Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-05-21
LEGAL INFORMATION

One Sullivan, resident of Georgia. |
Jealous in upholding the law forbid
ding the carriage OF concealed weap
ems, bore his pistol in an open basket
on his arm while traversing the dis
lance to and from his residence
Eventually defendant met person
who lacked discretion to such an eS
tent that he provoked a difnoultyl
whereupon he was promptly shot in
the arm. Sullivan was prosecuted not
for the usage of the weapon, but mere
ly for concealing 1t. In Sullivan v.
State, 65 Southeastern Reporter. S54,
this interesting method of transport
ing q weapon was deemed not con-
cealment. There being no positive
proof that the weapon was concealed
within the basket. plaintiff could not
be convicted.
During a special sale OF granite
ware the attendant crowd in their
anxiety to purchase became violent. A
woman, trying to attract the attention
of clerk, who was standing on
counter, kept her eyes on him, and
was pushed around another counter
and precipitated to the floor below via
an unguarded stairway. In f. w
Woolworth & Co. VS.. Conboy, 40 Fed
; eral Reporter, 934, plaintiff sued to re
cover for the injury received through
leaving the stairway unguarded. The
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
held that, even had the stairway not
| fhaf norton nf
the floor used by the public, its main
tenance would not have been negli-
gence, such open stairways being an
ordinary feature of store premises, the
public when resorting there assuming
the risk arising therefrom, and are
bound to protect themselves by the use
of their eyes against such dangers
The crowd on the present occasion
seems to have been somewhat more
violent than usual; still such crowds
are often found IL large stores at the
time of special sales and during the
holiday season. They are an unavoid
able feature of mercantile life In large
cities. Plaintiff having met with an
accident which is quite frequent, hei
misfortune cannot fairly be shifted
upon defendant.
The Minnesota Constitution provides
the method for raising money to pay
state debts, but limits the aggregate o.
such amount to s250,O00. A statute
: was passed authorizing the construc
) ton of state PRISON. to cost $2,250
900, which provided for certificates o
5 indebtedness to be issued, these to b.
y paid from a specific fund formed b.
taxes regularly collected. In Brow
v. Ringdahl, 1872 Northwestern Report
er, 469, it was earnestly insisted tina
the feature of the act authorizing tn
issuance of certificates rendered it ur
t constitutional and void. The Minnesc
Ia Supreme Court refused to sustall
the contention. The certificates in an
Of themselves created no indebtedness
against the state, but we're mere ev
= dence of the holders right to deman
- and receive from the State Treasure
n the proceeds of the tax authorized b
p the act to be levied and collected. Tn
act contemplated the payment of tn
q certificates from a specific fund, pre-
e vided for that purpose, and they weF
not general obligations of the stat
q They were to be issued in anticipatio
Of funds, provided for and appropria
ed for that purpose. and not from th
general revenue fund.