Daily Republican., 1881-05-17
FIFTH edition
THE SUPERIOR COURT
Proceedings Yesterday Af,s,..
and rhis Morpiny

Proceedings Yesterday Af,e,,...
and This Morning.
Court met at 8 o'clock v4s,,.,
afternoon. yesterday
The case of John s. Moreland ,,.,
ishee OF George ID, Flemming vs. Esafn
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taken up. Moreland received h. was
Justice OF the peace iudvmegn,,o g,o'S a
S3o.B against Flemming. Unon tL.i lof
garnlshee attachment was laid 'udt a
hands of Morland, who ronfo',a, 'rn the
Indebtedness of S67.34, Tbc,ou an
Judgment was given for plaintiff M POI
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lor S'o'66' An appeal was made ,p'ay ~ ay
Superior Court by the garnishpe :" 'at I
the conclusion of Mr. M0reland,s ,,.a Az
mony Chief Justice Comegy. . s.esI, "sll,
that the plaintiff, having cor(o,,'ga ,"ea
his Indebtedness to Fle,ning '''',SN n
debarred from appealing from H. WIS
confession. He therellpou ordnro1o oSa
jury to render verdict in favor W, .He .Ie
defendant. The jnry did SO, olIomIe 5ne
the Every Evening PUBLISHING Co~S
pany S32.65. 'oA'
The court complied with Mary po;a,
request for a divorce from her hn.ho,I I'omS
John Reid, and that their GgINu chT%
given into her care. '''N ~
Court then adjourned until morrirc
THIS MORNINGS PROCEEDINGS
The first case was that of Pd,r;,
T. Williamson VS.. Patrick Nrarr a"t WIN
stable, Replevin. Joshua Mars Es" SSD
appeared for plaintiff, and VIM ''9' I
Whlteley, Esq, for the defendant MA
facts OF the case are these The nlan.
till was constructing a row Of frsa" u
houses. Jacob Z. Webb was contraD
tor. A quantity of building materid
was ordered from Barber < Hrni"r.
son, Philadelphia, by Mr. Webb for NJ,
Williamson. The material was sent IA
Mr.. Webb, but, subsequently, were at.
tached by plaintiff on an execution *.
sued against Mr.. Webb. Mr. William.
son replevincd. He attempted, during
the trlal, to prove by an agent from
Barber ~ Henderson, that the material
was sent to Webb by mistake THE
check for the payment of the ma.
terial was offered in evidence
by the plaintiff, Mr.. Webb testj.
fled that he contracted with Mr.. Wi.
llamSolI tc do the carpenter work for
eleven houses on Scott street, between
Gilpin and Delaware avenues. He said
he ordered the attached materials for
Mr.. Williamson, at the latter's request
but he did not know it would be sent 70
himself.
Mr.. Whiteley, counsel for the defeD.
dent, stated that he was willing that
judgment should be granted Tor the
plaintiff. The jury gave Judgment for
six cents and costs.
= The case of EnoCh Moore, lr. vs..
Mary Quimby, for the purpose Of St.
curing money, alleged to be due to Mr.
Moore for wharfage, was next taken up
Turner appeared for the plaintiff and
Lore for the defendant. The wrecked
schooner A. H. Quimby, it appears, was
taken to Mr.. Moore's wharf July Is,
1871 After remaining there about u
month it was used, for two or three
weeks, rs a lighter. At the end of that
period it was again taken to Mr., Moore
who had it placed in the Mccullough
Iron Company's deck There i,
remained until the latter part Of March,
1873, when it was taken 10 thcJackSon&
Sharp Cos works for repairs. 1t was,
whilst in McCullough's dock, fastened
to Moorc's wharf.
Mr.. Edward Quimby testified that tie
schooner had been lying at Harm,
wharf, but that he and his brother who
are Mary Quimby's agents, had upon
being told by Mr. Moore that the yrs%.
could lie at his wharf free sent the boat
there.
He had been told by Mr.. Moore,
u few days previous to +he time Of
the boat being taken to jackson y
Sharp's works, that he (Moore) hadlo
claims against her. Subsequently how
ever, he received from Mr. Moor
a bill for about Sl64. He II
turned the bill Immediately. In add
tion to this bill the MeSSrs. QuinbyT~
ceived from the Mccullough Iron Co..
a bill amounting to S7j Tor dockagc
which they paid.
Mr.. Simpson, a member of the Nc
Cullough Iron Co., said, i'll his teStlm"
ny, that Mr.. Moore had no right "
place boats in the docks in question
A number ofother witnesses were eS
amined, after which court adjourned
until three o'clock