The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-25
A HEAVY DAMAGE SUIT.
is BROUGHT AGAINST THE RIO
GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY.
Samuel Curtis CIaims Ten Thousand
Dollars for Personal Injuries
District Court Proceedings at
Prove.

Provo, March 24-The following cases
were set for trial in the district court
today:
George 7. Peay VS.. Salt Lake City
ct al; hearing on motion for new
trial, April IA.
Sol sprague vs.. George A. Hale; APP
ril Is.
william Burton VS.. J. ]. Pickett ct
al; April 8.
George Pickett VS.. James Kearns ct
al; April 8.
f. c. straite VS.. F. Peterson ct al,
and D. Sprinster VS.. Sven o. Nielsen,
April 10.
The Lake Shore Irrigation company,
corporation, today filed petition in
the First district court, praying for a
dissolution of the corporation. This
company was incorporated several
years ago for the purpose of controlling
the waters of the Spanish Fork river
flowing to Lake Shore 1t is under
stood that there are some defects in
the present articles and the company
cannot carry out the original inten-
ton of the company. At a meeting of
majority of the stockholders, held re-
Gently, it was agreed to dis-incorporate
and Immediately thereafter form an
other company. Saturday, April rs, has
been fixed for the time of hearing the
application.
I Samuel Curtis, of Salem, Utah county,
today commenced suit against the Rio
( Grande Western Railway company for
$4,000 damages, alleged to be due, by
( reason of injuries sustained by plain
tiff at Spanish Fork, Utah, April 2,
1892, while he was attempting to get
off defendants train. 1t is alleged that
while the plaintiff was in the act of
getting off the train, it began to move
4 and he was thrown violently to the
4 ground, receiving severe internal injur-
les. w. II. King represents plaintiff
! Lew OpenShaW, collector of Uta5
county, today filed suit against Utah
county and the probate judge and Sc
lectmen of said county. The contro
Versy arose over certain fees the col
lector claims he is entitled to for Ger
tificates with the county recorder il
tificates it'll the county recorder il
cases where property was sold to sat
isfy the taxes. The parties agreed
upon a statement of facts and have
asked Judge Smith to decide the ques
tiOnS involved. The amount in question
is SAL. 1t is understood that a simila
question has arisen in Weber county
and the decision of Judge Smith vii
be awaited with interest.
JuuSc OIllllu lOudy gave uOllCG al
members of the bar; that he would Sc
the law calendar on Monday, the 18th
at 2 p. m, and the equity calendar a
10 a. M, Saturday. March 81
Dan HoutZ and Judge Dusenberr,
left today for Sanpete, to hunt up som
additional evidence in the Van Pattel
murder case.
On Tuesday next the Rustler Min
strels will give a performance in tn
Provo opera house. The company
composed mostly of our home boys, VIII
: have fascination for burnt corr
, humor.
The ball given last evening by tn
Democratic Drum corps was a complet
success, financially and socially, and to
day the boys are happy.
The county school teachers met i
their regular monthly meeting toda
, and held a pleasant session.
; William E. Chamberlin, the assigne
of William Nichols, our hardware mer
a.. chant, has closed out the stock of good
, to Mr. H. T. Carol, who will at one
replenish the stock and engage in a
extensive hardware business here.
Sam Moore is up from Payson today
Miss Nina Smith, of Salt Lake,
, spending a few days in the Garden cit
: with her friends.
! Judge Smith went to Ogden thi
morning. He will return Monda