Show ELECTION CASE GASE UP TO cm GITY COUNCIL Question Whether Murray Case Can be Decided by Drawing Drawing Draw- Draw g ing Cuts JUDGE U RITCHIE'S OPINION Court Finds Neither Candidate for Cl Cily r Attorney Ibis Has Been r. r Legally gnu Elected Judge M. M L L. L Ritchie of til the distrIct court ourt yesterday esterday entered a decree In Inthe inthe the he Murray lurra election case which refers reters re- re fers ers the entire matter mailer to lo the tho Murray Murra city Ily council for settlement The finds find find- s of or facts and anti conclusions In law Jaw as prepared by the court show that at it the Murray city election last fall faU I avld lavid 1 M. M Haigh candidate of or the In Independent Independent In- In dependent party for city attorney and Stephen I. I I. I Richardson the late lale on tho limo CItizens CItizens' ticket for the therome same rome office polled d a tie vote vole Each received 25 legal votes voles fhe The court CO holds that the time process of the time election has bas not nol been completed as s a majority of or votes was not ca cast t for Cor either Hence neither candidate can cun- lma has haH been legally elected The fhe court holds that thai both bolh contestants for tor forthe forthe the of or city attorn attorney of Murray shall shaH share time the costs of the litigation Tho The decree de-cree Is as follows Courts Court's Decree It is hereby ordered adjudged and decreed that at al time the election In and for fOI the city of ot Murray Murra Salt Sail Lake county State of Utah held hec on Novem ber bel C G 1905 David M. M Haigh and de de- de- de fondant Stephen L. L Richards were the only candidates duly nominated for the thc of city attorney for said city that at said election each of said aId candidates candidates can can- received 5 25 Ci votes voles but bul that neither of or them received a majority of or the votes voteR cast for Cor said that the process of or election to said office was not and Is not yet completed and that neither the said David M. M I. I I nor tho the said defendant Stephen L. L Richards has been legally elected to said office It Is further r adjudged adjudge and decreed that each ench of or the parties hereto bear hear his own cost In this ac ac- ac- ac tion and each shall bear hear one half of the referees referee's fee tee herein S Section of oC the revised statutes of or the state of ot Utah Ulah provide that In case of or tie Ho voles votes In any city election I th the tie lie shall shaH bo be decided by lot ot In the pre presence once of the mayor an and city re re- re recorder corder upon a da day to be designated by the Iho mayor The Time status of oC the case cae at present therefore is 15 just where It was last fall fail when the votes were counted In order to lo decide the election It is la up to lo the two candidates to draw cuts The statute tines does not specify whether the time election shall bo be decided by lot Jot In the case of a n contest |