The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-02-23
.KENTUCKYS MIDDLE.
ALI Injunction Suits Consolidated
and Will Be Tried at Once.
The First Hearing VIII BE Before
Judge Emmett Field at Louis
viIIe-AppeaIs May Be Taken
By Either Side.

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tests over the state offices are very
much simplifed by an agreement en-
tered into between republican and
democratic attorneys, representing
both sides and Strengthening out the
legal tangle over the multiplicity of
injunction suits over the title to the
governorship. The gist of the agree
ment is that there shall be a speedy
trial in the courts on an agreed case
involving all the issues, the first hear
ing to be before Judge Emmett Field
at Louisville. The agreement in full
is as follows:
There are now pending N the Jeffer-
son circuit court two suits entitled
respectively w. S. Taylor VS.. j. c. w.
Beckham, etc, and John Marshall VS..
j. c. w. Beckham, etc, and another
suit in the name of J. c. w. Beckham
VS.. w. S. Taylor and John Marshall is
to be filed in said court. Process has
been served in the first named two
suits, and the defendants agree at
once to enter their appearance in the
last named suit. All Of said suits are
to be placed upon the ordinary dock
ct and tried by the court on the law
and facts.
One answer and subsequent pleadings
in the two first named suits may be
filed and applied to both those cases,
they to be consolidated, the same evil
dence shall be heard in all the cases,
the three cases being tried and heard
together. The pleadings shall be
made up by Tuesday, February p,
1900, or sooner if it can be done. The
evidence shall be by disposition or
record unless otherwise agreed upon
and shall be taken as soon as posi-
BILE, say within ten days from the time
the pleadings are closed.
In preparation of the said cases in
the circuit court all parties agree, in
good faith, to do all they can to speed
the final determjnation of the cases
ON their merits; and it is hereby
agreed that should any party desire to
introduce in evidence the proceeding
of the contest boards or of the gen
eral assembly, such party may use
as evidence copies of the transcript
of such proceedings and evidence, fur
nished the council by Alonzo
Walker, the official stenograph-
er for said contest board, the
necessity for having such tran
script attested or certified be hereby
waived; but nothing herein shall be
construed to waive any objection to
relevancy and competency of any or
all evidence introduced or offered on
the trial of the said cases. When the
said cause shall have been finally de-
termined in the circuit court, then if
either party shall desire TO appeal to
the court of appeal, it is hereby
agreed that all parties hereto will
unite in a request to the said court
to docket said cases Immediately and
advance them for hearing at the ear
lest day upon which the court can
hear them.
1t is further agreed that on such
appeal the original evidence used in
the circuit court, if voluminOus, may
be taken to the court of appeals as
part of the record on the appeal with
out being copied, thus saving time and
cost. Should any party, after the final
determination of the cases by the
court of appeals, desire a writ of er-
rOr to the supreme court of the Unit
ed States, to review such determine
ton, it is agreed that such writ shall
be Immediately applied for and dill
gently prosecuted, if secured, and that
all parties to said causes will unite in
an application to said supreme court
to docket and advance said causes and
to give them the earliest hearing and
determination possible. The said
causes shall be tried in the Jefferson
circuit court by Judge Emmett Field,
before whom one of the said causes is
now pending.
1t is further agreed by the parties
TO the said suits that they will sub
NIT to and abide by all the orders and
judgments of the courts made in said
suits, reserving, however, the legal
right to stay proceedings on such or
ders or judgments in any manner pro-
vided by law.
w. S. Taylor, John Marshall, by Yost
and Bruce, Attorneys; j. c. W. Beck
ham, L. H. Carter, John B. Castle
man, by Louis McQuown and John
X. Hendrick, Attorneys.
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