Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-06-06
THE COURT RECORD.
Court OF Common Plcas-Civll Side
Judge Bradstreet.

The suit of w. j. Atwater & Co. against
the New Haven School district to recover
$205 a. balance due on bill of paper was
| tried yesterday. The defense claim that the
sum of 81, 900 had been paid on the invoice
of paper. The contract was not fully CAR
ried out BY the plaintiff, as the white paper
furnished was not equal in quality to that
furnished In the sample. Mr.. Alling claimed
that there was difference of at least Ave
cents per pound In the value of the paper
furnished was worth $500 less than the face
of the bill. The original bill was $4,605
upon which $4,000 had been paid. The
second payment was for $4,000, for which
the district demanded a receipt in full which
balance due of $206. Among those who tes
titled for the district as to the quality of the
paper were Principal Whitmore of the High
| school, Mark Pitman, principal of Woolsey
school, Joseph r. French, principal of the
Skinner school, Henry W. LOOMS, principal
of Washington school, John g. Lewis, prin-
Opal of the Webster school, L. L. Camp,
principal of the Dwight school, Fred E.
Bangs, principal Of the Wooster school, AL
bert B. Flfeld, principal of Eaton school, and
MIS-. n. L. Breen, principal of the Cedar
street school.
Clerk George T. Hewlett told how Captain
O'Brien of the board of education went to
the mill in Holyoke and the mill refused to
improve the quality of the pepper. Then SEQ
messenger with letter to Messrs. Atwater
requesting them to call at once at the rooms
of the board of education and receive their
pay for stationery furnished the district by
the firm. Mr.. Day rendered him 81, 900, and
afterwards paid him this amount at his Office
on Grand avenue.
Louis Herr, of Mayer, Strouse & Co., testi-
fed that he had charge of buying paper for
the firm, and considered the paper furnished
the district much poorer than the sample.
Court OF Common PIeas-Judge stud
Icy.
The case Of Roger s. Austin of Walling-
ford, administrator, against Thomas b. Lin
ahan of this city, was begun yesterday. In
November. 1888, William J. Leavenworth,
late of Wallingford, owed the defendant
500. 1t was agreed that defendant should
insure Leavenworth's life for $500, and in
event of his death the debt not having been
paid, the defendant should collect said $500
OF the insurance company, retain sufficient
for the debt and pay the balance to Lizzie O.
Leavenworth, the widow. Leavenworth died
in November, 1889, and defendant collected
| JIG luhuEhHc0 huu phlQ uOtnluX 10 LQ0 WIDOW.
Tho plaintiff claims that there ia due to the
estate the difference between Linahan's debt
and the face of the policy, a claim amount
ing to about 500.
City Court - Criminal side i. Judge
Pickett.
James 4. Torbit, vagrancy. continued to
June 6; John Flood, breach of thaspeace, 81
fine; same, drunkenness, 81 fine, 1924 costs.
Probate Oourt-Judge. Robertson.
Lucien w. Sperry was cross.examined by
John @. Gallagher, trustee of the insolvent
estate OF Enos s. Kimberly, and Henry G.
White and Seymour G. Loomis, representing
the creditors, yesterday. he was questioned
about his living expenses and thought they
amounted to $1,500a year. Aside from
thsasexpenses in 1880 he paid notes amount
ing to $500. In 1883 he expended $500 in
nm addition to the Westville property. He
put petition in the store which cost about
$3.50, and repairs on tho homestead costing
altogether about 5000. ri want 10 say right
here that at that time ! had been struggling
for years and running behind" said
he. In answer to other questions, he
said his property consisted of the house No.
40 Trumbull street, on which there is one
mortgage of 5000 and another of 81, 600.
Then there were the land and buildings in
Wsstvills, on which there IL mortgage Of
5000, besides unpaid taxes amounting 10