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Show EARLY 0EGI1I II CUT COURT CASE EXPECTED A decision on the question of whether wheth-er or not Ogden has a city court, will be given by tho supreme court of tho state within the next few weks, if plans being worked out by local attorneys at-torneys to get tho matter settled, the perfected, as expected, within the next few days. Judge A. G. Horn lias taken the matter mat-ter of getting a decision from the supreme su-preme court on the matter, and papers in the case have been made out and should be ready to submit to the high court within a few days. July 26th is a day favored by most of the Ogden attorneys for a hearing on this question as a number of them plan to be in Salt Lake on that day at a special meeting called by Governor Simon Bamberger. As they are much interested in the outcome of the case, they will endeavor to be present when tho hearing is being held in the supreme su-preme court. The case will be submitted to the supreme court by the attorney general of the state, the facts in the case having hav-ing been prepared for the attorney general by Judge Plorn, District Attorney At-torney S. P. Dobbs and other local attorneys. at-torneys. The supreme court will be called upon to decide whether Judge Bark6r Is the city court judge, or whether he is merely a justico of tho peace, a question which came up as a result of tho enactment by the legislature of a statute affecting the municipal judges of tho state. If It is decided that Judge Barker is merely a Justice of the peace, his fees, according to estimates based on the number of court cases he handles each day. will amount to many times tho sum he receives re-ceives as municipal court judge. oo |