Show the sew jury law among the enactments of the last legislature was one providing that in ill trials of civil actions a verdict could be returned by three fourths ot the jurors under this law it is not necea sary for the twelve jurors to agree as heretofore but nine of them may bring in a verdict fhe first application of this law in the third district court was had monday in the biff damage case of tha american publishing company vs the I 1 isher brewing company the fact that a large sum was in evolved that it had occupied the atten alon of the coart for six days and bad been most stubbornly contested by able council had awakened much more than usual interest among the members of the bar and tl e legal fraternity turned out in fatge numbers to bear the ver diet read it w as to the effect thit we the jury find the issues for the defend ant and was signed by nine jurors in this panel there a ere only eleven jurors and two of the 1 eld out for alie plaintiff the halt like bar is about evenly divided as to the merits of this law but as yet its constitutionality has not been passed upon by a higher tribunal tb jury followed judge aanes in relative to that manner of bringino bring inc in a verdict ind the afon was given at lie lest of both plaintiffs aad defendants lie miffs tiffs mil undoubtedly appeal to the supreme court of the territory and it is net likely that the case will stop un til it has been passed upon by the high cst tribunal of the united alt lake |