New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-08

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State on the relation of w. B. Merchant
| district attorney for the third judicial dis
trict, against Henry Train. judge.-This ID
an application to the Supreme Court for {
mandamus on Judge Train. commanding
him to change the venue in behalf of the
State in the prosecution Of Alexander
Blanc. The prayer for mandamus averred
venue in the case 1.-THE prisoner being
charged with manslaughter), notwithstaud.
ing he admitted to relator that in his
! opinion . competent Jury could not be had
| in the parish Of Iberia. The ordinary Ale.
cation of . denial of justice was made.
For one to take glance within the cham
Der of the Supreme Court would be proof
that argument is q solemn thing, and that
the legal combstants who could endure an
hours Ofat0ry, and 30 fulfill the new rule,
labOred hard for their clients.
The mandamus of the Havana Steamship
Lottery Company. on the Judge of the
Eighth District Court to grant an appeal,
was submitted by consent Of counsel ON the
brief of the complainant.
The succession of Gardner Banks has
been recently opened in the Second District
Court, and the application Of the widow of
deceased for letters of administration
granted.
The succession of the deceased Colonel
will proved. He leaves about $4,000, d.
vided among his friends, as he had not q
single relative alive. The executors are
Gabriel. DeFeriet and John g. xonrose.
The property of the deceased consisted only
Of personal goods.
Judge Collens, of the Seventh District
Court, has now under advisement the suit
in the Gaines cause, which is looked for
with great interest.
The case Of Noble & Kaiser against j.
r. Shannon was as follows: The plaintiff
having Obtained q Judgment in this case,
which wss subsequently affirmed BY the
Supreme Court, and having found mo
property" ON which to execute his Judgment,
took q rule on F. x. Barb0t, the surety, on
the appeal bond, to show cause why he
should not pay the amount Of the Judgment.
Colonel F. c. Zscharie, counsel for Barb0t,
excepted to the rule on the ground that,
under the new legislation, plaintiff had to
proceed BY direct action. in the ordinary
resOrting to Q rule. Judge Theard, after
considering the law on the subject matter,
held that the procedure by rule was still
the only remedy under the present laws.
The sale Of the steamer FrOlic is ordered
for liquidation purposes.
In the Fifth District Court. brace of
suits were introduced claiming the value of
prOmlesOry notes.
In the Sixth District Court, firm IN the
grocery line are suing the partner in com
mendum for dissolution.
The jury decided, in the Sixth District
Court, the suit of E. L. Jewell against the
city, awarding $500. This suit, according
to the petition. was based on q contract by
the plaintiff between himself and the CITY
to do the public printing for one year, when
at the end of nine months, the printing was
taken away. Tho claim was for $500. or
what the plaintiff would have had were the
year printed through. Testimony was taken
before the jury, claiming on the one hand
immense advantage fl ON the city printing,
while on the other it was testified that there
was but little advantage in it.
In the Seventh District Court, the Only
suit brought was one for partition in
kind Of the estate of Charles Haaf among
the parties entitled to the same. The |
estate consists Of eight lots of ground in
the Fourth District and other property.
Suit has been entered against Mrs. A. |
Widow COurcelle, by the owner |
If the house No. North street, in which |
he defendant is tenant, for possession of |
he property, which rents for $225 month. |
Both in this and the Fourth District !
court, the greater part of business consists |
n the filing and proceeding on tax suits. |
Defaults in three hundred will be taken |
O-day, and executOry process will immedi- |
ltely begin. Answers and exceptions filed |
very day only specify the usual and ster-
oJyped practice, and though they form the |
.reater part of the business, still there are !
10 new features in the line of defense.