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Show CONTEMPT CASE IS DISMISSED Salt Lake, Feb. 14 In a written decision de-cision rendered Monday bj Judge John A. Marshall in the United States district dis-trict court, the order was dismissed ngalnst Mrs. Althea Walker to show cause why she should not be punished for contempt of court by removing from the stato securities amounting to $1,500,000 belonging to tho estate of David F. Walker, her dead husband, in violation of a court injunction. In deciding In favor of Mrs. Walker Judge Marshall based his opinion strictly in accordance with the law, thus eliminating consideration of a part of the evidence taken at tho hearing hear-ing upon which tho plaintiffs had depended de-pended for a conviction. The affidavit of H, W Walker, upon which the order to show couse was based, was taken as the preliminary charge and. nccording to Judge Marshall Mar-shall .should have enumerated every article alleged to have been removed in violation of the injunction. The list included in tho affidavit of Walker, did not mention a number of articles which wore enumerated in the hearing. Judge Marshall ignored all testimony relating to the removal of property not enumerated In Walker's affidavit. This reduced the hst to two articles. Bank Liable to Estate. One was a sum of $202.70 on deposit at Walker Bros. Bank, which was a part of tho estate nnd was drawn by .Mrs. Walker. Judge Marshall says that Mrs. Walker was not authorized to get the money from the hank, and that institution is therefore responsible respon-sible to the estate for that amount. The other article was the note of J. P. Megeath for $1S,000. Judge Marshall Mar-shall says, this-was not removed from the state, as shown by the testimony. |