Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-20
LEGAL INFORMATION


One Sullivan, resident of Georgia,
Jealous in upholding the law forbid
ding the carriage of concealed weap-
ons, bore his pistol in an open basket
on his arm while traversing the dis
lance to and from his residence
Eventually defendant met a person
who lacked discretion to such an ex
tent that he provoked a difficulty
whereupon he was promptly shot in
the arm. Sullivan was prosecuted not
for the usage of the weapon, but mere
ly for concealing it. In Sullivan v.
State, IS Southeastern Reporter, 354,
this interesting method of transport
ing weapon was deemed not a 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
been separated from that portion OF
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
i 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 in 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 Of
such amount to $25O,O00. A statute
was passed authorizing the construc
ton of state PRISON to cost $2,250
900, which provided for certificates o.
Indebtedness to be issued, these to bt
paid from specific fund formed by
taxes regularly collected. In Brown
v. Ringdahl, 1872 Northwestern Report
er, 469, it was earnestly insisted thai
the feature of the act authorizing the
issuance of certificates rendered 1t un
constitutional and void. The Minneso
ia Supreme Court refused to sustain
the contention. The certificates in ant
of themselves created no Indebtedness
against the state, but were mere evi
dence of the holders right to demant
and receive from the State Treasure
the proceeds of the tax authorized b,
the act to be levied and collected. TIL
act contemplated the payment Of tn
certificates from a specific fund, pro
vided for that purpose, and they wer
not general obligations of the state
They were to be issued in anticipation
of funds, provided for and appropriat
ed for that purpose, and not from thu
general revenue fund.