah Supreme Court decision decision de de- de Monday settled a several year long dispute owe over the location location loca toes tion of ot the boundary line between between between be be- tween Grand and San Juan county and the settlement was in favor of ot the plaintiff San Juan county According to Grand county attorney Harry E. E Snow now the new line will be approximately two thirds of a amile amile amile mile north of or the line tine which has been used M as the common cornmon boundary for tor nearly half halt a cen cen- tury The supreme court decision merely affirmed the decision of ot ofa ota a lower court which dismissed the claim of San Juan county and the counterclaim of or defendant defendant dant Grand county San Son Juan tuan county had started action In the Third Judicial District at Provo Provo Pro Pro- vo W to enjoin Grand county from exercising Jurisdiction over the area and Md to recover taxes collected col cot In the disputed zone by Grand Grand county then brought a counterclaim assertIng asserting asserting assert assert- ing Its right in the area The lower court then separated separated separ separ- the tax Issue from the jurIsdictIonal Jur- Jur dispute and dismissed dismissed sed both claims This action was I followed by an appeal by both counties San Juan county held that the boundary set by several several several sev sev- eral earlier surveys at Parallel 38 degrees and andt Jt 30 minutes n north rth was the true boundary Grand county held that the Legislature Legislature Legislature Le Le- intended the boundary to correspond to a township to line in recent surveys found to tobe tobe tobe be somewhat south of the para para- lIet The Grand county claim asserted asserted asserted as as- that a 1912 survey set the boundary on the southerly line and that with Son San Juans Juan's subsequent acquiescence the permanent boundary was thus fixed According to the Supreme Court th the lower rower court acted correctly In dismissing the lite claims but should have ordered the common cornmon boundary to be drawn up as the Legislature directed It remains said the court decision written by Justice Justice Jus tice Uce E. E R. R Callister Canister for Cor the counties to follow the statutory statutory statutory statu statu- tory procedure in hi locating this boundary on the face tace of the earth and went on to say that the proper location would be 38 degrees 30 minutes north parallel The court case has hu been under under under un un- der discussion for nearly three years made mad more Important to the tha two counties since vast deposits of potash have been discovered in t th area Texas Gulf Sulphur Co now develop develop- ing tag potash potash- properties at Cane Creek has located Its Us plant and mine well inside Grand county The The- underlying potash beds however do extend Into the disputed dis dis- disputed zone and into San Juan county Property ty taxes oft i ithe the t in q qua u v AVe the yenta haft ti t been n tM ed at ai minute due t to th the Ule tact ten MI r rain and lack of d v k pm st of or any kind M Most t of ot th the land lam landis is federal domain The disputed zone extends from the Colorado border t gh lt fre portion of M Mab ab valley alley and on to the thear ar Green en river ver County Commission chairman Winford stated this week that it would cost to complete a survey such sueh as the theone t one outlined in the court deb ae cis vision Ion |