New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-31

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D A. Blanchard has fled Apetition in the
SIKH Oisfllcti Court Judge Cooley in
which he claims 3flOO from the city Of New
Orleans for this: That on the fifth day Of
April 1859, he was regularly elected clerk
Of the City Council Of the late City efJeher.
son tnow the Fifth District Of the city OF
New. Orleans), then . separate corporation,
for - period Of two years, commencing ON
the Nineteenth of April, 1869, at monthly
salary of 500. That he received payment
for the month Of April only, and that he is
entitled to q balance of ellOO for the re-
mainder of the time and up to the date of
the consolidation with the city Of New Or
leans, wherefore he prays, etc.
The Magazine Street Railroad Company.
In the suit Of John Steib We. the Magazine
Street Railroad Company, in the Seventh
District Court. phase Of the great Maya
zine street railroad case of Jefferson City, q
Judgment has been rendered by Judge
Collens, in favor of Steib, for 81 ,307 IS.
N.1e--~s Probasisg WIN. - i
The last will and testament of the late T..
jefferson Hall. dated the seventeenth ofthe
present month, has been probated in the
Second District Court, Judge Duvigneaud.
By the will, which was written at the die
tati0n of the decedent by E. T. Merrick,
Mrs. Francisco Cleveland Hall, widow of
the deceased, becomes sole heir of all pro
perty of tho estate and executrix of the
same. The will is attested by j. F. Har-
rison. B.. Wayne, J. A. H. Lagroue, j. A.
Pulver and j. Cleveland Hall.
United States Circuit Csurt. Hen. W. b.
Weeds, Presiding. -.
In the case Of Myra Clark Gaines vs. S.
c. Compton ct al, for reasons orally as
in this case be Overruled, with costs, and on
the counsel for the defense, 6emmes & Mott
and H. n. Hyams, suggesting to the c0ury
that their clients can not be communicated
with in less time, it was ordered that the
defendants be allowed until the rule day,
in Nay. to file pleas.
In the case of Hostetter 4 Smith Va.
Herman, Vignes & Israel ct ale. it was
ordered that the rule be made absolute,
and that an injunction issue a. prayed
against the defendants, except Chapsky T.
Teetzel. u
In the case of James N. Stone vs.. Mrs.
Rebecca Minor, executrix of w. s. Minor,
By reason of the default entered ON the
twenty-fifth instant, and of the law and
evidence, it was ordered that the plaintiff
recover $1400, with five per cent interest
from March 1, 1867, until paid, and costs.
In the case Of Eliza Latham We. Daniel
Hickey, the Judgment Of default against
defendant was set aside. u.ss
In the cases of James B. Taylor ct al vs.
Louis Hubert, and James B. Taylor ct al We.
w. H. Zimmerman, P. B. F0ukes, Public
Administrator, on suggesting the death OF
James B. Taylor, one of the plaintiffs in
these cases, was made party as admins
traitor, and authorized to prosecute the suits
In nth the United States Circuit Court, in ad-
miralty, Judge Durell presiding, the mate
of the Bart Able, charged with beating one
of the crew ON the waters Of Red river, q
nOlle pr0sequi was entered BY United
States District Attorney Beckwith, as the
offense, if any, was shown to have occurred
ON the Mississippi, and not Red river.
Cemmissioner Weller's Court.
The charge made by E. Wood Perry
against s. L. N. Jerolleman, of passing upon
him counterfeit fifty cent bill Of United
States currency, was brought up for exam
nation. The evidence satisfied the Com
missioner that although the bill was passed
as charged, it was not done knowingly.
The accused was directed to give the prose-
cutor good fifty cent note, the counterfeit
was destroyed, and there the case rests
until, in the revolving chain Of human
sequences, the time comes around for it to
happen again.
One of the crew of the steamer Katie
made claim for wages; but the captain
proved that the claim had been already set
tied before K. H. Shannon. proctor in adj
miralty. There is no legal provision to pun
ish this sort Of rascality the more's the
pity.
A journeyman carpenter, employed by q
''boss" to do some repairs on board the
steamer Flora, sued the boat for wages.
The Commissioner decided that the plaintiff
had recourse only on his employer, and not
on the boat.
Frank Story was engaged as hand on
the steamer Potomac from st. Louis to New
Orleans; but ON the second day of the voy-
age was injured, while doing duty, by
bale of hay. Wages for the whole trip
were awarded.
A species of sea lawyer, named James
Hull, who was o hand on the bark Mary,
occupied the time, and vexed the ear of the
court for an hour or two in clamOring for a
discharge from the vessel. He was ready
to prove that blue was green, if necessary.
After an interminable harangue, the Com
missioner gave the opinion that, in ordering
the discharge of Huh, he was relieving the
vessel of nuisance. The sea lawyer was
awarded half wages, and ordered to pay
half the costs. He didn't spout ''rhinO" az
fast as he had spouted '.ingO."