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Show VERDICT AGAINST D. & R. G. AFFIRMED I SALT LAKE, May i. The supreme court yesterday affirmed th? verdict of $58,902.80 in favor of the Jeremy Fuel and Grain company and 14 other wholesaler-. and retailers of Salt Lake against the Denver & Rio I Grande Railroad company. The decision de-cision is on technical grounds, con-I con-I nected with the pleadings w hich arc j under common law. The verdict represents cents a ton on coal In carload lots purchased by the fuel companies prior to March T. 1917, Hh"n the public- utilities act of the state went Into effect. The 3a cents was the difference between the published schedule rate at that time of $1.60 on coal from the Carbon Car-bon count fields to Fait Lake, and $1.25 on coal destined to points on the Salt Lake, Garfield & Western. The Salt bake terminal of that l!n U) within Salt Lake und for that reason rea-son the consignee claimed they were entitled to the lower rate. V'ils claim has been upheld in the courts. A somewhat similar case is be'oro the public utilities commission of ( Utah, covering shipments of c oal to j the same consignees during the pe- J rlod the utilities law was in effect and until the tariff schedules were revised re-vised or corrected. This case has not i yet been decided by the commission. The supreme court has proposed to cut a verdict of $10,000 in favor of Charles Shepard. for 30 years employed employ-ed as a section hand and section foreman fore-man of the Oregon Short Line, to 17600, In otherwise affirming the i judgment rendered after a Jury trial before Judge W. H. Bramcl In the Third district court. The accident occurred during th government administration ad-ministration of the railroads, and John Rarton Payne. a administrator, Is defendant In the action. |