The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-13
SIX WEEKS VACATION.
Superior Court Adjourns Until
September.
BUT THE JUDGES WILL WORK.
Seattle Insurance Compsny Loses It's Case
Against stockhoider wells--A Case
From Over the Line-Blotter.

The superior court viii nominally enter
upon its six weeks vacation next Monday.
The press Of legal business awaiting the
attention Of the court, however. has
seriously encroached upon the first week
OF the vacation. Judge Lichtenberg has
set one or more cases for hearing for every
day next week, and one case for the first
day OF the following week The Jeff-rson
street injunction case. the Ballard injunc-
ton case, and the application to have dis
solved the Injunction against the Columbia
q Puget Sound shore Railroad Company
obtained by the city last September, are all
set for hearing in the equity department
next week. Judge Stratton will also begin
MS vacation by jury trial Monday.
VERDICT FOR THE POLICY HOLDER
The jury found verdict for the plaintiff,
assessing his damages at 81 .05s, in the case
OF w. d. Russ vs.. the Liverpool and Lon
don d Globe Insurance company.
VERDICT FOR THE srocKHoLpxR.
Judge Humes' jury returned sealed
verdict for the defendant in the case of the
Seattle Insurance Company VS.. R. F..
Wells, a suit to recover $500 assessments
on stock.
CASE FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Peter Pothouse and Charles Pagan filed
a complaint against R. L. Fox in suit for
5000 damages for non-performance of con-
tract. The complaint alleges that the &C.
PENDANT had contract to purchase for
$780, 300 acres of land on Nelson island,
British Columbia, in the Gulf OF Georgia,
fronting on Malasfina straits, upon which
Is now located the Nelson Island Granite
was il force, the defendant entered
plaintiffs to form a corporation
to open and operate the quarry, with a
capital stock OF ten shares of 81, 500 each.
The plaintiffs, for their knowledge of the
business, were to have two shares, and the
defendant two shares. The remaining six
shares were to be sold for 50 O0). and the
proceeds applied to the purchase of the
land and plant The plaintiffs aiiege that
they secured the subscriptions TO the re-
naming six shares of stock, and went to
Chicago on business connected with the
corporation at an expense of $500. The de-
PENDANT afterward sold a two-thirds inter-
esr in the contract to purchase the land for
over 5000, and retained the other third
himself The plaintiffs sue for the value
OF the TWO shares they were to receive in
accordance with the all. ged contract
NORTHERN PACIFIC DAMAGE SUIT.
Eva S. Bell, administrative of the estate
of George X. Bel, filed suit against the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company for
$500 damages for the death of her hus-
band, caused by the alleged negligence of
the defendant company. under the statute
of Dakota territory. The complaint al
leges that the plaintiffs husband was a
passenger on the Northern Pacific from
Minneapolis to Tacoma, on the oath of jan
uary. when tho train ran of the track aud
rolled down an embankment near Mandan,
Oak. He was mortsliy injured and died
in Seattle on the Is b Of July, 1885,
MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS.
Nicholson & Spencer vs.. Joseph J. Hob
man-Suit for judgment for 1886.
Harms e. Dickman vs.. w. A. Shovey-
Suit to recover s45S on promissory note.
George w. Chesley vs.. d. w. Ogle-Suit
to recover $i77.
Thomas J ckson vs.. w. III. Mcdonald
and w. w. Beck-Suit for the foreclosure
of o mechanics lien for $1,000.