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Show UTAH FUEL WINNER IN . 1 KETCHUM LITIGATION I Judge Albert II. Christenson Renders His fl Decision At Salt Lake City On jS Friday of Last Week. jk NOTHING AS YET IS HEARD ABOUT APPEALING ; 'mini finding and ludgnieHt "' Judge Albert II Chrbtteiwon of the Kexrlith Jildlrlul dlxlrltt. In the matter mat-ter of the Kelt hum Cowl enili RgHltnt PleitMnt Valley CohI romtmii). the Dincer ant) lib) (Iran ile ntllnwd uud I'luli Fuel nimimhy. were rendered ren-dered but Frbl a nt Halt ltke Clt), where, by xtlpiilatlnn of the xexentl Htlorue) In the rnne, an ndjournmelit of court wn taken that the argument might be heard at a point whleh would be of convenience to ull eourerned. The docbHon wa In favor of the PloHKKUl Valley Coal iomHtli), reprv- 'xelitetl b) Van Cott. I '.III ft llller. Dixon. Kill. IIIIlic & Hehutder. the two law firm mentioned being of Salt ltke City, mid It. (1 l.ucn of Denver. Den-ver. Coin, representing tho Denver and lllu tlrunde rullroiul. The prcx-etico prcx-etico of I .u 4.11 In the vain wa he-vntiNe he-vntiNe of the railroad ttimpah) being named a it co-defendant llo)d, De-xlne De-xlne & cite of Ogden were the attorney at-torney for Ketelium Coal eompnii) Ciiiiilciuii Tlpplollt. On tho ttietloti of whether the plaintiff ImiKu tlgljt to eoijdsinn nl tlpplelte n it matter of law. the court I hold that It ha. A to whether plaintiff had a right to coudmen tho coke oxen xpnee for tlm pinning of plaintiff tipple, the court hold that It wu Included In the cougremilonal grunt from the t'nlied Hiate to the Denver uud lllu (Inutile Itallrtmd rum-puny rum-puny that Ix, u pari of the ground Included within tile two hundred reel right of wny for the narrow gauge railroad. The coke oxen xpuco a it xv hole xviih already put to n public tine, u.ld that plaintiff uxw wu not u moro htH'exnary public lixe than that to which It I already applied. On the question of whether the plaintiff could condemn the Mxty-foot right of wny from plaintiff proper!) to tho right of wuy of the railroad oompau), the court held that plaintiff had the right to condemn und wa granted thu right of wu from It property n xtrlp of ground xlxty fecit wide -doixn to within fixe feet north of the northerly north-erly or northcaxtcrjy rail of Truck No. I of the Denver und Itlo flrunde Victory Fur Defendant. The declxlou I u xlgual xlctor) for tlm defendant Oioth tho Denver nnd Itlo (Iraudo nnd tho Pleaxant Valley Coal company (Utah Fuel company), for It wa oxer the coke oxen "pace nt Citntlu (lute that the real battle of the litigation wu waged. Notulthxtund lug the plaintiff claimed that thu title xcNtcd III Pleaiuitit Valley Coal cum-pan) cum-pan) uud the Denver und Itlo Oruudf xv n not properly acquired li the defendant de-fendant eorporatlon. Judge Chrlnteu-win Chrlnteu-win hold otherwUn. Thl contention U Involved In the Htuplitm Murk. Meed, the Plenibiut Vullny Coal oompuny getting title from Murk ome twenty-fixe twenty-fixe year ago Thl wa une of the hurdt fought cuxmi b) both ldo oxer heurd In the dlxtrltt court of Carbon county. AImiuI thirty day time wu eoinwnitMl In hearing th textlmony of u xmall army of expert uud wltumMtNC The coxt in the lltlgutlon will run Into the Ihotimilidx of dollar on eueh lde, and thl mi) not tie the laU of It It wu mild during the progrt of the trial ut PrUe that un matter who ot or won It the litigation would eventual-I) eventual-I) bo utHiltled by u higher court. Ai yet. however. The Hun lut heard nu-, thing of nn uppwil. i Judge ChrUteneoii hu ul given a dec-lxlon In the eondemnittloii null of Carbon Ptjel vompuny uguliiHt titund-ard titund-ard Coul eompuny und O. W. llumU, wliereln defndautB demurred to thi right yf plaintiff to condumii ground for u tlpplenlto at Hulim. He holdi for tho defendant. The coat; hu been In thi court for several month uud came un for final hearing last mouth |