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Show 6005 that subject have been admitted by us in the answer. That is all. The very purpose of the pleadings is to outline the position of the parties and squarely present that issues to be tried, so that evidence introduced may be confined to the matters in controversy. And this evidence goes to a point that is not in contro-versy. The Special Master. Well, so far as the evidence of the conditions of the river south of the Utah line are concerned here, as I know nothing about the statute that has been re-ferred to in the case, and as I cannot decide as to the rele-vancy on that ground, I will allow a general description of this river to be put in, in view of its possible bearing on that. That will necessitate my making a final ruling on the whole matter, if and when any much statute appears in the case. Mr. Blackmar. Well, now, on that point, the statute appears in Session Laws of Utah in the year 1927. The Special Master. Well, are you putting it in as part of your case? Mr. Blackmar. I am not putting it in evidence. The Special Master. Then I cannot consider it, because |