| Show A retrospection the dispatches bring the information that michael shaffer who occupied the position of chief justice of utah during the hayes administration Is ia dead a heart trouble being the im am mediate cause the dispatch also credits judge shaffer with being the author of the celebrated anu ann eliza opinion which la in a mistake this particular piece of judicial workmanship was designed and executed up to a certain point by the late judge mckean ably seconded by general max well who acted until the collapse pee of the case came as the plaintiff pro chain ami as it is called in law judge judee shaffer subsequently gave a decision which J the original he had a rather tempestuous time of it in utah the bar has rarely arrayed itself so ao bitterly and determinedly against any one as aa it did in ia hl his cafe petitions for removal were not only drawn signed and forwarded but a representation of the legal fraternity went to washington and personally brought such influence as aa they might to kear bear upon the prest preal dent but it did not prevail finally ogden was made one of the sitting places of the first district court by legislative enactment and thither the objectionable jurist was dispatched he served for quite a along long time after going there seeming to have b ben been en fortunate enough not to annoy the bar 0 of abe junction city at least not to the same extent he had that of this place the selection of judge william lindsay for united states senator by the democrats of the kentucky legislature unc uncovers vers another face familiar liar to utah people that odthe of the late judge rufus K williams he had served a term as chief justice of the be kentucky court of appeals and judge lindsay was waa nominated by the democratic convention to succeed him whereupon julge juige williams ran as aa to en independent candidate forre for election reelection re and was defeated he then came t P utah and established an office first here then at ogden oden in company with hn H n F 8 richards and succeeded to in building up quite a large jaree practice he died few kearr ago this territory Is ju total and legal history is ie a peculiar one oaland and would make interesting reading if put together in a volume by some one capable of dolog it properly and who would tive give it all just as it was we have had bad some strange ruling rulin gp some peculiar procedure and have furnished furnish eJ the world with more points of precedent and new lines of practice than a y other community of similar age in the country the supreme court of the united states for the territory anti and the united states vi ve v i a certain piece of property are only instances wherein we nave have contribute contri but ed to the prevailing practice of the law and the amendments amend mento to and changes chang efi from previously recognized philosophy are too numerous to be b mentioned truly utah has haa varied and far reaching experience viewing it in whatever light we may |
