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Show DISTRICT COURT.1 Anna Marks Loses Her Big Damage Snit. STRAWBERRY CATTLE CO. This Biir Firm is Being: Sued for $32,-000.00 $32,-000.00 by Benjamin Arg-yle Jurors Excused -Another Mining- Suit Filed Other Notes. The jury in the Marks vs. Sullivan et al case laEt evening found for the defendants de-fendants no cause of action thus throwing throw-ing all the costs.and they are heavy ,upon Mrs. Marks. Anna has undoubtedly come to the conclusion that courting with judges, juries and attorneys is rather an unsate business. Sometimes one makes a little money at it, but when the deal goes . against one it is awful. Judge-King is--on the bench today and the .case being tried is one wherein Benjamin Argyle of Lake Shore, representing re-presenting the interests of himself and some other cattle owners, is suing the Strawberry Cattle company for $32,000 damages. Diepatch readers undoubtedly undoubt-edly remember this case as it was explained ex-plained in detail at the time the case was first filed. The Strawberry Cattle company have a portion of the Indian reservation leased for grazing purposes. pur-poses. Other cattle owners permitted their stock to range on theBe leased lands and the company seized the cattle to secure the payment of rent which the company demanded and which the other cattie owners refused to pay. These men were put to great inconvenience inconven-ience in getting back their Btock and in fact got back only 500 head." They are now suing for the value of their stock and for the expenses they have been put to and indemnity, Ihere are many points of law arising aud the trial bids fair to be an extended one. NOTES, Ail of the jurors except the twelve empaneled to try the case now on, haye been excused for the term and paid off. The jurors of the present panel are to have a group photograph taken of themselves with Judge King in the centre of the group. L. W. Brown, John W. Steward, Edwin Ed-win A. Goodwin, John J. Thomas, O. C. Brown and the Salt Lake WeBtern Railway company have brought suit against John Harkins. The pla'ntiffs allege that ihey own the Grover Cleveland Cleve-land mining claim in the , Tintic mining district and that the defendant de-fendant owns the April claim adjoining. adjoin-ing. Mr. Harkins it is alleged, has applied for a patent and that the piece of ground he desires patented includes a puition of the Grover Cleveland claim. The plaintiffs object to his getting a patent to a part of their ground and want him enjoined by this court from going into possession of it. |