Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-03-30
MAVNEY Wins IN
SUIT OVER PIKE
FIELD DIAMONDS
Supreme Court Upholds De
cision Awarding Owners
Of Land SO Stones.

Little Rock, March 29-Diamonds
mined in Pike county, Arkansas,
formed the basis OF suit ruled on
by the supreme court this morning,
the litigation having been Instituted
by Vi. NJ Mauney and others, owners
Of the LAND, against a. @. Miller and
others, lessees, to recover iifty-nine
diamonds taken from the field. The
Pike circuit court awarded verdict
giving the diamonds to the plaintiffs,
but ruled against charges that the
lessees had obtained possession Of
the lard through false representa-
,tion for the purpose of discrediting
the properly and to conceal the true
value of the diamonds mined with
false and fraudulent intent to acquire
Ownership OF the land. The decision
Of the lower court was affirmed.
According to papers in the case the
jlend was leased in April, 1872, and
he plaintiffs, owners OF the land,
were to receive one-fourth of the
diamonds mined The records show
that accounting was made of S61 ola
mcnds taken from the field since it
was leased The suit, however, was
for fifty-nine diamonds, the plaintiffs
share of diamonds alleged not to
have been accounted for. The dia-
monds were small and of little value,
, the entire fifty-nine, according to the
suit, having an aggregate valuation
in the rough of only Slo1.
C. H. Davis of Jonesboro must
serve a sentence in the state penl-
Tertiary for operating a blind tiger
or az: in stand trial on ten indict'
ments. each charging blind tisei
offense. Davis was indicted on four
counts and his case was taken to
court. when the state withdrew sub
mission of the cases. The ten lndlct-
ments then were returned by spe-
cial grand jury and Davis, when tried,
was convicted in each otfense. Inc
cases were consolidated by the state
over the objection of the defen liant
and the supreme court in ruling on
this point on which the appeal was
based held that the case would be re-
manded for new trial unless the at
torney- general elected to take a
Judgment in one case in lieu of TIE
ten. This course probably will De
taken
The case Of J. c. Be!ote, represent
tative from Hot Spring county,
against the auditor of state was sub
mitted on rehearing today. The case
is that which blocked the S4O,GoO ap-
rropriation for maintenance OF the
Arkansas exhibit at the Panama-Pa-
cifc exposition. The supreme court
=, ,,,J;,,o ny, Tho ease held that 1t ulH
NOT receive a sufficient majority IN
the legislature and was not an appTo-
nriaton for q necessary expense OF
the state government
Cases Decided.
The following opinions were rem
dered in the supreme court today:
By Chief Justice McCulloch:
Timothy j. FOohey Dredging DIS
trict VS.. James Mabin, from Missls"
sippi circuit court; affirmed.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad company VS.. r. Edgar
Pearce, from Perry circuit court; al
firmed.'
Levi storthz VS.. J. A. Watts. from
Pulaski circuit court; reversed and
remanded.
I. n. HUT ". Frank Smith. from
| Little River Girl uit court; affirmed.
BY Justice Wood:
ST Louis, IRON Mountain & South
| ern Railway COMPANY VS.. d. P. Blay-
! lock, from Lonolke circuit court; af
firmed; Justices Hart and Smith dis
senting