National Republican., 1877-10-03
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY 1877
THE CITY HALL.
CASES IN GENERAL TERM-PRoBATE PRO
CEEDINds-MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
RECORD OF LAND TRANSFERS..

CASES IN GENERAL TERM-PRoBATE PRO
CEEDINas-MARRIAGE LICENsEs ISSUED
RECORD OF LAND TRANSFERS.
SUPREME coURT-GENERAL TERM.
Chief Justice Cartier and justices olin and Hum
phrcys sat in this court yesterday.
The cases here were rs follows John r. Kendall
VS.. Francis Daincse. This case is as follows c. v.
Gordon bought lot II in square 40 from Dalnese in
December, 1869, and for the purchase money paid
500 cash and executed three notes payable TO de-
fendhnts order In one, two and three years from
date, each for the Of 50 0Oo with interest, and
TO John %sPnerson ot us. on AuSs s isSo dc
fendant sold the first Of said notes 10 the plaintiff
and amer its maturity sold the second and third Of
therefor the sum Of 81 sO3 70 and return Of tie
first note The second note Inatured and no lisbil-
When the third note mstnred deisudant waived
notice Of protest upon II, About June 1873, when
all the notes had matured, amer various attempts
70 sell the real estate described IN the deed Of trust
Gordon, the owner Of the real estate, constituted
the plaintiff his agent 10 collect the rents arising
power @ Of attorney, BY which the plaintiff was a.
| rected after the payment To himself OF commits
sion OF Ave per cent for his services to apply the
and attempts 70 Sel and th!rd to the payment OF
the debt secured by the deed Of trust made by Cor
don TO John D. Mcrherson. The plaintiff accepted
the trust imposed by said power Of attorney and
had collected more than eighteen months rent
The suit was begun in December. 1874, against
| the defendant rs indorser upon the third note
Among the pleas filed by defendant was one Of
The cause was referred to James G. Payne. esq,
| as referee. The testimony showed that the plain
TIL had collected from the rents under said power
gross sum Of nearly 5000, Of which the net
amount. of slaGi 90 was. under the terms Of the
debt secured by the deed of trust. II shown
that Dancse still held the first note The referee
in his award refused to alw apy part Of The - sun nm
payment Of the said first note or the note In suit
hut awarded 70 the plaintiff the full amount Of tho
| were fled by defendant, bnt We're overruled and
hdgmont was rendered upon the award for the
@ ' %hsrsnpon M,tn the deSSSs p appeass '"00f
| The case was argued by Mr.. Ross Perry and
Others. and held under adyisement by the court
stne Ell al. This case comes up on appeal from
decree Of the Equity Court. The cause was heard
nj missed, with costs @ The facts. % as W disclosed @ by The
pleadings and proofs. are substantially as follows:
The American Life Insurance and Trust Company,
life Of the deccdcnt Robert C. Page, in the sum Of
sa0n. This policy bears date November 26, 1896.
from the defendant Burnstnc. the sum Of s,Oo, and
| tD secure the repayment Of that amount he exc
cutcd and delivered to Burnstine an instrument In
writing, by which he assigned TO him the policy Of
| Insurance to the extent Of the loan.
| iTr NEXT borrowed s+97 from Burnstine on the LIST
day or May 1871. and then on the lst Of December.
| lS7I he made another loan from him OF the sum of
solS For each Of these loans he executed and de-
| livercd IN Burnstinc like instruments Of assign
| mcnt Each nf these assignments was rcgulnrly
approved by the company. Amer the last loan. In
December, 1871 Page stopped paying the premiums,
paid ssi % in nrcmnms BESIDES so ot 10 Pace frr
thu assvnmcnt Of the policy to him. Amer the
death OF Page, and on the lith day Of January,
| 1877, the complainant, as administrator Of the
tate Of Page exhibited his hill in this for the
| nurpnse OF showing that the last assessment to
| Bnrilstinc, although absolute in form was exc.
| putRi and delivered fnr tho puiy n n
curing to Tho defendant the repayment Of money
| loaned II is from a decision nf Judge Olin allow
ing eor'a'n testimony In this case that the appeal is
tnkcn.
