New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-21
TIE couH rs.
Eiys,th District Court.

Judge Dihble having ad jou!ued thus court
over, there was no session Yesterday.
The next most importbnt case in this
court, is the great ,ycffcrs bn City improve
mcnts case Of II. II. Romi be Va. J. K. West,
in which r. King CutleI will make the
final argument on the twc1 fourth instant,
in favor of tie plaintiff. he case Is one OF
absorbing interest TO tht citizens OF the
Sixth District, where the contemplated I'M
proVcments are to be made.
Seventh District Con- THE Gallant
EatcheZ Sued for ials;ng n swell.
Suits have been instit lltrd against the
steamer Natohez. Captain L. L. LeathtrS,
by the owners of tho ships st. James and
the Marcia Greenleat, tor damages alleged
to have been sustained byI these ships wii.t
moored ut the wharf i'll this city.
Petitioners ailcge that the Natchnz mas
been treuuentlY, and car{lt Ssly, and rcck-
lessiy run so close to I'll iese vessels az 10
greatly toss and shake thctn by the swelis or
waves of the river, 80 thad the st. james mas
been damaged /: 50 and thd Marcia Greenle&f
SIGH %. The Natci"z il unfortunate III
having snch powerful cnEincs ana stirring
UP such powerful swells.
Eighta District CoHrt.
State ex rel. Joseph Hernandez vs. B f.
Flanders ct al.--ln this cake the relators sues
rs transferee Of two Stat{' warrants Issued
by the Auditor OF the state III laNor oi
Manuel Pho Ayila for SloSi and 1886 re-
spectively, due him fer sci'vices aS Coroner
OF the iiird District Of New Orleans.
Relator a.ks a Inandamus ordering the re-
epondents to treat these warrants ~ u part
OF the floating debt of the city.
Defendants, by the City Attorney, now
como into court. and for Cause why per
emptorv writ OF inandamus should not issue
and why the alternative WITT already Issued
should bs ouashed and set aside they show ::
l. That this court is without authority OF
jurisdorion to allow the process or writ c1
mandamus herein applied for: this 60 urt
being expressly prohibited from 80 doing by
an act of the Legislature, entitled IAN act
to limit and restrict the powers of courts TO
issue orders or writS OF mandamus,' etc,
approved March II, 1870.
:. Tho bill or account current against the
city Of New Orleans pretended to be held
by DR.. Avila, improperly designated by re
lator as certificates of Indebtedness, con
tanned improper and Illegal charges, and
not just and lawful claims against the city,
and there was, on the part Of the city, no
Indebtedness or obligation upon which the
certificates could lawfully issue.
;. Such orders or certificates were not
issued by tho Finance Committee, but Uy
parties who pretended 10 act IN the a nSence
of the proper committee, and uulaw1ully
And respondents further say that they are
ignorant of the circumstances under which
the relatOr acquired the certificates III cues
ton. they not being negotiable instruments,
and that no proceeding III law or equity can
be had upon them, except IN the name OF
Dr.. Avils himself, in whose favor they were
Issued.
In the Seventh District Court yesterday,
Judge C0llens was upon the bench endeavor-
ing, III his nervous but straightforward man
ner, to unr;svel the tangled web which WAS
being woven by one OF the counsel in a case
of sequestration. The Judge, az is usual
with him, allowed the speaker to proceed
for a little while, and then cut him off short
at the knees by asking him to be kind
enough to state what he desired, so that the
court might know what to do in the premises
This little dig from the Judge had the de
sired effect, and the case from thencetor-
ward went on swinmingiy enough. Judge
Collens may be nervous and eXcitable, and
all that, but he is an able iurist withal, and
has = very delightful way of stripping the
cases to be tried before him of all super
fluties and probing at once down to the very
core.
Sixth District Court.
In this court Judge Cooley was listening
very patiently to the mule case Of which
we have before spoken, in which Judges
Cotton and Thomas are each struggling to
get Lold of twenty four mules brought
down from Kentucky by "a man named
Cowau, but now claimed by another Ken
tuckian named Helm. The great trouble
with horse and mule traders is that they do
business III 40 loose and slipshod manner
that they leave themselves open for attack
upon all sides.