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Show "IDIVORCE IS' SENT BACK BY COURT Seven opinions wero handed down by the supreme court Tuesday. In four of them Judgment or the lower court wis afTIrmed, In two it was rc- I versed and in another slightly modified. modi-fied. Tho dlvorco caeo of Julia C. Blair against Preston A. Blair was I sent back to tho Second district court of Weber county to bo modified as to the payment of alimony. Mrs. Blair wad given an interlocutory interlocu-tory decree of divorce from Blair on the ground of non-support. She also was awarded the custody of the minor child, S 1,500 for alimony, together with $15 a month for tho support of the child until it reaches Its majority. major-ity. The court decreed that tho alimony ali-mony should be paid to a trustee to bo agrecJ upon between tho parties in thc case. Mrs. Blair appealed on tho ground that tho amount of the alimony was disproportionate and inadequate, in-adequate, slnco she alleged that Blair had property valued at $40,000. The Huprcmo court finds, however, that Blair accumulated tho property prior to his marriage to the woman, and thinks that tho sum given her by thc lower court was Just. However, How-ever, tho supremo court sees no reason rea-son for the payment of tho alimony to a trustee, and the case is remanded remand-ed with Instructions to tho lower court to decree that tho alimony bo paid directly to Mrs. Blair. Judgment Is Affirmed. In tho case of E. J. Cook against Ihe Grcon River Mutual Irrigation company, instituted to recover ?1,050 alleged to bo due on a contract for tho construction of a canal In Emory county, Utah, the Judgment of tho lower court for Cook was affirmed The case was appealed on tho ground that certain errors wero made by tho lower court in the classification of tho shale rock removed and the cost of excavation. Tho Judgment of tho district court is affirmed In tho case of Granvillo Doming against Josephine Moss, administratrix ad-ministratrix of tho estate of E. II. Mobs, deceased. The case was an action ac-tion In equity to divide certain property prop-erty purchased by the firm, Moss & Demlng Tho lower court found !n favor of the plaintiff and respondent, from which Josephine Mosb, widow of E. H. Moss, appealod. Thc London & Lancashire Fire Insurance In-surance company lost In tho action brought against It by D. Do Mlchelo to recover 51,000 on a fire insurance policy Tho supreme court affirmed the Judgment of tho district court In fn.or of thc plaintiff and respqndenL The company appealed on tho ground that tho premium had not been paid as per agreement. Thc Jury returned a vordict for tho plaintiff In tho action. ac-tion. .Tnstico D. N. Straup dlssenU in this case. Salt Lake City won in tho case; brought against It by Agnes M. Coal-ter Coal-ter for damages for alleged damage to hor property by tho lowering of tho grade for tho laying of cement sidewalks side-walks The lower court gave Mrs Coaltcr a judgment against the city, but tho Judgment Is reversed by tho supreme courL The city appealed on tho ground that tho grade of sidewalks side-walks was Blmply loworod on Third avenue to harmonize with the grado of the traveled part of tho street An admission of this on tho part of the plaintiff's attorneys was not considered, consid-ered, and tho supreme court holds that tho lower court erred in not considering con-sidering it The court reversed the Judgment of the district court in the case of tho Farr Development company against Samuel Thomas and Bernard Stone. Thc lower court denied an Injunction sought to provont tho defendants de-fendants from trespassing upon the land owned by the company The supreme su-preme court now orders that the injunction in-junction bo granted. In tho cnBc of Charles S. Toono against the J. P, O'NoIll Construction company, tho Judgment of the lower court, awarding tho plaintiff and respondent re-spondent damages for personal Injuries In-juries "was affirmed. oo |