The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-17

| EQUiTY CoURT-Judge Fisher pro iempore =
Jacob droat vs.. John A. Rollins. Order fol
| Injunction Of the court. w..
| The controversy 10 which the Injunction ia
question issued, grows out Of claim by the
certain wood furnished the United Slater Al
Alexandra, In 1868, In which the plaintiff al
leges he was copsrtner.
perman. Order by counsel to have cases placed
on September docket Of the Equity Court.
| onrHAss, CouRr-Jadoe Pureeu-This court
day:
THR CONTESTED CHILD IN COURT AGAIN.
The court received the following petition on
Your petitioner respectfully shows that she
~ resident Of the District Of Columbia, and
the mother OF Cora Anna aarrishj that the
said infant was born on the Nth day OF March,
1909, and 10 now In the care Of the Rev. jacob
Walter, pastor Of St. Patrick,s church In this
eityj that she has reason to believe that said
| infant II or may be entitled to personal prop
erty within the Jurisdiction OF the court, that
she Is desirous that the said Rev. Jacob Wal.
sF Ss aP p sss ~ court
| - ELLEN MCCALL.
The mother of the child, the child, and Father
Walter were In court, and the court was about
to grant the guardianship, {" prayed for,
Mr.. Norris interposcd, and said there were
reasons why the guardianship should not
Walter, but there were other parties who had
| claim to the child. He hoped the Court would
give him time to produce Testimony.
timony was to be about-what was the issuel
| The Court to Mr.. Norris. Who claims the
Mr.. N. Mr.. and Mrs. Aiken.
The Court. What claim have theyj are they
Mr.. N. They claim under a contract made
After some discussion as TO the case It wa
set for a hearing at three weeks hence, the
hrst Saturday in september.
The last will OF John Smith, bequesthing
his estate to his wife, Margaret. was filed for
The will Of John Morgan, filed on the s.h,
The. will Of Edmund Buckley, bequesthing
his estate to his family, was filed and partially
LETTERS TEsTAMRsTARY.
Sarah Z. Grain qualified as executrix OF Ann
Grain, giving bond In $1,000. with Jerome
Brown and James J. johnson as sureties.
| Charles Walter qualified as guardian Of the
children OF Anthony Marryatt, deceased, CIV
Ing bond In %, 900, with George wilmer and J.
Henry Wilson qualified as guardian Of Lucy
Pollard, giving bond In $500, with A. Scans and
J. Boswell as sureties.
rick Holloran, giving bond IN $500, with p.
| muldoon and NJ. Greeney as sureties.
| ACCOUNTS.
| The third account Of Lucinda Ward, guar
dian OF Annie Dorsey, was filed and approved.
| NEW cAsEI MEDICAL JURIsPRUDRNCE.
Application was made by a colored person
| for the appointment of guardian to an al
| legged child Of a soldier, with q view to the
prosecution OF q claim.
The orphan IN question was a matronly
identity &C., suggesting itself to the court,
| the orphan was summoned up for examina ton.
Yes, sir.
How old are you'll
Thirteen years.
| About seventeen years ago.
The court WAS rather astonished at this.
This orphan was evidently posihumous, a
little too much for the present ideas Of mcdi-
| cal jurisprudencc: so the court started again.
| You say you are but thirteen years old, and
yet that your mother has been dead for seven
| teen yearsi
| Yes, sir.
How can that bel
Indeed don't know, sir.
Further interrogatories only made the wit.
ness more obscure, and her uncle was called,
ten years ago at Kalorama hospital In this
| city,
Upon further reflection, however, he
| was inclined to think that the girls aunt and
grandmother had died In the hospital, but that
her mother died In Warrenton.
| The Court, after warning the parties that II
there were any fraud It would send them to
the penitentiary, granted the administration
asked for.
| THE MILLER CASE.
| The argument In the case OF the contest ed
| will OF Eleanor Miller was resumed at 2
o'clock, Judge Leech opening the closing
argument for the proponents ofthe will.
| Adjourned.