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Show MUCH LITIGATED CASE TUBE TRIED I Suit Arising from Death Caus-I Caus-I ed by Rabid Dog Bite ! Will Be Heard 1 The much litigated case, arising from the death of George C. Chandler, Chand-ler, who was bitten by a dog with I rabies, is to be resumed soon in tho I district court herd Under the opinion I handed down by the supreme court. The opinion declares Jiidgo A. W. I Agec has Jurisdiction to proceed with I the trial of the case, j Mrs. Emma Chandler is tho widow of George C. Chandler ho was bit-j bit-j ten by a rabid dog when on his way ' to take out tho delivery car for tho j Miller Market in January, 91S. He I subsequently died a violent death at I the Dee hospital. Thereafter a claim for compensation was filed under the workmen's compensation law, with the state Industrial commission at Salt Lake City and the compensation waa refused on the ground that tho accident did not arise out of, nor in tho cojtii'KO of his employment, from I which decision Mrs. Chandler appealed appeal-ed to "the district court and demanded ' a jury trial. I Judge Agec held that the law gave her no relief and dismissed the action, and thereupon Mrs. Chandler appealed appeal-ed to the supremo court which reversed re-versed Judge Agee and remanded the caae for trial. Whereupon the Aetna Life Insurance Co., one of the defendants, de-fendants, raised the legal question that the law had been amended at the last legislature nnd that it changed chang-ed the procedure by taking all proceedings pro-ceedings from the district court to the supremo court, and therefpro tho district court hero had no right to try the case. The company asked for a writ of prohibition forbidding the Webor county district court from proceeding, pro-ceeding, and asked for a dismissal. The supreme court has just handed down Us second decision Jn the case, holding that the district court of Weber county has ample power and right to jiroceed In the action, and I that the case should proceed accordingly. accord-ingly. "This case has certainly been litigated," liti-gated," said Attorney Joseph Chez, who represents Mrs. Chandler, "for it has twice been before the industrial commission, twice before tho district court, and twice before the supreme court of our state. "Tho decisions by the supreme court have Interpreted the Workmen's Work-men's Compensation Law of the state in tho spirit In which the law was enacted, en-acted, and that Is, that a liberal construction con-struction should bo placed thereon, and not a technical one, so that justice jus-tice might be promoted thereby and extended to all so unfortunate as to sustain injuries while In tho course of employment, and whllo the litigation has delayed Mrs. Chandler in a' speedy settlement, it has rosultcd In great boneflt to tho public in understanding the legal construction and interpretation interpreta-tion of the workmen's compensation j law. which the courts of our state must hereafter follow. Tho law is at comparatively new one In this country, and. particularly so In this slate, for it was only enacted In 1017, but it has 1 already proven' its value." ( |