The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-08-11
a CHECK TO THe OCTOPUS.
The coosaw Company WIN Appeal 60 the
supreme Court.

F.H.
supreme Court.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Aug. 5.-The de.
cislons of Chief Justice Fuller and
Judge Simonton in the Coosaw case,
were naturally the topic of very gen
eral conversation among the lawyers on
Broad street yesterday.
AT this time it cannot be said what
will further result from the litigation.
There is little IL any doubt in the public
mind that the Coosaw company will
promptly carry the case to the Supreme
Court of the United States. The inn
preston is, and has always been, that
the Coosaw company went into the case
with the determinations to stay until
Its last gun was spiked, or until 1t
gained a victory oye the board of phos-
phate commissioners. During the pro-
gress of the case nothing has TRANSFERRED
TO justify a change of opinion onA his
point. On the contrary, the stubborn
manner in which the case was fought
over every inch of ground made it
evident thai the company would not
lower its colors a moment sooner than
1t was compelled to do so, and until the
last reSOurce had been exhausted to
sustain its claim.
II cannot say now what will be DONE"
said Zen. Edward McCrady, Jr, senior
counsel for the Coosaw company, yes
terday. 1--WE will have to have a con-
ference, and we will then decide on the
best course to pursue. MI. Smythe Is
absent from the city and will not re-
turn before next Friday, and so no con-
ference car be had until that time at
the earliest"
Although counsel for the defendant
has not yet decided on the next step,it
can be very safely predicted that an APP
peal will be taken. 1t was on this as
sumption that the case was submitted
to Chief Justice Fuller after the recent
hearing on its merits. The Chief JUS
| tice then agreed that in case of an APP
peal, which he seemed to consider u
fOregone conclusion, let the decision
have been what it might, to advance
the case on the docket so that it could
be heard in next November by the SUI
preme court. The Legislature in this
State will be in session at that time,
and a prompt decision will be rendered
so as to allow it to take some action at
that time without having to wait an
other year. The counsel for Coosaw,
even if an appeal is taken, express
themselves that the entire cause will be
finally adjudicated and settled fovever
by the end of the present year.
AS this case Is one of the most com
plicated that has been on the docket of
the United States Courts in this State
for many years a word as to its present
status will not be amiss. The decision
just rendered refers to the case brought
in the Court from the State court with
the Coosaw company as defendant. The
original case, which was the n in
which Judge Simonton granted an in.
junction restraining the Carolina, and
other companies to which the State had
granted licenses to mine, from entering
Coosaw river, is as yet untouched. 1t
stands intact, wholly unaffected by this
decision. The next step will he for the
State. "by her Attorney General, the
Hon. Y.J. Pope" to move to dissolve
this injunction, and If this is done there
is a probability of another big argu-
ment by the lawyers on both sides. 1t
is probable, however, that in view of
an almost certain appeal this injunc-
ton will remain just where it is until
the final settlement Of the case in No
| vember.-News and Courier.