Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-23
n Disposes Of Five Hundred and
Nineteen.
BANKRUPTLAw CONSTRUED.
Right Of city 90 PIE water Rates
Telephone Companies May Not set
POLE. Against Municipal Protest.

gfatca supreme court hniouih'h tvo"s
for the term. During the session the
court disposed Of sip cases. leaving 900
.as.a on the docket. Al the close OF
the last previous term the docket con-
Gained sis cases. Chief Justice Fuller
and Justice fircwer expect TO sail for
paris on the 1ist inst. whittier they 10
10 participate Ia the Venezuela boun-
dairy arbitration. Justice Harlan goes
Immediately to Yale college to deliver
a course OF lectures.
The court today rendered the hrst
decision given by II bearing upon the
prcaent bankruptcy law. The opinion
was announced by Justice White In the
case Of the George N. West company
" LEA Bros. In certificate from the
United states circuit court Of appeals
for the Fourth circuit. The decision
was a question certified and was M
follows .,
the bench. of creditors Il made by the
bankruptcy act alone sufficient 10 JUS
fifty an adjudication In voluntary bank
ruptcy against the debtor. making such
deed without reference 10 hts solvency
at the time Of the iiiing Of the petition.
fhN denthl OF Insolvency Wy WY W w
Tense TO q petition. based upon the
making OF a deed OF general assign
ment. II not warranted by the bank.
ruptcy law"
A HANK CASE,
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In an opinion hahucu uoWh ny Jus
tice Shlrna the court confirmed the
opinion OF the circuit court Of appeals
FOR the Second circuit In the case OF
X, X. Hanyden. receiver OF the Capital
National bank OF Lincoln. N.b.. V ,ne
thcnicnl National bank ., N.W iorh.
The contention ot Nr. Hayden was
that he had right 20 recover on BE-
half Of the Nebraska bank on rrml,
ihnccs made TO tue Vow fork nnnh
which were en- route when the Ncprns-
ka concern failed. The decision ~ thlr
court. nh IN mat below was ahNeiHe
TO THIS claim.
WATER RATES.
Justice Harlan anh"uhe'u VIZ 'p'n,
ioh " INC cas- ot ,ne san deg" Lanu
National, Cal. and others. The case
involved 'he vnnuiN OF wy. Sant.rn'a
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,.an"Sea,o,v The rirruit court ref,ae1
a., sa,,s,,, ,ht. y,r,v ami l.sneJ n deere.
,ii.mi..inr The blll JuatIro Mariana
'.i.,,,n "e,,,ar,n.J ,hts yci,x In mass.
Nv, ,,,,an he merits ~ IN. ease he en-
800 Win ron.iJerable length into the
,,,,..,t.,, a. 10 ,.h.tb.r The eaas was al
q char,s,s, 10 ,n.,ify The lnierfer,nce
~ the iudlcierv' concluding that the
t,a,e,a,y should moi Intervene in r,ich
csss. sxren, IA prey.nt GaRrant
~, ne conri ~ ,hnt character.
The con,, ,hro,ieb Jurticc prown.
held that planka or boards planei on
one "a. and .tonsyed and srooved
"dress.a Lumber" under IN. tnrifr act
Of issi and moi NJ a ''manufncturc Of
woo1" IN. decision WAS rendered In
The rase 81 the United States W
Prank dudley and ORIGINATED In YER
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pAMMiNu NANiuNhi.h hINsNMS'
The decision Of the supreme court
Of the territory of New Mexico In the
cnse ~ IN. no Grand. Dam nnd Irri-
CATION company which was favorable
10 The eomnany was reversed by an
opinion handel down nv Jnstlcc I,rcw-
er m. case ofiainntcd In a hin by the
Halted States 10 r.atrain the company
fron eons,ruetInr a dam neros. IN.
l,Io c,randr In New Mexico that would
Interfere with navigation. Justice
nrcwer's oplnlon ordered "a reversal,
ana ne remnndins o. W. ease WIN W,
Dismissal and To order an inquiry Into
the question whether the Intended acts
Of the defendants In the construction
81 q dam. and In nppropriatlng tho
waters Of the Rio Grnnde Will sub.
Htantinily diminish the navigabillty OF
the stream within the limits OF pres
ent naylgability and N no. 10 enter
decree restraining those acts 10 the
extent that they will 80 diminish II.
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Trh''ri''"H ''"'NNihS'
An opInlon was rendered In the case
Of the city Of Richmond, Va. W. the
Southern Reil Telephone and Tele-
graph company. The controversy In
volyed the rights OF tho telephone COM
pany 10 locate It's poles and wires In
the streets and alleys Of the city re-
gardlern % the protest OF the local
municipal authorities. the claim OF the
telephone company being made under
such ,tgh, generally 10 the teiegraphic
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