The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-12
CORPORATION COMMISSION
ORDERS ARE PASSED upon
ihstia'ANT lslls -Algsi 4
Indian l'als9|I sags4P|ed AAtliai
tIan Of Gsulk Nj Con,
r,, siderable Extent

NalldatiOn or tickets was the print
c,pal feature In the leading railway
case OF the many cases decided BY
the supreme court today. There were
over seventy-fl've decisions in all, and
many concerned railroads.
In the case of the Rock Island rail-
way, plaintiff in error, against Geary
l.. Newburn, Chief Justice Dunn held
that even ii essential to the valid.
lty OF a return ticket, plaintiffs sigma
ture was waived by the company and
his election was wrong" Newbufn
had purchased first class. round
trip, non-transferable ticket contain.
requirement that 1t must be signed
rs ink; II had line for the sigma
ture of the agent as witness; the
ticket was honored for the going pass
age; on his return he was elected
because the return slip was not sign.
cd There was no evidence showing
the passenger had refused to sign IT,.
The case was peculiar, In that the
railway employees involved all swore
they did not see the man; he sw0re
ac was elected, and his testimony was
accepted. This case came up from
I-eFlore county. 1t was reversed and
femanded.
Damage Suit Affirmed
Justice Hays decided in the case
Of the Fort Smith & Western Rail-
way company against John Ketis that
the court below did not err In submit
ting to the jury the questions wheth-
er the plaintiffs injury resulted from
risk assumed by him. or from the
negligence of the defendant. Kotis
claimed he was set to work In cond-
tions he did not know to be danger
Gus. and without warning; that slide
from an embankment caused him to
break his leg. A verdict In his fay-
or was affirmed The case was takrn
up from logan county.
Corporation Commission Cases
Corporation commission cases had
prominent part In the decisions. In
the case OF the Gulf 4 Colorado rail-
way and the Santa Fe, appealing from
The corporation commission, The ap'
peal was dismissed in an opinion by
| .lhstice Hays. IL was held that In
cases where the facilities. traffic,
schedule or convenience OF the ap-
pellant corporation are not affected
the cases will be dismissed.
The corporation commission was
sustained bv Justice Hays in an opln-
4 ion In the case OF the Frisco road
i agalnst the state. The syllabus says:
4 "In n proceeding against a railway
j company for contempt for violating
i an order OF the state corporation com
4 rission, where the railway company
admits the act OF violation with which
~ Is charged. but attempts to DEFEND
| against the proceeding upon the
ground that said act was committed
through a misapprehension Of the or
der, or as a result Of q mistake. the
i burden Is upon the company to estab
lish BY competent evidence that It's
act complained of resulted from such
cause"
Commission Is Reversed
The court reverse The decision ol
the corporation con mission In tne
case Of the Frisco against J. Il. Rey
iolds, holding that when company
has furnished reasonable facilities TO-
IafIic at certain place an order o.
1.-THE commission requiring II TO stoE
another train engaged in interstate
commerce service is unreasonable
Adequate facilities Is held to be Al
elastic term.
Victory For County Judges
Indian cases occupied the attention
lof the court to considerable extent
ell he most important decision Is on
tnat gives the county judges of N,
Ell east side of the state a decided vic
0 tory in the way OF fees. IN the cas-
h OF p. w. Gordon, county Judge 0
a Hughes against w. P. Langston, conr
J. ty attorney, the court holds that Tn
i. duties which the county court dl'
E charges and the services which n
Il renders In approving conveyances 2
5 interest OF full-bloded Indian heirs \
!. the lands Of deceased alIottees OF III
e Five Civilized Tribes of Indians ar
4. rot duties imposed nor services forn
l. ing a part Of the Office and salafy r
e ccIyed as compensation for such e'
e TIA official services and prior to IN
x passage OF the fee and salary hill
1t 1910. The opinion Is by Chief Ju
q tice Dunn.
x indian Minor Defined
m Justice HAYS, in the case Of FL Ie
= ferscr nrnsrst rc'i~ W'rN'c
ID brought up from Muskogee count
II foIds that an Indian minor il a ma
Under twenty-one years Of age and