Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-25
Assistant City Attorney Wakes
Too Late from Long
SIumber.
WANTS RIGHTS RESTORED.
They Iapscd Through Inattcntlon 90
Duty and city May Have to
Foot the Bill.

Morris l.. Ritchic OF the Third District
court taking form Coz the melting and
sorovful confessions OF one Harper
j. piniuny incumbent aud asplraut
For heher things.
There is not a good word about ogden
HHes m the confession Tie Is the SUI
parior 90 Diuinny Dumny has
dreamed FOR months OF doing what
Orlgn does now, which is nothing.
while hc should have am assistant next
ve1r to do what be does NOW. which is
everything The city has done. ACCORDING
to bits complaint and confession. filed
u Che form OF an ahidavlt before the
district court
ogden Hiles won his way to salary
with 900 duty by Grating on fried her-
arch DE learned to take the diet dry
or tear-salted as best pleased his
mood and when ho was elected. then
his man Dininny was put ou the Job.
while Ogden went into one long sleep.
only 1waking 90 announce shortly be-
fIre the last campaign that he would
no. burt his mans feelings by running
f1r reelection. Meanwhile pninay
went to sleep to dream OF Ogdcns shoes
and his ability 20 hll them forgetting
20 DO the Office work meanwhile. and
there hangs the tale of trouble
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
1he immediate cause of the present
prayer before the court is damage
suit fled against salt Lake CITY in
Geo. J.. Herudon, who was represented
by Atty. James Ingebrctscu. Horu-
don had hurt himself ON "a defective
roadway-ouo of the kind which have
marked the American party admins
tration everywhere gravel should have
been hauled IA the fan for the winter
protection of the highways Tie sued
fnr damages. ana received q verdict OF
N.4t5. The assistant city attorney in-
tended. f. seems TO- appeal the case. and
while he was dreaming of filling his SUI
periors shoes, and was busy with Am
erioan' party politics he let the time
slip fy. Now that he has awakened to
The situation. he wants tho legal limit
set aside, ana desires the chance To-
start the game going again with the
hope OF landing the case with a city
verdict on appeal
DININNY's RECORD.
When Dininny appeared Boo the last
American" party convention. some
body who has been weighing up the lo-
cal butter trusts output and finding
that the goods go only IS or IA ounces 10
the pound, dubbed Diuinny with the
name "Butter-weight Dinluny" II has
stuck, and now those most familiar
with his gigantic mental powers apply
70 20 him naturally and explain this
most recent action as just case OF
melting down into confessional moods
OGDEN is BUMPED.
Hiles receives mighty scant praise for
his work as city attorney. In the anida-
W.T. n is recited that Hilcs wslt
away. Then Hiles came back. Then
lilies could not attend 60 office mat
tiers, while Diuinny had more than
his hands full-or possibly more than
MS head full OF business. and this mat
ter was one OF those that collected In
the overflow Of things that could not Doe
attended 70. The affidavit confessing
Incompetence is as follows.
TEXT OF CONFESSION.
H J. Dninuy. being duly sworn
says that he is assistant city attorney
Of salt lake city. and Is one OF the
attorneys for the defendant I'm lhe
above entitled action. and has had sole
charge OF this cause since the trial
thereof That a motion for new trial
was made In this action, and upon the
argument OF the same transcript of
the evidence was used by counsel for
both plaintiff and defendant. the Same
comprising portion OF the proposed
bill of exceptions. which consists of 20
copy of the reporters notes of the TRIAL
That the said motion for new trial
was denied May a. 1907. and on the
same day the attorney for the plaintiff
served upon defendant notice of such
decision That on July o.. 1907 defend
ant served upon attorney for the plain
Tin tho proposed bin OF exceptions in
this action, at the same dime asking
him if hc had no amendments to pros
pose. to sign the stipulation ON the back
thereof. which rs as follows.
" IN is hereby stipulated by the attor-
neys Tor me respective parties To- this
action that the foregoing bin OF oxccp.
lions may Dee settled, allowed and sirn-
ed and filed as the bin Of exceptions I'M
this case, and that the exhibits there-
la referred Go may Doe used upon the
argument ~ this cause in the supreme
court with the same force and effect as
though they were Included iu this BIN of
exceptions Dated June - 1917
And drponent would have settled and
filed a.
ATTORNEY FOR sCAPEGOAT.
"said attorney then told dcponcnt
that he would look the proposed BIN
over, and 81 he had no amendment to
propose. make che stipulation and rf-
turn the proposed BIN 90 the dcpouent
That soon otter the time aforesaid de-
ponent called ut me office of said ate
torncy for the BIN of exceptions and
was Informed by the clerk of said att
tOucy that Doe WIS out of town. and
that she, said clerk did not know any
thing about t Some timc afterWard
Opponent met said attorney for plalu-
tn ou Che street. and euukD about Inc
said bin and Wls told by wi1 sttor-
ney that he had no amendments to
Ifoposo ana that ho had made O. stpu-
IiI0u and some time Nhtn hc was
coming down t1 thr joint building.
would hrng % with rim. said ut- |
iurney never hr0uslt said hul of cN-
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