Show SCIPIO SOCIAL CLUB CASE SETTLED A decision was rendered by district judge thomas 11 II button burton la in the case of 0 scipio town vs grantley olsen oleen this case has aroused considerable Int interest crest locally as well as attracting tr the interest of the lawmakers the state due to the tact fact that the case involved the right of the town ot of scipio to punish as a 4 misdemeanor the playing of 0 pool or other similar games within the corporate limits of the town the town of scipio enacted an or di denance nance designed to prevent the playing of 0 pool under any circumstances within the town under this ordinance grantley olsen was arrested 1 convicted and fined before the justice ot of peace tor for playing pool upon his own table and within his own building mr air olsen feeling that his rights had been infringed upon employed attorney 0 L huntsman of fillmore and the case was brought before the district court on appeal attorney 0 P soule of salt lake city representing the town of scipio during the trial of tho the case every detail both of tact fact and law kawwas was carefully argued by attorneys in the case the town ot of scipio called several witnesses nesses and rested their case whereupon the defendant moved lor for a dismissal which was denied and taken under advisement the defendant then rested his case relying upon the testimony of the plaintiffs witnesses and the law of the case judge durton burton in its his decision ren dered upon the of may after giving a full discussion of the law and the facts of the case dismissed the complaint and sustained the defendants fend ants demurrer and ordered the defendant released from custody the nature of the decision rendered Is such that the case rested upon the constitutionality of the scipio ordinance di nance this will enable the town to scipio to appeal to the supreme court of utah if they desire Ies lre had the case not been decided upon these constitutional grounds the decision of the district court would have been final while the editor of the progress Is not familiar with all the facts ot of the case it appears that thiv this case is the climax of a series of direct and indirect attempts of citizens of scipio to prevent a number of scipio residents from participating in the playing of pool as provided tor for thru membership in the scipio social club whether or not the decision recently given will settle the controversy remains yet to be de determined el other cases coming up before the last term of court which may be oi of local interest were in the cast of franklin leon robison vs james A kelly john C kelly and erma me bride the supreme court affirmed the decision in favor of the defendants the case of clisby robison vs the same defendants as in the above case was set for the second day of the next term tc rm the marriage of denise clarke who was as under 18 years of age at the time of the ceremony and raymond haymond kesler was waa annuled annulled annu led W J carteret carter et at al represented by atit G A giles vs hinckley whom J alex melville Is representing the plaintiffs are trying to get their property out of the bounds of hinckley town the court Is going to go 4 0 over er the situation visiting the town I 1 and making such other investigations as aro are necessary to arrive at a decision |