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Show THE FACTS Editor Iron Countv Nkws:-Thu Nkws:-Thu Piocho Record is crowing over Mr. Thop. Taylor's defeat in the caso of Godbe vs Taylor, From tho ovidenco it appeared that Taylor bought tho l'iocho and Bullionvillo Bail Road paid for it. received a bill of enle, and tho Rail Road was delivered to him and no part of it was reserved. - 'lho doli very was nindo in presence pres-ence of u witness who was in court and so testified. Taylor has paid tuxet: on the property for the past seven years unci placed bis tux receipts in evidence, and showed that lie had been in pcaceublcpo'ss- ri) untitled that company that ho Owned tho road stating that lie hud lot the rails &o, remain there with the iutontiou of rebuilding it in connection con-nection Willi a Rail Road from his coal at Cedar to Piocho, ihoiioo to Southern California, mid at this timo wiib first informed that Mr (jodbo claimed that he (Godbo) owned tho road bed. Taylor placed in evidence a contract con-tract betwixt Godbo & Taylor for tho purchase by God by or tho old Ucb, (written by Godbo hiuifelf) in which he acknowledged Tnylcr's provioiiH purohuso of this Bail Road also other ovidenco whore Godbo had bought 1100 yards of thih road bed from Tuylor.- Taylor placed in evidenco a letter from tho person he. bought from, stating tho rail road and evorytning proUining thereunto - all belongs to tho bargain. bar-gain. Tho definition of railroad by Webster is a road way on which iron rails are laid for wheols to run unlit un-lit dofer.coW.Godbo stated how.whilo ho .was getting his deeds mado for tho Raymond and Ely property, they mudo first a deed for all tho roal estate oxcepting tho Pioclie & Bullionvillo Rati Road, nnd ho then went on to state how ho had prevailed on them to givo him a deod for this road bod, and tho doed reads if it (meaning tho rood bed has not been previously bold, ' Tho way this deed reads in itri saving clause, it is no matter who' tho roud bed had beon proviously,' sold to, that would invalidate this deod. But Godbo did not introduco' ono particle of evldenca to sustain' his statomontB. No ovidenco to Bhow that tho road bed was separate separ-ate and apart from tho other rail road propertv. No ev.de.ice to phow that Lazzard i&Freres, the p.evious ownors, claimed to own it at tho timo Godbo gut his deed. No evidence evi-dence to show thoy offered to soil tho road bed, or that thoy did sell it. No evidenco to show that Godbo ever bought it or paid for it. or over paid any taxes, only on tho clovon hnndred yards that Taylor Bold him, Then Mr. Tuylor proved that the Godbes hod beon helping them solves to thousands of Dollars worih of rails and othor property which thoy had nut houghi, and had torn up hie railroad track to his groat a injury and damago, all of which thoy rather admitted than disproved. disprov-ed. But Mr.Talor'slawynr ttBked Godbo and bis sons whether thoy thought it was right to tako Mr. Taylor'B property which thoy hud not bought, and which ho had told thorn ho did not wish to sell, und mako use of it This insulted thorn und tho Judgo took it up and ho was insulted and threatened the lawyer that if ho did not bchavo himself ho would make him. It finally resulted in tho lawyer being excluded exclu-ded from tho court room. Uodbo's council not being willing will-ing to continue tho case, Taylor had to cond act IiIb own side of tho caso. Now thoso uro tho facts as I havo learned thorn, nnd I cannot seo what iho Pioc ho Recrd hnb to crow oyer. Mr. Taylor is a livo man und is trying hard to benefit his afellow man by getting employment employ-ment for him thut will pry good wages, By the by tho Judgo was up for re-election, und is tho only iio on his ticket who failed. JubUco |
