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Show DECISION IN A A BANK CASE The record for brevity of any supreme su-preme court opinion ever handed down in Utah held bv one rendered by the supreme court yesterday. The opinion, which contains Just twenty-three twenty-three words, and was written by Jus-tico Jus-tico D X. Straup, and concurred In by Chief Juetlco W. M. McCaity and Associate Justice ' E. Prick, arfirms the Judgment of the Second district court In the case ot Sarah M. Tayior against the First Nattonai bank of Ogden, wherein tbe plaintiff was awarded $7,177 70 as damages for ..the wrongful sale of 2,050 shares of J mining stock In the million Peck and Champion Mining company. The record shows thai Sarah M. Taylor had loaned the stock certificate certifi-cate to John L Taylor as security on which the latter borrowed the sum or $6,250 from the Plrsi National bank. Tho amount of the note was paid by Taylor, but the hank refused to surrender sur-render tho certificate of stock and afterward sold It for the liquidation of other Indohtcdness of Tavlor to tho hank. Sarah M Taylor brought suit agnlnst the bank and was awarded award-ed a verdict us staled. From the judgment the bank appealed with tho result that the, judgment was affirmed, affirm-ed, as follows: "This appeal Is frivolous and without with-out merit It the judgment be affirmed. af-firmed. Cost to respondent on appeal, ap-peal, and below Such Is the order ' |