Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-14
THE LAW IN MOTION.
A Divorce Suit, Full Of Strange Contra
dIc,ions, Before Judge BartCh.
CONCERNING A WATER RIGHT.
various Informal Matters Disposed o
Ihls hornIug.-That Nasty Tufts
Case Not Done with.

Judge Barloh started In this morning.
IN the Third district court, with the
hearing Of tho divorce suit in which
niger Grunivig, who Is Ina her 50.h
year, prayed for divorce from her
husband, Frank Gundvig, on tho
ground Of desur,ion.
Attorney +. -. stephens represented
tho plaintlli the defendant WIS NOS
present neither did any one appear In
hls buhAiG
Ihr marriage took place In this city
IN 1866, aud MIR. Grundvig, on the
WiIness-'innd, slatei that her husband
abandoned her abgu, January, 1915.
since which time she had supported
h'roli by her own Industry. There
10 one "child"--a con, now nluctopp
yean old. Plaintiff asserted that the
year 1874 the defendant married n
plural wife, and then took possession
oi all the productive property. sho
further alleged that her husband owns
100 actca OF land In Dlyor precinct,
ahnpe'c county, worth about $4,000;
cattle and sheep valued at $1,000; also
real eeiate, said to DO worth $1,000. In
Sterling, Sanpet5 county.
Ine defendant had ori ,inaliy put IN
nn answer in which he denied that ne
and plaintiff were ever legally married,
or that they had lived together %. nus.
band anu wife. lie denied having
married a plural wife iu is7i, and also
lhat ne (as plaintiff had avrFicd IN her
complaintl Wa living IN adultery with
one Macy Jensen, In Dover precinct.
lie says, however, that m 1874 be
legally uuaried MARY Jensen anu that
there had teen eight children horn T.
them. ~ pltitive douial was given
to thonsscrtiun that de endant owned
anything Hike tue amount OF property
" stock alleged. A. % the latter
defendant dcc arud u was Representa-,
by two cows, valued at s5J.
After hearing the coTr0b0Rtlvs
tostimUny Of plaintii's sou, Daniel,
his Honor gTantOI thu decree Of ~.
vDfc made an order Tor the payment
u sl5OJ At permanent aimOny, and
$3.50 attorneys fees.
DEMONS ACCOUNTS.
rhe remaining accounts Of Ex.u. 5.
Marshal Benton Tor services ronir red
anu expenditures made In the Beaver
district up 90 the emu Of tie hfcul year
June 3Oth, lsO3,l were submitted by
District Attorney Judd aud alpgovoI.
FOE MKT MONDAY.
In the cast Of Fritz RieIen W Com.
missioner Nurftll, the further hearing
on the wit OF Cur,iUmH was set Tor
Monday next.
Utah Commercial a. Savings bank vs.
l.. q. Hardy 1t al. By request OF
Attorney Ferguson, for tue defendant,
the hearing ON motion TO strife ouJ
answer IN tnis matter WIS also set for
next Monday.
tine TUFTS AGAIN.
In the divorce suit u Tuus W
Tuitt, the hearing Tor fixing tho
amount Of alimOuy aud Attorney
fees, heretofore allowed, was bet iOr
next Saturday.
MOTION 10 RErAN COSTS.
BoldiDg Bros. Go. Va f.. Mchosy;
motion 10 relax coss. After weari.
some legal wungle In this Ca1e, the
court took the arguments under advise
me4t.
ABOUT 4 WATER NGItr.
The trial Of the case II Hiram
leager Va Emma $, Woodruff, VIII
'0ru Woodruff, a. II. Woodruff and
Peter Jensen (the demurrer in Z latiOu
TO which was nT.utd last weck) was
afterwards called up, according 10
arrangement. Goodwin anu Van
Pelt appeared for the plaintiff, Rich
ards aud Richards aud Attorney Lo
GIaude Young representing the deien-
iants, The facts OF the case were
stated In tho NEWS when the matter
was argued ON the demurrer,
Plaintiff seeks 10 compel the
defendants u remove certain OBJ.
stTucliOna alleged 20 have been
placed by them IN a water ditch used
by himself anu others Tor irrigatiug
purposes, and conveying the waters VI
PnTley's Canyon creek by way NJ tho
rurnbOw ditch through certain lands
huld by Yeagef, IN lot 10, block 49,,
Five Acre Plat A, Salt Lake CITY sur.
vey. Plaintiff asks Tor a perpetual in
Junction and judgment In the sum OF
$500 aud costs as damages for alleged
unlawful diversion OF the water. Tho
case promises 10 be- slubb0rnly oln.
ties ed; but when II was called
this morning the defendants counsel
moved for "a continuance, owing 10 the
absence Of an important witness. After
some talk the court continued tho
hearing I'll Monday next.