The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-01

change their names.
There is trouble in the SchittenheIm family.
Jacob, the husband, enters the Third District
Court with petition against his spouse, Louise
Schittenhelm, and expresses desire to have the
knot matrimonial severed on account OF Louise g
infideilty.
He alleges that during the year 1876 he left
the city to obtain work, and on bis return to his
horror, discovered that his faithful Louise had
deceived him.
Fifth District Court.
The answer Of Allen Jumel to the petition of
A. Lemore, asking for 9 mandamus, was filed
yesterday. The suit was for mandamus to
compel the Auditor to issue warrants on the
vouchers of certain employees of the Legisls-
ture.
The answer sets forth that section 1874 of the
Revised Statutes provides that no warrants shall
be drawn by the Auditor unless the money to
pay the came has been previously appropriated;
nor shall he draw for an amount in excess of the
amount appropriated.
Mr.. Jumel sets forth that of the appropriation
made by act No, there remains unexpended and
not drawn against only the sum OF 1887 SO, as
follows: 5000 81 to the credit of the House and
$136 80 to the credit OF the Senate, and that he
could not draw in excess Of said balance.
La the case of A. Elmer Bader vs. the Board OF
Liquidation.-O. j. Forstall has filed an interven-
lion, representing that he is the agent OF the
owner of certain $40 bonds of the State of the
same eeries that has been favoraby passed upon
by the Supreme Court, and he asks leave to in
tervene aud prays for judgment against the
Board of Liquidation.
J. Mathers filed like application
=. j. ForsSall and J. Mathers, Jr. have filed o
petition before Judge Rogers asking for q writ of
mandamus against the Board OF Liquidation.
The REALTORS set forth that they the owners of
certain bonds issued under act IS, OF December
%, 1885, and that said bonds are of issue called
doubtful aud uncertain by act No. II of the extra
session of 1875. That the Supreme Court has
rendered favorable judgment ss to the validity
Of these bonds; therefore the REALTORS are enti-
tied to have their bonds funded. The case is
fixed for Saturday next
Sixth District Court.
Isadore Newman has filed petition in the
Sixth District Court, setting forth that he is
the owner of certain school vouchers drawn
BY 5. IL. Freeman, president, and ]. Henri
Burch, secretary and treasurer of the
Baton Rouge. That he became the holder of
these, as pledges, in December. 1876, to secure
the payment OF 1908, and that said voucher gave
to the holder the apportionment due the parish
which, for the month of January, amounted to
1889, OF which the relator is entitled to S603.
The petition presents thst r. M. Lusher,
Superintendent of Education, in order to carry
out the duty OF apportioning among the several
parishes, is obliged to fill up the blank vouchers
drawn by the presidents and treasurers of the
parish school boards. He alleges that due pre-
sentation OF his voucher has been made and Mr..
Lusher has refused to discharge his duty.
He, therefore, prays for writ Of mandamus
to compel the State Superintendent to make APP
portionment and attest the petitioners vouchers.
Chas. Gayarre, Esq. has filed . suit against
Percy Roberts, Esq, in the Sixth District Court,
setting forth that ON the 18th OF April 1877, Allen
Jumel issued to the plaintiff, as portion Of his
salary as reporter of the Supreme Court, four
warrants on the State Treasurer for 800 each,
and that on the twenty of the month Percy
Roberts, claiming to have been legally appointed
reporter of the decisions of the supreme Court,
filed in the Fifth District Court a petition, in
which he alleged to be entitled to the amount of
the aforesaid warrants, and that they had been
issued to plaintiff. and he prayed for
an injunction against the State Treasurer, re.
strainlDg him from paying the same.
The petition represents that under certain iu-
dicial proceedings, to which the plaintiff was not
a party, Percy Roberts obtained from the State
certain series of warrants for sum including the
amount Of petitioners warrants.
LII ls alleged that IL the Treasurer should pay
these warrants it would work an injury to plain
tiff, and he asks for an injunction against him.
John O. McCracken, of Alexandria. Virginia,
has filed suit against ex Sheriff Wagg aman for
s272. The petitioner alleges he obtained writ
OF provisional seizure against Emma Gibson, and
the sheriff. through negligence, allowed said
Emma Gibson to remove the property.