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Show POLYGAMOUS S0X$ Can Inherit Their Father's Fath-er's Property., v,s we re Washington,. Jaij'j W. ls. Brown yesterday rendered V'" ax'4 opinion as a member of the Unite! States Bupreme Court. He delivered two opinions, of which the more important im-portant was in the case of George N. Cope vs. Janet Cope and Thomas II. Cooe; brought here on appeal uum mc Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah The question myolved was whether or not a son by a polyaamous marriage had a right of inheritance from his father,it having been, claimed he was illegitimate. The court holds that a son by a polygamous marriage did have such right and reversed the judgment of the Territorial OniV;.. ine court says: "The Edmunds-lucker act declared legitimate all children of Mormon parents born within loss than twelve mouths from its passage, "lhe object," the court says, "was to make jtnose unfortunate children an especial es-pecial object of care and to make then-parents then-parents relinquish polygamy by Uxing n.riod after which their children should be illegitimate." The United States supreme court I also handed down an opinion afbnnine the judgment of the circuit court ot the United States for th eastern district dis-trict of Virginia, directing that a writ of habeas corpus he Kranted Y llliam llebamos, convicted in Norfolk oi .10-lution .10-lution of the state inspec turn law. This is one of what is known as tne dressed beef cases arising out ot tne act of the state legislature having 1m its object the restriction of the sale or meats by firms located outside ot tue state in which the meats are offered for sale. It was held the law an was interference in-terference with interstate commerce, and the supreme court sustaining the contention. . The supreme court rendered an on. ion affirming the judgment of the supreme su-preme court of California m the cast, of Goo. F. Pacbark vs. Jake Bird and I Frank Biedler. This suit Is over the ownership of an Island of eighty acres in Sacramento river, Colusa county. Packard's daim rests on the ground that his grant extended to the middle of the stram, and the court decided against him on the ground that as tne stream is navigabls at this point the title stops at high water mark. |