Show I t J0810 as Shes Dealt J III J TITB JTispATCH It is clipped bodily from the Richfield Advocate Whether Sol Sprague who runs that paper and who has aspirations to become be-come a lawyer has been drinking to excess of late or not has been reading too many dime novels or has been imposed im-posed upon by some brother attorney will never be knonwn but he publishes this story as truth County Attorney Wm McCarty has returned from Milford where he handled one side of a case that was conducted in true western style It was the case of McKeon vs Thos Ross ei al wherein the plaintiff sued tbe defendants for I14 alleged to be due for merchandise furnished to Harvey Cummings who was handling Ross sheep The trial was held in a saloon and a jury of cowboys were summoned by a cowboy who is also a saloonkeeper saloon-keeper While court was in session two of the litigants got into a dispute about the veracity of each others testimony and to settle the matter stepped oat into the middle of the room and began a pugilistic contest in true Sullivan style After the physical physi-cal powers of both combatants were exhausted they were separated by the court and the constable The latter suggested that the pair should be I fined for contempt of court but the justice held that he could pronounce no such judgment as they were both equally guiltv and he didnt know which to fine The jury brought in their verdict but refused to announce it until their fees i were paid and as neither of the litigants felt disposed to advance the money the court ruled that the party in whose favor the verdict came should pay the costs The verdict was against the defendants who appealed to the district court As soon as the case was over the court treated the crowd |