Show LAND JUMPING SMASHED THIS morning mornin ff in the third Di destrie Dis court chief justice zane baue rendered a decision in the matter of the applina tion of john H linck of colorado I 1 for an injunction against the corporation of salt lake city to prevent the th latter from standing in the way of hi F being bein I 1 allowed peaceable possession of the arsenal hill property which he jumped and from which he be was summarily evicted A synopsis of the decision appears in this issue the condensed presentation of its substance is sufficient to show the soundness of its character it is but another ot ol the numerous evidences that have been furnished by the judge that he is on general gene ral principles a clearheaded lawyer a fact that we have never disputed when this has bas teen loeen questioned it hab been in relation to Us his judicial operations in a certain class of cases where according to the way we have viewed it he be has been unable to control his bis personal biasi bias which is invariably so eo with any lodge judge who apparently believing himself to have a special mission sio te concentrates his bis power upon its ita accomplishment without due reference to the spirit and even the letter ot of the law and the genius of justice and mercy which should enter into all of its operations V outside of that particular line the judicial course of the chief justice has haa been us as a rule consistent and gaywer like it is only fair to state in reference to this question that the defect on the part of the official acting as trustee in a dual capacity for the actual settlers and d the corn com resident within the municipality was only partial the platting of tue the ground la ila question was done in pursuance of the daw by direction of the mayor and city council thi thirteen arteen years agob at the draft nas afterwards afterward lost the surveyor having been unable to find it this fact by no means invalidates the claim of the corporation or community to the property any defect in that regard cia caa be and doubtless will be remedied the laws ot of congress in relation to town townsite sites are sare definite and the territorial statute in the same connection is in unison with it and according to the latter as the judge clearly showed the land must be disposed of those laws effectively shut out forever all claims of the individual jumper who Is in an enemy of good order ana and i common civilization this decision places john H linck of colorado on the outside of the arsenal hill grounds where he was placed by the city officers there to remain perpetually unless he be should go there after the manner of a decent citizen to enjoy the splendid view to be had from that eminence the colorado decision quoted by judge mcbride of counsel for or mr linck li nek was made to do efficient service for the other side the chief justice showing plainly that it applied the op 1 cosite way to that for or tile the support of which it was offered this mornings decision will we P presume resume put a quietus upon the land jumping am ing fraternity wit within bin the boundaries dar es of this municipality and will relieve mr winn from any ablis gallon in the premises in relation to h his philanthropic offer to make a deed of conveyance of the tenth ward square to the corporation of salt like lake city in order to render the title of that ody to the property named beaure all the links of the land jumping chain appear now to be effectually smashed |