Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-09
{lmportant Decisionsy
PUBLIC BUILDING


In the case of Amusement Syndicate
Company VS.. Topeka, "a Pac. Rep. 606
(kansas) it was held that Il private
citizen could not maintain an action
to enjoin the city and it's mayor and
council from permitting the city
building, in which was Il large audi
forum, from being used for public en-
tertainments for profit. Before Il pri-
waite party can be allowed to maintain
an action and challenge the conduct
of public business he must allege an
interest personal and peculiar to him
self that is not shared by and does
not affect the general public. In this
case the action of the city affected the
plaintiff only as it did others having
halls and buildings in which enter
tainments might be held.
NATIONAL. FLAGS.
The Nebraska supreme court has
held that the power to prohibit the use
of the national flag does not belong
exclusively to the federal congress, but
may be exercised by the several states;
and that the Nebraska act Ito prohibit
and punish the Dissertation of the nag
of the United States is not obnoxious
to either the fourteenth amendment or
the provisions of the state constitution
against depriving any person OF ms
property without due process 81 law
and against special or class Legislation.
Halter vs. State, 1o5 N. w. Rep 29S.
TREASURE TROVE.
Plaintiffs, while engaged, at the re-
quest of the defendants, in cleaning OUT
~, i,.tD and debris
from an old building situated on the
premises occupied by the defendants,
discovered a tin vessel, worn with age,
which contained the sum OF $1,000.
Held that the plaintiffs were entitled
to the possession of the money as
against the defendants unless the de-
PENDANTS could show better title. The
circumstances under which it was dis
covered. the condition of the vessel In
which it was contained, and the place
of deposit tended to indicate that IT
had been buried for some considerable
time, and that the owner who had
buried same was long since dead or UNI
known. The fact that the money was
found on the premises OF the defenu-
ants, or that the plaintiffs were IN
their service at the time, could In no
way affect the plaintiffs right of pos
ession.-Danielson VS.. Roberts, "a
Pac. Rep 913 (Oregon)
DUTY OF TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
In the case of Western Union Tele-
graph Company VS.. State, 10. N. Il.
Rep. 100. the Indiana Supreme court
holds that, where a telegraph company
in the exercise of it's charter rights
and in connection with it's other bust
ness, has been engaged in buying con-
tinuous quotations of prices ofproduets
of "a board of trade, and selling the
same to fixed price to such persons as
desired them for such length OF Tune
as to make such quotations necessary
to the successful conduct of business
in such products, the quotations and
the system of supplying them nave De-
come impressed with a public interest
so that, so long as the company con-
tinues in such business, it must supply
all who desire the quotations on equal
terms. But reasonable regulations
NAV be made in regard to the furnish
ing of such quotations, and the COM
many cannot be forced to furnish quo
tations to any one who will not agree
to comply with such leSuis.tio'ie'
regulation that the applicant for SER
vices should as a condition precedent
bind himself not to use the quotations
for conducting bucket shop was held
to be reasonable and the court refused
to Compel the company to supply que
tations to an applicant who would not
agree, not to use them for such pur-
pose.-Western Union Telegraph Com
pany VS.. State, rs N. e. Rep. 10o.