Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-04
THE COURTS.


CHANCERY CoURT.-Owing to th.
sickness Of Chancellor Smiths family
no business was done In this court yes
terday. The jury in the case Of Hardin
VS.. Avery wss discharged by agreemen
Of counsel. To-day being motion day
the roll Of solicitors will be called by tn,
clerk, commencing at letter A.
UNITED STATES CoURT.-The jury IN
the case of Joseph Naples vs.. Butler
and Hicox, returned q verdict In favor Of
the plaintiff in the sum Of 1886. The
following named gentlemen were
discharged from service as traverse jury
men, T. A. Hamilton, Uno Chase, P.
Bescher, A. Renkert, s. r. Wood, c. f.
Chamberlain, r. n. Vance. Judge T.
W. Brown delivered sn argument for the
defendants, last evening, In the injunc-
ton case Of decree vs.. Memphis gas COM
pany ct 81. This case viii not conclude
for several days. 1t seems tobe gener-
ally understood that the Milliken habeas
corpus case will be taken up on Saturday
and disposed OF IL possible. To-day, the
case Of Newmark VS.. the Hartford and
Etna insurance company will be taken
up.
Law CoURT.-The following order Of
court was entered of record on yester-
day:
alt Is ordered that all motions which
have been entered on the motion docket,
OF on which notice has been given to be
heard on to-day, shall, without further
notice, be continued and stand for hear
ing on the next motion day Ofthis court"
N. H. Martin, Esq, was sworn in as
attorney Of this court. The cases in
writs Of inquiry will be taken up to-day,
provided the special cases set for trial on
yesterday, shall have been disposed Of.
SHELBY COUNTY CIRCUIT CoURT.-The
jury in the case Of Jacob Thompson, in
dictment for horse stealing, returned a
verdict Of guilty and ten years imprison-
ment in the p~enitentiary. On next Sat
urdsy the roll Of attorneys will be called
As usual. Next Thursday will be mo-
ton day in this court. The criminal
docket will be taken up to-day and prob
concluded.
MUNICIPAL CoURT.-The cases on the
calendar Of yesterday undisposed Of will
be taken up to-day, after which the fol-
cases come up for trial: 100, Kir-
,henthum VS.. Venturini; 172, Jones VS..
Wood 26I, Taylor rs. Heitzler; 262,
Levy & Co. VS.. Cohen 263, Murphy ct
II. vs.. Cordes ct al. 284, Adam VS..
5wenny; 265, Thornton ct al. VS.. Kelly
Taylor VS.. Cogswell ct al. 267,
Wright, use, etc, vs.. POstol & Co. 81,
Stocksloger vs. Brown; 272, Allen
7s. Taylor; 27S, same vs.. same
20, Bradshaw vs.. Lovejoy; 276, Clark,
t al, use, etc, VS.. Memphis and Charles
railroad company 277, Fitzpatrick
rs. Kelan 27S, Low vs.. Quinn & Co.;
Butts VS.. White; 2S2, Tweedel VS..
Memphis dry dock company 2S3, Butts
Is. Memphis dry dock company; 2S4,
heck VS.. Johnson; 2S5, Belts VS.. Mem
his dry dock company; 2S6, McAllen-
~ VS.. Warren ct al; 2s7, Anderson,
ALLEY & Co. VS.. Greenwslde ct al; 2ss,
ct al VS.. Brewster
SO, Hollenberg ct 81 vs. Winter
80, Williams & Co. vs.. Lsrkin; 291,
Boomer VS.. Memphis dry dock com
any 292, Bullock ct al. VS.. Musso, jr.;
80, Nichols VS.. Alexander & Co. 295,
'hOate ct 81. VS.. Ryan 296, Crowder ct
!, vs.. Jones; 297, Harris vs.. Bush 2eS,
d Co. VS.. LoIlamsnd 299, same
3. same.
TRANSFER OF REAL EsTATE.-John
:. Trezevant to J. McNahon, deed, con-
Iteration being paid, lot No. Il, of
VoOdruff's subdivision, Of country lots,
los. SIS and 519, situated on Raleigh
bad avenue; L. F. Carr ct al. to T. J.
rophett, deed in trust, to secure pay
lent Of s66S7 IS, lot No. 3, block 80, in
outh Memphis, on south side Of Talbot
rect, So Alp by 142 feet; f. H. Cossit to
:. n. Edmonds ct al, trustees of Central
church, $4,000, part of block No.
{, east side OF Second street extended,
eng 65 feet, on Second street, by 1876
,et-lien retained.