East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-28
Oregon Supreme Court Will
Meet Here Next Monday
tor Spring Term.
NEARLY THIRTY CASES
SCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT
Four of Five Gases from Umatilla
County Are Important-Ryan MUIR
der Case, UmatiIla Water Users
Association Fight, Famous Detec-
tive Bill and Milton Fruit Shippers
Case-Lattcr Tests Constitutionality
OF Law,

The docket has been completed and
all arrangements made for the spring
term OF the state supreme court which
will be convened in this city next
Monday. There are 2S cases on the
docket of which five are from this
county, II from Baker, three from
Union, three from Malheur, four from
wallowa. one from Grant and one
from Harvey.
As usual, practically all OF those
cases from Baker county have to do
with mining suits.
In the five from this county. four
are OF considerable Importance. One
is the Ryan murder case, one is the
famous detective bill case. one the
case which is to determine once for
all which faction Is to be in control
OF the Umatlla Water Users associa-
ton and the other is the appealed
case OF the fruit shipping firm OF
Riggs & Martin, which was brought
against the railroad to recover dam
ages for the failure to supply cars
when needed to handle fruit. This
was the first case OF the kind brought
under the law and this appeal will
test the constitutionality of the law
The complete docket with the county
from which the case was appealed and
the title OF the case is as follows:
Grant county-State OF Oregon, re-
spondent. VS. Hen Hinton. appellant:
ready for trial.
Baker county-State OF Oregon. re-
spondent. vs. II. Franks. appellant;
no briefs filed.
Baker county-State Of Oregon, re-
spondent VS.. d. r. Trapp. appellant.
Set for May 8, 1910.
Harney county-R. r. Sitz, appel
liant US. A S. Swain, respondent. Up
or motion to dismiss.
Umatilla county-Umatilla Rivers
Water Association. appellant VS. H.
T. Irwin. ct al, respondents Ready for
trial.
Baker county-R. N. Bostwick &
Co. respondents. VS.. X. OF p. Lodge
No. s. Up on motion to dismiss.
Baker county-Josephne Ison, ct
al. respondents, VS.. VIM. Sturgill, ct
al, respondents in one case. VS.. w j.
welch and Clara welch. appellants.
Set for Monday, May 2. 1910.
Baker county-Thomas c. Burke,
respondent, VS. Pariiee Hindman, ct
al, appellants. No brief filed by ap-
pellants.
Union county-The Grande Ronde
Electric Co, appellant, VS.. Farmers
and Traders National Bank respond
ents. No brief filed by appellant
Respondents brief filed January 10,
1910
Umatila county-Commercia Ma
tional Bank, respondent, VS.. ]. F
Temple. ct al, appellants. No briefs
filed Up on motion to dismiss.
Baker county-G w. Slade & T. w
Davis. respondents, VS.. The Utah Con-
struction Co. ct al appellants No
appearance of the respondent.
Baker county-Sam Carnes and w
A. Carnes appellants, VS.. James Dali
ton respondent. Ready for trial.
Union county-Anna oliver ap-
pellant vs. Fred Synhorst as street
superintendent Of the city of La
Grande. respondent. Ready for trial
Umatilla county-State of oregon,
respondent, VS.. Michael Ryan, appel
liant. Ready for trial.
Malheur county-Frank r. Hodgin
appellant, vs.. John Boswell, respond
ent. Ready for trial.
Baker county-Susan Henderson
respondent, VS.. A. Backus, appellant
Ready for trial
Malheur county-Mnni O. Han
sen. respondent. VS.. william Jones
and j. d. Teurman. Partners as
Jones & Co., appellants. Ready for
trial.
Malheur county-Minnie o. Han