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Show DISTRICT COURT. Malcolm & Hughes Get a Verdict lor $40.00. TWO DIVORCE SUITS. One Decree Granted-The Other Suit to Be Heard Motion for a New Trial of The Peay Case Denied Lawyers Suing: Lawyers Hake an Interesting' Case. Yesterday afternoon hearing of the case entitled Central Building company com-pany vs. A. O. Smoot et al was continued con-tinued until April 20th. Further evidence and arguments were given in the Malcolm & Hughes vs. John G. Mtlcom. case and the case given to the jury who returned with a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $40.00. THI3 MORNING. Ida M. DuseD berry of this city was granted a divorce and temporary alimony from her husband, George A. Dusenberry. Her complaint allege i non-support and failure to provide. The defendent did not answer th" complaint, and allowed the ex-Mrs. Dusenberry to tal e her decree of di yorce by default, Mr, Dusenberry is serving on the present panel of jurors on the First District court. Caroline Pace of this county entered suit for divorce from her husband Wm F. Pace on the ground of desertion and failure to provide, and on the further ground that Mr. Pace has recently pleaded guilty in this court to an indictment in-dictment charging unlawful cohabitation. cohabita-tion. In the case of Geoige Baum vs, Peter Stubbs et al, demurrer to answer an-swer of JNoble, Wood & Co. was overruled, over-ruled, and to answer of Remington Johnson & Co. was sustained. Motion for a new trial was denied in the Ge irge T. Peay vs. Salt Lake city et al case In the case of the Provo Commercial and Savings bank vs. Stubbs et al hearing on proceedings supplementary to execution was set for April 19th. The case of J W. N. Whitecotton vs. D. S. Dana, suit for $300 attorney fee, has occupied the main portion of the day. S. R. Thurman represents the lawyer plaintiff and M. M. Kellogg represents the lawyer defendant and the fight has been in a sense quite interesting. in-teresting. The jury have been led through all the iutricacies of taking a case from the justice's court to the supreme court and back, and many attorneys have testified what the ser vices were worth, and the attorneys fighting the case have been very bitter and sarcastic in their . references to each other. The jury is now out. |