Show THE demple lol CASE among the decisions rendered by bj the united states supreme court yesterday january 27 were two in which utah people are directly interested one was the ease case of william garland against the bear river canal company on appeal from the utah supreme court in which mr Gar garlands lanos appeal was waa dismissed the other involved the temple lot in jackson bogaty missouri in this case cage the organization nailed called the church of christ commonly known as the Hodric kite church had bad pomes ion of the temple lot the reorganized church of jesus christ of latter day saints generally known aw she Joesp josephite hite set up a claim to ike property alleging that that or gani samon was waa the successor of the church of which the prophet joseph smith was president and began suit euit to go gain bin possession ot of the property the Hadric kites contended that the ju sophi ep bites ltee were not the legal successors and ad based their own title on purchases under tax sales and in various ways waye the ease was waa first heard beard before judge phillips la in the district 0 urt and he be upheld the buo abc conf finn claim of the reorganization the case was waa taken up to the circuit court ot 91 appeals judge gala calu veil presiding aud and judge ruling was waa reve reversed reed as aa being contrary to the facts thus the legal adjudication of succession by which some persons pawns seemed to place a great store W was set aside by the higher court as illegal from this decision of the circuit court of appeals the reorganization and took steps to have it set aside this was through an application for fora a rehearing which was fully presented to the court the proceedings ano and result are thus succinctly set forth la in the following preps creps ST louis dec 10 several import aaa opinions were handed down by the court of appeals at its bitting yesterday one was of the church of ChA chaston independence pen dence mo et al as appellants vs toe reorganized church of jesus christ ot latter day saints appelless appellees app ellees elleen the decision was waa adverbs to the interests of the reorganized organized Be church as their petition for a rW rehearing earing was oyer overruled ruled one of the mot most important points point in the controversy was as to which faction taught the doctrine originally promulgated by joseph smith and each accused the other of heresy the orthodoxy of polygamy among other things was argued at great length and an elaborate attempt was made to show that such an institution w was a F 1 n never ever authorized by the founders of m mormonism m hiaam from this ruling the reorganization appealed to the supreme court of the united states by asking for a writ of certiorari cert lorari this review of the case the dispatches from rom washington belale was denied by the supreme court which thus affirms judge caldwell Caldwel Pc opinion and gives the temple lot to the Hedrick itee it is hold held by them through purchase as aa stated while to the question of at succession raised in the he controversy between the two parties litigant there to is no legal decision in forc it if any is to be implied upon this point from the whole proceedings in the case it is adverse to the reorganization rather than otherwise but virtually the question is just where it was before the temple lot suit was instituted |