Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-10-28
SUPREME COURT
AH!rnns Decision of Lower Court in
Stanley County Stock Case

Stanley County STOCK case
Pierre-The supreme court a
modified and affirmed the decision of
the lower court Of Stanley county
in the case of Corbin Morse VS.. STAN
ley county, and George Poste as treas
urer. This suit was started by the
authorities of Stanley county selling
live stock, the property of Morse, for
taxes for the year 1904. Morse brought
suit against the county to prevent the
collection, and when the case came
up for hearing the county came in
with a claim for taxes on live stock
of the vaule Of $40, 900 for all the years
from 1898 to 1903 inclusive, as we'll
as for 1904. The lower court sus-
tanned the contention of the county.
but the supreme court has only af-
firmed the finding SO far as the 1904
taxes are concerned, but the decision
evidently leaves the way open for suit
to collect for all the other years in
which Morse was holding live stock
in Stanley county. and If the county
goes after the taxes claimed for such
years, they will undoubtedly have a
good case so far as the actual value
of property in the county for the vari-
Gus years is concerned. This decision
will mean a great deal where cattle
owned by a resident of n county
are held in another county. The home
ranch of Morse is in Pennington
county, but a large number of his cat
tie ranged in Stanley. Justice Haney
dissents from the finding Of the court.
Other cases on WHICH opinions were
handed down we're:
By Whiting-Lone Tree Ditch COM
| pany VS.. Cyclone Ultch company. Pen
nington, affirmed. Lew w. Sandys vs.,
! Lee Robinson ct al. Pennington; re-
versed. q,
BY Corson-Elizabeth H. Lyon vs.
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail
way company, Pennington. affirmed.
BY Haney-D. r. Jones VS.. Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
company, Edmunds; affirmed. Anna
F. futile VS.. Edmund L.. futile
Beadle; denied.
BY McCoy-Charles Geiger VS.. Sam
uel H. Lea, state engineer, Hughes;
affirmed. Annie Poe VS.. Charles Arch
Sanborn; affirmed.
Vermillion-At the request o
friends, the remains Of F. D. Carbee
who was found dead at the West farm
southeast of here. We're shipped to Ell
Point for burial. Carbee death wa!
evidently caused from heart failure
He was found with his head pinne.
between the hub OF the front whee
and buggy tongue. his head ant
shoulders being badly burned ant
lacerated. 1t is evident that he hat
been dragged in this position TO
several miles as his hat was foun'
three miles from the West farm
Carbee was not a drinking man an
the theory of foul play is exploded b,
the finding of about $40 in his pockets
Mitchell-This evening one hundre
and fifty of our business men partoo'
of q banquet. at which a bonfire wa
held. the fuel for which was supplied b
notes representing $4,000 the indcbt
edness on the corr palace build ns
the last $4,000 of which was wipe
out by the recent exposition. No,
officers were elected to manage tn
palace next year and plans were pro
posed for charging the o of tn
palace in the way of making it eve
more attractive o an annsemeu
feature and for the better advertiser
Of the resources OF the state. TIL
dates selected for the corn palace !
1911 are from September rs to 80, O.