The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04
ANCIENT CASE
APPEARS AGAIN
Litigation Begun 500 Years Ago
Revived in English
Courts.
JARNDYCE VS.. JARNDYCE
WITH MODERN TRIMMING
HaIf-MilIion Already Spent OIL
WyIer Suit, Now Before
Lords.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
Cable 10 The Tribune.

Special Gable TO The Tribune.
LONDON, Dec. 3.-Just $50 years after
its adjournment law case, which was
originally interrupted because Richard
dc MaundevIlle had 10 leave for the war
in France. has been resumed In the
chancery court The point al issue is
the right to hold market at Stow
market. Suffolk, and the suit was
orignailX brought by The 1-n abbot S ,9ws OF S 81
III, against Richard de Mnundeville..
The abbot claimed that Richard had
wrongfully obtained the grant of the
right to hold a market Ito the grave
damage of the said abbot Richard
claimed the kings protection. and
eventually the case was adjourned sine
die because of his departure abroad
AT the resumed hearing last week G. f.
Howard, the modern representative OF
Richard asserted that G. A. Woodward,
the modern representative OF the abbot,
This assertion was supported by Mr.
Ogden. Is c.. who cited the Domesday
book and other books. When Richard
de Maundev!le went abroad" remarked
Justice Eve. he Nttlo forSaw that we
would be fighting the same question 500
years afterwards" The hearing was ad-
joUrned.
Half Million for Litigation,
Sixty thousand pounds, nearly $500
900, is the sum spent on the case OF
has been engaging the attention OF the
house of lords. And that only included
expenses prior 10 the house of lords
litgs ton The case arose out of a dis
puto between two groups of financiers.
Thirty three days were taken mp in Tho
Kings bench before Justice Phillimorc.
who wrote 100000 words in his notes,
and was eight hours summing up Coun-
sells opening speeches contained 9SJ. 900
words, and Mr.. Wylcr was eleven days
in the witness chair. Each day the
hearing cost E6oo. the shorthand record
alone being Gl50 daily. In the eighteen
days hearing in the court of appeal. the
iurys finding was reversed, aud the
judgments ran 10 $4,000 words. The evil
printed appeal books, had 10 be
vcycd to the house of lords on truck
Up to date the litigation in the higher
and lower courts has. II Is reported. cost
$500. 600.
A police estimate of the cost Of the
proceedings in the Crippcn case is G2500,
The telegraphic output. on the authority
of the postofflcc, second only TO
that OF tho Mouson trial In tho Ardla-
ment case In Scotland The cabIeerams
TO the United States papers exceeded
those Of any previous murder trial,
Short and to Point.
Justice Grantham, at Norwich. enters
for tho prize for the shortest summing
up on record.
Gentlemen of the jury, the prisoner
has nothing To say. neither have I; con-
slider your verdict"
Speaking al Swinden. a few nights ago.
Lord Darlington, president of the board
OF agriculture. said the governments land
policy aimed at rcpopulating rural dis
Lrlcts and reinvigoratiDg life by the
acquisition of land and It's division into
small holdings, Although the small hold
ines act had only been in operation for
two and q h3lf years, county councils
had already submitted schemes for the
acquisition OF %. 900 acres of land-ana
loans had been sanctioned by the local
government board Tor nearly 1900 900
AS FOR the Osborne Judgment, he said. IL
would lee faced with courage and de-
te rmi Ion.