The case was argued by Gen. To,tcn and Mr..
| MattlnGly. and held under advsCment.
Dant VS.. District OF Columbia: set for hearing to-
morrow. Estate Of c. A. Zimmerman appeal dis
missed.
NEW ATToRNEys
| A. n. Ievisee. of louisiana was admitted to the
bar. on fi,e motion Of Mr. Davidge.
| The court then adjourned until to-day.
The assignment is as follows: Nos. 12s, a, s. II.
20 to s.
| PRoR,TE COURT.
| Before Justice On.
The following peoccedIngs were held before Reg.
"a :: Mary wilkes was appointed guardian to
5000 In re estate Of Elizabeth Ars,eby decreased
inventory OF personal cstste returned by the ad-
ministrator and the usual order Of sale granted
The administrutor. m re estate of josephine G.
| Young. deceased: letters OF standardization were
granted to 10 eph H. G. Young on the estate Of the
deceased; bond. sl0pO IN n estate of James FlAn-
nagan, deceased; citation was issued against John
Snow. the executor, rcturnable on the llth day Of
Adjourned until to-day at II O'Clock.
CRIMINAL COURT.
Before Justice Macarthur.
This court was engaged during the day with the
Witkowsky trial.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Captain Samuel Powhatan Carter. U. s. n. and
| t1,n "a u
SatCry and Mary A. Burns; Jsre. vsnes and Susie
Wade; both Of Augusta county. Va: II. =: Smith and
Taylor. both Of Rockhridge county Va: Adam ].
hcca'lc and Laura C. Rock; Francis J. Barnard and
Alice BARLEY.
LAND TRANSFERS YESTERDAY.
Abncr ,, Kelly ct al to Lonse Peters. lot 10 in
square 6SG s2.O1. Frederick Douglas rG.,ird
States marshal 10 Maurice J. Adler part Of LOT I'D
In Beal and Hawking addition to Ge0rRetown;
sI73. Mary Power IN Seth L. Phelps part of lot g.
Isabel l. Evans and Kate G. Daniels lot s, in square
9od; 5000
POLICE COURT JOTrINGs.
The collntcrals in the ease of Joseph Clark and
Thomas Kidwcll, for an unprnvckrd assault on T..
II Ferry, were ordered tn be krrs,tni and attach.
monts were issued, as the gravity nf tle afanse
called for heavier punishment Cha. GriaCs threw
piece Of cl.y nt Johanna B,dwcll aud he swell,
the revenues Of the court with V. Agnes Ian.
caster. assault on Laura Gales. and rr- r.rsa: dis
will take an airing at Crockers for thirty days
Dennis Johnson. an incorriylblc boy Of twelve oI
thirteen years, was sent to the Reform school
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood WAS charged with main.
tanning nuisance on her promises, lI12 Nine.
teenth street northwest tn which she plead moi
guilty, and expressed her willingness to 90 on with
I the ca c, but as the Government was unpropRrcd
the cn'e was postponed until Thursday morning al
II o'clock. Geo. W. Bowie plead guilty Of nm as.
s1ult on Lefty Quinan, and was fined five dollars
Chss Ferguson was lined ono dollar f,r stealing a
guild pen valued at ten cents frn,n Bculenin Alien
Louisa NaylUr donated FIVE dollars fIr an assault
on John Dexter Alice johnson, who was brought
into court for failure TO appear against her hus.
band, gave personal bonds for her appearance
! tomorrow morning. John Campbell for profanity
l was fined FIVE dollars seven days IN jal James
Houston was charged with using pr0Clnc and In,
; decent Language. and the usual penalty was I'm.
posed. James Chapman was fired Ave de,lnrs oi
fifteen days in Jail for loud and bo!Stcrous Ian
gnage.
THE POTOMAC FRUIT GROWERS.
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