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Show I AH DECISION II FOR HEIiElT I Salt Lake, Nov. 25, A third decision deci-sion in the case of the United States against the Utah Light &. Traction company, with refereuco to the alleged al-leged encroachment of its plaut in Big Cottonwood canyon upon forest reserve land, word of which was received re-ceived yesterday from the circuit court of appeals by W. "W. Hay, Uni- jll ted States district attorney, puts the H case practically at the starting point p Tho government is suing the power S company for alleged unrightful occupancy occu-pancy of forest reserve land with pow- er improvements. K IJB The case was decided against the K j government in the local federal court K t by Judge John A. Marshall, reversed V by the circuit court of appeals and K remanded back, decided in favor of Bi 1 the government by the local court and H , acain appealed to the circuit court, H ' tliis time by tho defendants. Ycster-B) Ycster-B) '. day came word from St, Louis that W.'l the decision had again been reversed M H and the case again remanded to the l U local court. The question now raised H ' is as to whether or not the company Mi i had a vested right before the passing H M of the statuto under which prosccu-H prosccu-H h tion is being made. m Word of another decision in which B II the government is thc winner was i y, also roceived yesterday from the clr-M clr-M p cuit court by District Attorney Ray. H It was that of the Utah Power & m K Light company with referenco to their H U plant in Logan canyon. The cotfrt B in held that the forest land there occu-m occu-m L pied was unlawfully made uso of by l If the company, and an order accompan-j accompan-j 'u ied tho decision that the local fed-Bi fed-Bi jj eral court should investigate and fix Hj a rental valuation deemed due the Hj st .government for such uso of tho land H in question. M h oo |