Show I FIRST OF THREE TRIALS STARTED City Officials Watching Proceedings In Kim Kim- Kim Kimball's balls ball's Court 1 Trial of or the tho th first of or the series eerier ot of tires th-ee suits tiled filed by owners of sum sum- summer sum summer mer mel cottages In Ogden Oden canyon canon seeking damages front from landslides s on April Avril 23 and 30 U op this morning In Judge Jude James N Kimballs Kimball's division of ot the tho th district court Tho city resIsts paying damages c of r 1300 In the three suits Pearl w Emily Davidson and anda n lJ J a E Edwards Edwins ls claim their summer homes and property properly were 10 damaged to this extent The Th case cc on en trial today was that or of Mrs lire who seeks reeks This case cas Is being carefully watched because the th same sam allegations are r made made In the other cults and the out out corn come cOlne of this tills will probably indicate what will occur In others Charges are made that the th land landslides slides Aides which swept across the th river ere were caul by leakage of or water from the city pipe pip line which is on the southern side of tho rho canyon canyon ADDRESSES JURY Jury In the suits was completed Just before b for noon and Wade M Johnson of or the law firm of Henderson and Johnson representing the plaintiffs made mad his opening statement lIe Its II said laid the th plaintiffs plaintiff would at- at attempt at attempt tempt to show by testimony that the theline theline line which carries carr s city water to the reservoirs was Wu old and defective d f and leaked badly at a 0 point just juat below the across acro the canyon from where the tho th cottages of or the th plain plain- plaintiff tiff tift were wr located He Ue described I In detail the th two slides contending that water seep seep- seeping seep Inc In ing Into the tho th hillside caused tons ton or of earth rock and gravel ra ravel to sweep down upon tho rho th cottages City Attorney A W Agee who with Ith J A Howell and Assistant City Attorney Samuel E Blackham are defending the th city was U n give Ive his hll opening statements to the th Jury this afternoon The Th Edwards Edwardl and Davidson cases Cales will follow tollow the th Eglehoff cult OFFICIALS THERE Mayor George C E Drowning Com Com- Commissioner Core missioner lon r Chris City I En-I- ner noer neer J C Drown Crown Fred Packard au- au su superintendent the th city water works department Joseph Tracy former city Ity engineer and many other r city were We present at the tho til trial The Tir city will contend that the tho lI ca Clime came cam from natural causes cause and through no fault ault or 01 negligence n on the tho part of er the th city or Its tta em employs lo Jurors In the case car are ar John A AGalla Arthur Laurie Thomas Hol Hollands land lands J II If Garner Garnor Garn r John Kello I Ar- Ar Arthur Arthur Ar Arthur thur J Crane Cran roliff Rollo noli T Greenwell and nd Joh John K r lw tor s |