Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-03-19
FROM UTAH.
Letter from a Gallatin County Ram
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| .% PARK CITY, b1arch 1910.
Ep1roR AvANT COURIER: 's.
Very little has trauspired Of Importance
since my last letter. - ii5;..,...
The February term OF the District Court
for the Third District has been in session
since the 1st uit.. ana some iMportant
cases have come up for decision. among
which was that Of Ann Bsiza' Z oupg VS..
Brigham Young, for divorce ana alimony.
Chief Justice Mexican has jsstsshAAered
q decision in tic csAe,s ahd'asdt has ac-
| qdirtd considerable notsfitty all over the
country, will doubtless be OF aAnterest 70
your readers. -. = z.:.T.@;:
=: AnrElixit YJuae; 1.-The ntBeteenth wife
|of Brigham Young, fled acp tition for
divorce and alimony, !. on the 9Th: day Of
July, 1873, alleging. among other things,
that she was married to the defendant On
the 9th day Of April, lsGS; that, at the
time OF said marriage, she was the mother
LOT two children by former husband;
that, for period of about one year after
their marriage, the def ndant lived with
her and acted toward her with certain
degree of kindness end attention, and
during that time contributed to the sup
port OF herself and children; that she has
discharged with fidelity, all the duties
and obligations incumbent on her as a
married woman, and uniformly treated
the defendant with all due Difference and
respect; that. about year after their
marriage, for some cause or motive un-
known, the DEF, liant, regardless Of his
marital obligations, commenced towards
her sy stematic course Of neglect, un-
kindness and cruel and inhuman treat
ment, ending in an absolute desertion oil
her.
In answer to the complaint, the dcfenc-
ant denies that himself and plaintiff inter-
married at the time stated by her, or al
my other time, but goes on to say that he
and complainant were, on the 9Th day Of
April, 1868, members of the Church Of
Jesus Christ of Latter:day Saints, and
that it was doctrine and belief OF esid
church, that its members might rightfully
enter into plural or celestial marriage
and admits that on the above day. in ac-
cordance with said doctrines, customs
and belief, ceremony was performed tol
unite the plaintiff and d PENDANT in such
plural or celestial marriage, but denie.
hat he and the plaintiff intcrmarried il
my other or different sense than that
!, bove admitted. The defendant further
sllcgcs thas, nS sssos sc~sn
Ohio, on the 10th day Of january. 1884
he, being unmarried, was Gully and law
Iully married to Mary Ann Angel, by a
minister Of the gospel, who was author
zed by law to solcmnize marriages; and
and that the said Msry Ann Angel. who
Is still living, is the lawful wife of the
defendant.
Judge Mexican gives lengthy argu-
ment in rendering the decision. in which,
ne says: Lowing to the peculiar noto-
1ety Of the parties, and to the Importance
If the case. in the jurisprudence of Utah,
t has been deemed desirable to show,
wen ut the risk of b ing elementary, that
his case comes clearly within the princi.
pies universally recognized as giving a
woman who is party to suit for di-
7orce. = just claim tor alirnony' and sus-
The Judge, deciding that thu
claim Of the plaintiff is valid, allowed herl
b3. 900 to defray the expenses of prose-
cutting the action, and $500 per month
Vending the decision Ct the suit for d.
'orce, and the same amount per month
turing her life. As this monthly allow
.nce dates from the 9th Of July. 1873
Ann Eliza will have the snug little sum
y $500 coming to her already. As
marriages performed by officials of the
Mormon Church have been made legal by
legislative enactmeat, and plural or celes-
,ial marriages., and those where man
axes the first wife are performed Ia the
same manner, and all the wives received
upon the same footing, and oceupy the
'ame position in the family, it Is diffcuit
10 see how the case willtetminate.
Mrs. Young. the XIX, is noby on lee
lure tour in the sEast AND ss ste Is fire
speaker, and Is drawing large houses, /
'he is not only doing the Molmon cause
zrear injury, but is filling hkr pockets|
with greenbacks.
'Several.murder cases have come mn this
erm. but, as yet, only two have been
disposed Of. One man was ACQUITTED and
he other. Phillip Skater. sentenced to bel
hung.
Quite number Of old Norm ms have
'een indicted for /. {. or Be(cherizing,
out none Of their cases have copae up for
rial yet. 49, =
/ The weather remains very mild, as 10
act, It has been all winter. Ia the lower
7alleys very little snow has fallen, and
what did fall soon melted off. -
No snOw-slides have occurred for over
! month. and the snow is jettled and
packed so now that there isl very httlel
LANCER of our having repetition Of the
lorrors Of December and January.
am glad to see you are atitating the
abroad question again, and hope ycuI'
vii not give up until you succeed In
.etting one through from sorka direction