Tombstone epitaph., 1909-10-03
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29.
 The attention of the district court Tas taken up entirely today in the ,ase of George NJ Land vs Jess Snyder and & number of others. The suit in- wolves the question of title to the ''Iron Dyke" claim. The plaintiffs claim that the location of the Iron Dyke should hold over the "Msima" which was located by MT Snyder prior | to the Iron Dyke location, but that he did not do sufficient location work to hold the claim. The claim or ground in dispute is at present under bond 10 the Calumet & Arizona Mining compsny. and they are made s party to the suit. The bond or option was given to them by Messre Morgan & Norton, which option wac gi.en to them by MT Snyder. The ground in dispute also covers claims in which Mess,s Smith and Swatling are inter- es.ed 80 that there are quite 6 num- OCT of defendants in the case, and each has his own sttorrevs. For the plaintiff R N French of Douglas, while for the defendants Messrs Hereford and Curley appear for the Ca umet & Arizona Mining company; Ben Good rich for Messrs Smith and Swstling, and F NJ Hartman for Messrs Snyder, Norton and Morgan. The case was started on yesterday afternoon and was resumed again this morning, the plaintiff not having completed it's case up to the noon adjournment, having three more witnesses to put on this afternoon. The defense has some fifteen to eighteen witnesses 60 that in all probability the case Il not be submitted before tom orrow noon.
 The case of William Blackburn ct al vs the Lesdville Mining company, c 4 4, and s number of others is set for trial in the morning and involves tine question of title to 6 number of claims in the vicinity of Courtlsnd. It is expected that this case will take st lesst two days to try, ss there are q large number O! witnesses to be ex. amined on both sides.
 In the case of Weldon vs Weldon, which wss partially tried and order wss entered dismissiug the case with out prejud ce. Another action was started this morning alleging differ ent facts.
 COPPER QUEEN rAXCAsE
 Col. H L Pickett, ss counsel in the case of the Territory of Arizons vs The Copper Queen Consolidated Min. ing Company, m behalf o: the plain. tiff has filed and perfected the appeal in the case and 1t wiIl now be for. wsrded to the clerk of the supreme court of the territory. The case will in all probability be heard before that body in January next.
 The case IS not new to the general public of the territory, having been in the courts since 1901. and involves the question of back taxes alleged to be due the county and territory for that year in the sum of $99, ,39I .33 A brief summary of the case is as follows:
 During the year 1901 the sssess- ment as turned in by the Copper Queen company wac raised by the county board of equalization some a, ,464. .s95. The company resisted the raise as made by the board and the matter was taken int, the courts. A compromise was made by the succeeding hoard of supervisors and the company paid in an additional sum on the tsxee to the amour: .! $5,66l.i4. Thequestion of the legality of the board in compromising was attacked and the territory brought . writ of mandamus against J \ Gaines, the acting tax collector, to bring action against the company. which was done. The case was tried before | Judge Nave, who first rendered an opin on ID favor of the company, but later reverted himself and decided it in favor of the county. A new trial was grapted and the case was heard before Judge Dosn in November of last year and . decision rendered ip favor of the company. From this de. cision the case is now on appeal.
 The amount involved st the present time is something over SzOO. .O0O, as