Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-07
NASHVILLE TENN. SATURDAY, AUGUST I. 1875
A JOLLY LAWYER.
The Unique C01asIainf Drawn By q
san Francisco Attorney.
San Franeisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle.
The suit Of Ellen DOnnolly vs.. @. Il
Burton ct al. was called up in the Twelfth
District Court yesterday on a motion "a
strike out portion Of the complaint. The
action was brought TO recover SS36.O5
money paid over on an order Of the Fourth
| District Court. The proceedings grew out
1 of the divorce case Of Ellen DOnnOlly vs..
| Thomas DOnnOlly. The unique and de-
eidedly interesting complaint was drawn
by an attorney Of this city, whose skill in
shedding halo Of romance about a legal
document, commonly made up Of s'afOre-
saids" and ''Rhereases," cannot be sufii-
GENTLY admired. The opening chapter is
as follows:
On the 22d Of May, 1892, there lived in
one Of the States Of the American Union a
man whose name was Thomas DOnnOlly,
and in the same State lived this plaintiff
whose name was Ellen. The said Ellen and
Thomas, being DESTROYS Of linking their
destinies, met on said day,and by the inter
Vention Of clergy, the two became husband
and wife. As such they jOurneyed smoothly
and quietly on for The period Of nearly
twenty years, when Thomas, becoming
tired Of Ellen, strayed in search Of an aim
ity, and was gathered up by maiden by
the name of Bridget Berry, who in time be-
came Beecherized by the name Of Thomas.
And there was born TO them a son named
John, who took the name Of DOnnOlly. Then
Bridget, out Of respect to her son, also as
sumed the title Of DOnnOlly, That some
time thereafter, about the year 1858, said
Thomas and Ellen, Budget and John, aban-
dOned theirhOmes in Ohio and came to this
State, where they have since resided, most
Of the time in this city. Time passed
on, and John was growing to man
hood, without means, and a lone
mother to support. Thomas beheld
the situation, and being DESTROYS
of making some provision for the
support of Bridget and John, and being out
of debt and in easy circumstances, and en-
gagged in lucrative business, took from the
Joint earnings and accumulatiOns Of himself
and Ellen a few hundred dollars and in
vested the money in three pieces Of land, |
taking the deed to one piece in bis own |
name, another in the name Of Bridget Berry |
DonnOlly, as a gift to her, and the third |
piece in the name Of Thomas John Don |
molly as a gift. Time passed on, and |
Thomas, rot being satisfied with enough, |
his money in stock speculatiOns, |
and in a short time the bears and bulls had /
got it all, leaving Thomas with his business |
much reduced. In this connection Thomas
became fretful and peevish, and he learned |
TO love and cherish Ellen no more, who /
was left in her lonely cot high on
The banks Of Mason street, to staTve or die
Of hunger or old age. Ellen could endure
.hese things no longer, and on the 3Oth Of
April, 1873, she commenced a suit against
Thomas, Bridget and Thomas John. She
,sked a divorce from the former aPd a de-
rec Of One-half Of the common property IS
against Bridget and Thomas John.
A divorce was granted, and it was de-
reed that the property above mentioned,
tanding in the names of Brigdet and
Thomas John, was held in trust for Ellen.
The creditors Of Thomas, he having failed
n business, made a successful levy upon
he proceeds Of the sale Of property, and the
resent action is to recover back The
money. The motion was taken under ad-
iSement.