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Show COUNTY TO ASM FOR A NEW TRIAL In the case of Weber county against George Harnett, In which tho county entered Into condemnation proceedings proceed-ings for the use of certain lands for a cutoff on the county road from North Ogden to Pleasant View, the county has given notice that a motion for a new trial will be made at tho earliest earli-est convenience of the district court. Thc attorney and other officials of the county are of the opinion that the verdict was exorbitant and that thcro were sufficient errors in the record to warrant a new trial. Tho judgment of the jury was that the county should pay Barnctt $102 for less than a half acre of land and also pay him damages In the sum of $300. The commissioners contend that such prices for land for road pur-p6ses pur-p6ses would virtually bar public Improvement Im-provement of that kind In the county. |