New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-01
THE COURTS.

The mandamus suit on the Treasurer, q
which mention was made on Tuesday,
brought by Gabriel Fournet, parish Judge q
st. Martin, to compel the payment of hi
warrants for $3.50, salary Of his Office tn
rule to comply or show cause is returnabl
on the seventh of November.
The Mandamus on the Auditor taken b,
John w. Fairfax, Assistant Secretary q
State, to compel payment of his SALARY a
Assistant Secretary Of State, was made per
emptorv yesterday By order OF Judge bib
BILE. The ground Of the decision was tn,
opinion of the court in the easefof Georg,
E. B0vee, against F. j. Heron.
The Fourth District Court has received
two suits by the Union National Bani
against the New Orleans, Mobile and Texal
Railroad Company, claiming in one e495 a,
due, and in the other $4,000, each bejna
the value Of . bill of exchange which hai
| gone to protest.
Jules BOurier prays the same court for q
! respite from his creditors. His liabilities
| surmOunt &ll.O0O his assets are oyer $4,000
| The creditors are summoned by order OF
the court to meet in the Office of A. Ducatel
notary, on the fifteenth Of November, and
| in the meantime proceedings are to be
stayed.
A suit by plasterer against the owner of
the houses in which the work was done. a
petition Of Intervention in another case by
a commercial firm, and suit by a firm in
the feed business against one Of their Gus.
toners were also brough: yesterday in the
above court
Suit has been entered in the Fourth Dis.
trict Court, by Manuel Silva. against the
Canal and Claiborne Street Railway Com
pany, for $4,000 damages. The damages
are held to arise from the gross neglect and
carelessness Of the company, which ran over
and killed his child John, about two wears
old. while crossing Goodchiidren street,
with his brother, on the sixth of Nav last.
The will of Q. E. Hall has been proved in
the Second District Court. 1t is in the fol-
lowing words:
II, Orson E. Hall, do make this nv last
will and testament. l appoint my wife,
Emily D. Nudge, my executrix, and give
her full Selling Of my estate
The will is dated April l3, 1863
The only case brought yesterday in the
Sixth District Court was transfer from
one of the judicial districts. and process Of
garnishment was issued.
The suit brought by Thomas Warren in
the Seventh District Court against the
jackson Railroad Company, grows from an
alleged violation of q contract made with
petitioner, in which defendant agreed to
take six thousand cords Of wood at two
dollars and a half a cord, to be delivered
between ArcOla and Tickfaw. The plaintiff
AYERS that the failure of the road to take
the wood subjected him to a loss Of $500.
for which claim is set up.
In this court. suit by a business irm in
the crockery trade. for the value of prom
issory note against customer, was instl-
tuted.
Thomas A. Boland. for several wears T.
clerk in the Seventh District Court, yester-
day joined the grand army Of members of
the bar. His accession to the early honore
of the profession was made the occasion of
q presentation by his fellow clerks of a
sign, on which his name was handsomely
written in gold scrip. An address was de-
ivered, having been touched up in good
style, and the usual fOrnalities were BY
no means dispensed WITH the whole con-
Guiding in champagne.
United States Commtssf0uer,s Court-Be.
fore Commissioner Weller.
The steward of the steamboat Bossier.
Captain Maitland. plying between New Or
leans and Shreveport, appeared before the
with about forty of the |
crew az witnesses. claiming wages amount |
ing to one hundred and twenty-five dollars, |
The name Of the plaintiff is Andrew Smith. |
The captain alleged that the steward had |
'efused 10 ,lO his duty, and when ordered to |
cave the boat, took the crew with him.
They were all pacitied, however. and pro-
'eeded to Shreveport and thence to this
.ity. The Commissioner held that the
teward was entitled to bis wages. less the
'osts, and gave judgment against Captain
Maitland for one hundred and seven
lOllars