Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
Lines From Legal Quarters.

In the libel suit of John =. Edgar against the
Penny Press Company yesterday a compulsory
non-suit was entered against the plaintiff.
GEORGE SELLERS yesterday entered suit
against Michael Gardner for SIC, 900 damages
for false arrest for perjury and illegal voting"
JOHN G. MCLAUGHLIN yesterday fled bill
in equity against Moses A. Michaels and wife,
on account of the transfer of an electric coal
mining machine, in the patent of which both
were interested
A PETITION was filed in the Orphans Court
yesterday by Mary L. McCrae, asking that
trustees be appointed for the estate Of Mar
garet Marshall, who has been missing for
year. The estate is valued at $1,000.
THE suit of Philip ]. Ulrich against the city
of Pittsburg is on trial before Judge Ewing.
The case is an appeal from the decision of the
Board of Viewers in awarding damages caused
by the widening of street in the Thirty-second
ward.
A BILL in equity was filed yesterday by
Thomas, James A., Sarah R. and Ann McFar-
land against the Ohio Connecting Railway
Company to prevent the defendants from taks
ing 100 feet width through plaintiffs property
on Brunors Island, Ninth ward, Allegheny. in
stead of the go feet allowed by law.
JUDGE ACHEsoN. in the United States Court
yesterday, granted preliminary injunction in
the case of Henry W. Putnam and Carl Hutter
against the keystone Bottle Stopper Company.
restraining the defendant from manufacturing
q bottle stopper which the plaintiffs claimed
was an infringement on their patent
A COMPULSORY nonsuit was entered yester-
day in the suit of Sheriff McCandless, for use
of David r. Mcintyre, against ]. II. McKen-
ney, an action on a Sheritfs sale The Sheriff
had knocked down piece of property to Nc
Kenney, who afterward refused to take it and
suit was brought to compel him to do so.
A CHARTER for the Pittsburg, Fairport and
Northwestern Dock Company was fled in the
Recorders office yesterday. The company Is
storage yard in Pittsburg. The capital stock is
$50 900, divided into 900 shares. The directors
are Henry w. Oliver, q. ID. Fraser, John E.
Mcdonald. John Donaldson and A. E. Ander.
son.
JUDGE COLLIER yesterday held an inquest
on the sanity of Mrs. Rachael Powell and she
was declared lunatic. Mrs. Powell is II years
of age. and has been insane since January ],
1889. Her only estate is a pension Of So
month drawn as the widow Of John Powell,
who was a soldier in the War of 1872 Mrs.
Mrs. Martha E Hauck, of Allegheny. her
daughter, was appointed TO take charge of her.
CHIEF ELLIOT, of the Department of Chari.
ties, yesterday entered suit for the city against
Ella McTiernan, commissioner of James Nc
Tiernan, to recover s., 339 II for the keeping Of
James McTiernan since April, 1871. when he
was declared a lunatic and committed to Dix
mont at the expense of the city, as having no
estate. Since then he has become possessed Of
which is in charge of Ella MeTiernan.
A CHARTER for the Turtle Creek Valley
Electric Light Company was filed in the Re-
corder's office yesterday. The company was
formed for the purpose of operating an electric
light plant in North Versailles, Patton Brad
dock and wilkins townships. The capital
stock is $4,000, divided into 1000 shares at $50
share. The directors are Allen Matthews,
Frank Wilcox, Edwin G. Little, Walter d. Up
tegraf and Charles @. Wolfe.
JUDGE STOWE yesterday handed down an
opinion in the case of A. Fil1man against Rose
Hall, a suit to obtain Judgment on note for
81 900 given Fillman bV the defendant as Sc
curIty for going her bail Rose jumped her
bail, and Fillman claims that he was put to the
expense of $500 in searching for her. OF this
amount $3.50 was for detectives services and
500 attorneys fees. Judge Stowe holds the
amount paid the detectives was excessive, but
as it was paid in good fait it should stand.
The attorneys fees were not excessive, but
Fillman's personal expenses were not allowed.
THE suit of James NJ. Chadwick against
Pew, Emerson & Co., Limited, the Penn Fuel
Company and the Philadelphia Company for
damages for right of way taken through his
farm for pipe line, was concluded yesterday.
A non-suit was taken as TO the Penn Fuel Com
pany and the Philadelphia Company, and a
verdict was rendered for the defendant as ro-
CARDS Pew, Emerson Co. An agreement be-
tween Chadwick and Pew, Emerson Co, with
reference to the right of way, was produced,
but Chadwick denied that he had ever signed
it. He said he had signed a receipt, but no
agreement. The jury, however, decided
against him.