Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-30
COURT NOTES.

decree has been rendered BY Judge
Morse IN favor OF plaintiffs in the case
OF lleber NJ Wells. ct al against A. O.
Green. in which the title Of plaintiffs
To certain mining claims In Bingham
was quoted.
Suit TO foreclose a chnttel mortgage
has been iiled I'm the district court by
Jessie Henderson against Charles r.
Kraft and Wife, The amount alleged
10 be due on the mortgage Is $3.50
for which plaintiff asks Judgment.
Cecilia Hansen has filed suit for d.
vorco In the district court against BEN
jamin Hansen ON the ground OF failure
TO support. They We're married In Den.
mark in october, 1871 and il Is alleged
that for more than five years past de-
PENDANT has failed to support plaintiff
George IT, Crow has filed suit In the
district court against Max NJ Johnson
To compel him % deliver to plaintiff
1000 shares of stock in the Christmas
Mining company. II Is alleged that
pltdntin paid defendant 800 for the
stock. but the latter has failed to de-
liver the same, Judgment is asked for
the stock and for damages I'm the sum
Of $500 for Withholding the same from
plaintiff
Suit for divorce has been filed IN the
district court by Matilda Lane against
Joseph Lane on the ground Of cruelty
They We're married in Denver on Aug.
?, 1899 and IL is alleged that defendant
cruelty assaulted plaintiff before they
had been married a month She left
him IN January 1900 but later returned
TO him, but soon discovered that she
could live with him no longer on ac-
count Of his cruelty. She asks the
court TO restore her maiden name, Ma
tida Glasscock.
Suit for divorce has been filed iu tho
district court by Bertha H. ODonnell
against Thomas ODonnell on the
ground that defendant was convicted
OF felony and h now serving a term
Of one year In the state prison They
We're married I'm this city on May Is
1906 and have one child, of which plain
tiff asks the custody. She also asks
for a share I'm an estate I'm which her
husband is Interested IN Maryland.
O'Donnell was convicted OF burglary In
October last.
Another phase Of the famous water
case OF Salt Lake city et al. against
the salt Lake City Water & Electrical
Power company ct al. is being heard
DN Judge Morse. lIlf original dN-
ton involved the title to all the waters
OF Jordan river and the decree of the
court settled the rights Of the various
appropriations OF the water. The South
Jordan Canal company now claims that
It is not receiving the amount of water
awarded 1t by the decree Of the court
and 1t IS this matter that is now being
investigated by the court
The Green River Power d Develop.
ment company has filed suit In the dis
tIict court against Guy Sterling. a civi
engineer, to compel the latter to trans
fer certain power rights In the Green
river to the company as he agreed to do
and also to furnish the data for the
construction Of a l7000-horse power
dam on the river In Carbon county. II
is alleged that Sterling entered into an
agreement TO furnish the power rightn
for the project and also to do the engi-
neering work and the company was TO
finance the affair. The company paid
him $3.50 Il month for his services, but
II Is alleged that he has refused to fur
nlsh the power rights or the necessary
data for the completion of the dam,
Judgment is therefore asked that he be
compelled 10 live up to his agreement
and that he be restrained from claim
ing any title 20 the water rights stand
ing I'm his name.