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Show District Court News in Brief A Condensed Opinion in the Matter of the State of Utah, ex rel. Coalville Co-op vs. Alma Eldredge Other Matters. The f; 1 -i is 11 brluf synopsis furiuslud u by Jmlgo Morris I.. I U' . . . Ill 111'' ea-. f tlio Stulu of' I'tnli. mx 10. I oulvlllo Couirntlvo Mercantile Institution, liliilntlll, vs-Alma vs-Alma l.Mrvd;e. defendant. Thu City Council of Coalvlllo al-low al-low oil n claim of tlio CoaMlli- Co-opuratlvu Co-opuratlvu Murciintllo Institution for miTcliaudlso ttold to tlio ally. Tlio defendant, nil Mayor, declined to Hi, 11 it iitul thuvhiltunnt, which will lie hereafter rofurrud tons tlio nlnlii-tlir. nlnlii-tlir. petitioned thu court for a mini-dun. mini-dun. in tooi.mpel lilm 10 sl?u it. In Ins return to tlieiilternutiw) writ tho tlofiMiiliint Justified IiIh notion on the irniuiiil ilint tho Keiieral inaniiKer of tho iliilnilir company was hub of, tin Cm, ' aun-llmim hikI Chairman of lis .cmfiliti-o on Claim hiii! i ' counts In- bolnir also tin Secretary an I a -" ..I10UI1 r of tin- iilHllitilf. tivv. WJf tin- KbiImjiI Stiltuttui provides In suhstnucu: Nip iilllii.-r shall ho directly or In-directly In-directly interested in any contract, work, or business of tlio City, or In tho xalc of any arth'lu tho price or which I paid from tho treasury of thu city. It la uniformly holil that utulor uch circumstances 11 contract for tit !-, jiy,millcr of a cltyjif " " HktdinolsJfrtUJ ff y U-Vo!l utTd t"njftbtiilieiir cnnnot In any way, ' " either directly orlmllrootly, bcnoflt himself by audi a transaction. Tho decisions of tho courts In different dif-ferent Jurisdictions am not In harmony har-mony an to tho situation of tho par. lien aftur declnrltitf thu contract Mild. Iu somo It lit hchl that In the cuiiu of a nalu of Roods merely the alio of which can lie ascertained hy Holm- ili-tliilto standard, there may Iwin m-ij upon a iniautuiu at-bai. tit. 1 ib hotilthat thoro can k'liui.i.i-o- i.atovur, mill that t, .. ilily aitwh. s l tilt' ttll'-le IIIUlFMlCtlOll, Thvrt' i mi iliiutu that stioh con-in. con-in. 1 r. Illi-iril void IW HKI'llim ,, , .1 int 1 ill ihattlui Ittwm'i'kB , , , I, . l lllllsln N. . I, : -V I 1- II II 11 I i I I I 1. 1 i'ii -mli'il, 011 the other I 1 mi.i 1 , 1 .inbllu eorporatlon ' ni'fllteil by aetual- ! Ii, bo permitted to I , ii. 1I1 111 anil not olil'-(hlii(, r..r ..in,- Tli.- court, in dealing with tho matter and applying thu generM principals of public policy and of equity wlilch ought to govern In the decision of such a ense, reaches the conclusion that an otllcer of the city cannot bo permitted to profit In any way whatever by such a trans action, and that, on thu othur hand, I thu city nhould pay the actual ' amount hy which It ban been I n I'll I'-ll tteil after depriving tbeothcrparty of any prollt upon thu transaction, and tho court thereforo may itllnsr thu plalntitf tho cost value of the goods, excluding rigidly and Jenl-ounly Jenl-ounly all possible clement of prollt, provided tlieatuoutit thu ascertain-ed ascertain-ed him actually bonelllted tho city to that extent, and thin principle rihould gulilu in tho llnul determination determin-ation of thu contrivers). 'Hit plaliitilf'h ilemurrcr to the de-fendmit'N de-fendmit'N return Is owrrulid. If the pltilntlll desires to nmvnil the petllion, or to llle 11 reply to the return, re-turn, twenty tiny may headlined I for that purpose. '1 he regular March term of the d'.Ktrlei eiiurt wa open, t MhiuIb) by .luilgii llltchle, and the following . business linn been disposed of: I l.tati' 1 f Margaliit V. lnou, ili-i uiuuil ; order of Milt-of real mid proiial properly. Kiitato of C. ('. Siirgutit, deccaiied; llual account approed and decree of distribution entered. UuardlanHhlp of Thomait I'.nrl Suydur; ThumuH Snyder appointed gonrHlniTT'lKIintllJ.lW. ' " ' IZatato ot Clmrlcn Itodebaol., do-coasud; do-coasud; llual account approved and decree of distribution entered. Kiitatoof Johu l.ursi'ii, deceated; tame order made. The petition ordordou llrooki'H for citizenship papers wan canceled, Mr. llrooken having failed to put In an appearance, John J. Woods . Itleharil Squires, et al order made substl. luting V. J. Ilatrutte.iidmliilstrator of the cMiiiteof 1). C. McLaughtln, deceated. ai parly defendant. Willard Ur.H'iiluiIgh . Dal.v Judge .Mining Company; deiimir.i over-ruled null tu days allowed to nimwi-r. Tliiimiu Ol-enter v. Carol I no IKl II C ,11.11.1. vlnllO Of lIlM.H j gmiii.'d mi tlie griiuiidii of il 1 irtluii. ll.MIIIU llllis -. Mli,l ix, 11, Mining 1. 11 . ei al.. iiisinUM.it. I Henry Hiii, ,ib a liniiiiiiiitor, s, IMar.i M-'i'i I 1 uliiniiutiii 1 Ciutaii 'tu iwi 1 HI!! 1 i.i.itioii Mining Co-l a li feiiilani, ,uul jii t-ment t-ment eiiti'i' 1 1. .0 11 iliRmliiiii. In the tiiM- r,t -i,n f Utah, ex rel C111MII1 t- p vk. Alma Kldredw . 1 ilui on of the court wan thai 'In. deiuurier to the return bo ov. 1 nl'. I i ml twenty ilayn al-Itmi'l al-Itmi'l i" mnnud. l'ark City Corporation v. K. J, 110 le, dismissed Htpliilntlirii costs.' |