The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-14
IMPORTANT CASE TO
BE TRIED IN ST. PAUL
Litigation Affecting ST. Louis Expo
sition Comes Before Judge
Sanborn.

The parties to the litigation over the
lesson property in ST.. Louis, which
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
company have tried to secure by con-
demnation proceedings, arrived in st.
Paul yesterday morning over the Bur
lington. The case comes up today
before Judge Sanborn, in the United
States circuit court, on application of
the owners for an injunction restrain
ing the commission from condemning
the property.
The commission is represented by
eX-Gov. David r. Francis, president of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
company, and his party includes Mayor
Rolla Wells, OF St. Louis; Hon. John
M Allen, of the National Exposition
commission, Estell McHenry, T. H.
Francis and ]. c. Thompson Jr., private
secretary to President Francis. Attor-
ney F. w. Lehman is also with the
company, and will be joined tomorrow
by Attorney James L. Blair and Judge
Seldom, of st. Louis. Attorney Blair
is the chief counsel for the Exposition
company. The party was registered
at the Aberdeen.
Mrs. Laura lesson and Robert f.
lesson, owners of the property in con-
trOyerSy and applicants for the injunc-
ton, were registered at the Ryan, with
Attorneys G. sA.'kinklinberg and James
p. Danson, who Will represent them
legally at the hearing today.
The real story of the case is, appar-
emily, different, than it appears on the
surface. It is quite probable that the
present owners of the property would
be very glad to- accept yearly rental
of $500 per acre, but property in the
neighborhood of the exposition grounds
has increased in value materially since
the fair was projected, and the lessons
evidently desire to take advantage of
the occasion and sell their land when
there is a demand for it and the price
is high. ..ao
The case originally came up before
Judge Adams in the circuit court at
st. Louis. Judge Adams is district
judge, but was sitting in the circuit
court at the time. He granted a tenn
porary injunction, until the case could
be taken before circuit judge, and
hence it was set for hearing before
Judge Sanborn.
If the lessons win their point it will
inconvenience matters sadly for the
managers of the exposition. If the case
is decided in favor of the fair COM
pany the owners of the land will prob
ably carry the case to the circuit court
of appeals, and in the meantime their
property will be protected by a tenn
porary injunction. AS the circuit court
of appeals does not convene until cto-
Der no improvements can be made
upon the property, and it may be the
means of keeping the groud from being
utilized for fair purposes entirely. In
case the decision is in favor of the
owners of the property, it is probable
that an appeal will be taken by the
fair company, and in that case also it
will be October before the case will
have a hearing
The exposition company desires to
utilize the ground for some of the
French buildings and the famous
French gardens. 1t is a desirable piece
of ground, and would improve the fair
grounds considerably.
President Francis said last night that
if the case was decided in ia
vor of the owners of the prop
erty, he did not know just what
effect it would Have upon the abandon
ment of the proposition to use the
ground for fair purposes.
'It might be so late that we could
not well use the ground, and again we
might fix things all right. 1 would not
want to say what we would do in case
the decision is against u.s.