Show l ft Hospital land r i By LE ANN BLODGETT would be highly ridiculous for the court to hold the issue open and retard the county from building hospitals in the way that has been said Second District Court Judge John F. concerning a motion to allow additional time on the hearing to seek a restraining order to halt the public auction of the hospital THE LANDS were auctioned on the steps of the courthouse yesterday morning with Hospital Corporation of America and being the only bidders before a crowd of elated hospital and county Judge told the attorney for the David B. he didn't recommend an appeal for a lis the land in the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court pending court But he also told the defendant County not allow a bond to cover damages if the decision is not in favor of the THERE WAS talk following the hearing that if there was an appeal it could hang the case up in the supreme court for possibly a putting the use of the land in a Last Judge old the court he would dismiss the case as unless the plaintiff would produce more substantial THIS the attorney for the plaintiff asked for a motion to obtain more time as he had not been able to obtain necessary affidavits as requested by the court last Friday and that the witnesses were out of Attorney George who was scheduled to be a for the was out of the state and the other an Internal Revenue declined to Attorney for the David said that a federal agent cannot be under to appear a District HAVAS said the full concept was not ready to be The suit asked for a restraining order on the auction of two parcels of ground purchased by Davis County through a bond election for the purpose of building hospitals and claims that the law will not allow the county to sell the land for another There is a potential issue of which could be i brought the county by the bond cording to The arbitrage issue could be raised for purchasing on one market for immediate sale In another at a higher JUDGE said he found no evidence in support of the action and dismissed the claim that it would do irreparable damage to the saying the issue of how funds will be invested has nothing to do with whether or not the land should be He Court cannot order the plaintiff to do the Davis County Attorney Bennett Peterson pointed out there is more damage to be done to these same citizens by further delay in the hospital THE plaintiff claimed there had not been adequate time for discovery nor time to sufficiently represent the other members of the class represented in the The plaintiff included in his other taxpayers similarly Peterson told Havas that he had sufficient opportunity to move toward discovery when he had Commissioner Stanley Smoot and Financial Consultant for the Ken Newman on the witness IS a belter attempt at grasping at we don't have a focus on them as this Court said The plaintiff has 30 days in which to file an |