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Show SUPREME COURT GIVES MSIONS I WASHINGTON. April 15. Judg- I ments (or $3S,27o,343 damages in favor Of the Equitable Trust company of New York against the Denver A: Rio Grande railroad for breach of contract which it was claimed resulted in the foreclosure of a mortgage , given by , ihe Western Pacific Railroad compnnv was in effect sustained today by thej supreme court, which refused to re view Ihe proceedings. City Wins Fight. WASHINGTON. April 15. The city of Mitchell, South Dakota, won in part its fight against the Dakota Central Telephone company today when the1 supreme court reversed with certain modifications federal court decrees restraining re-straining the city from interfering with the poles and other property of the company The proceedings resulted from a controversy over a franchise held by the telephone company. Spring Valley Must Pay Tax. WASHINGTON, April 15 Federal court orders directing payment of more than $220,000 in taxes on money Impounded in San Francisco banks by the Spring Valley Water company, pending determination of the legality of a water r.ite ordinance, were upheld today by the supreme court. ' The funds represented money re-Celved re-Celved in 1914 by the consumers in excess ex-cess of the rate fixed by ordinance. Cpon determination of the case also depended proceedings now pending in lower courts involving the clt's right to levy taxes on the funds collected during three subsequent years. |