Show SCHEME FOB LIKE WOULD FORCE ALL CITIZENS WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE A DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST RAILROAD COMPANIES THE CAUSE TOR WHICH OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE STATE TO FILE CASE IN SALT LAKE CITY provision tor this is made ari senate bill which is being opposed by ogden attorneys and by ogden citizens railroad attorneys before the committee attack and abuse ogden attorneys and juror s A very sharp contest has arisen in the legislature at salt lake over senate bill it provides that all causes ol 01 action arising outside cf tins state if suit ia brought in this sat e shall be tried where alie principal defendant resides or if tho defendant ia a corporation then in the county where it has its principal office this would work a great hardship on many of the people of this county especially railroad employed emp loyes and their families under this law it railroad train nAin should be injured outside of utah although a resident of thia city he would be compelled to go to alt lake city to sue the railroad corn anny or if he should be killed his widow or children and othar heirs would have to go there ehfe would bo true of any resident of this or any other county who might be killed or injure outside the state ahik riding on a railroad train if a shipper of stock or fruit should sustain a loss beyond the state line he could in alt laka county only no matter where he may reside aliis would b a great injustice as it would enable the railroads to escape the payment of many a busl claim A W agee of this city noticed that such a bill was pending and called senator mckays attention to the injustice it would do especially to railroad men and their families and senator mckay got the judiciary committee of the senate to agree to report against the passage of the bill when the railroad attorneys heard of this they gathered in forca and asked for a hearing which was given them on wednesday of thia week it ia said thai during the hearing the attorneys and juries of this county beio attacked by the railroad attorneys and shamefully abused thia groused tho scotch ire of senator mckay and he and 0 M who was alo present defended the jurors and cys of this county and demanded that the at f orneys of ogdan lie given A hearing this was done and mr acce judge maginnis 1 D 0 horn went down thursday forenoon and warmly replied to the charges and pointed out the monstrous injustice of the bill the railroads had their attorneys cherep the reP L williams arf C S v arian i for the short line for the union pacific and ir van cott for the rio grandc xo oue was for the southern paci tr mrshall Mr having been present and made a speech the day before it is said that when iho ogdon be fore the th alac linkers hauled in their arad zery little to my II 11 is understood that of the c will the bill bo amended M pa hot to apply 46 residents of the tto land pass as amended while others ortho will oppose hie entire bil tho railroad lawyers will no doubt try to get he bill in such abano a to accomplish their object by pom 0 h acme or other but it it bep very closely watched the standard has no in thia matter other than iho In lorest of og den and the bitici and counties outside salt lako city ogdan cuzzens hoah not be compelled to go salt imako city when they are forced into a lawsuit |