Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-15
THE COURTS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Flores Still
Fighting for Maud.
The Unhappy Matter Resulting
from a Divorce Case.
ASuit by the Southern Pacific to Re-
cover Valuable Oil Lands.
Proceedings Yesterday In the Various
Courts-Court NOtes-New Cases
which Were Commenced
Yesterday.

The application of Mary Flores for an
order of the court compelling her for
mer husband, William Flores, to give
her the custody of their daughter Maud,
came up before Judge Shaw in depart
ment one of the superior court yester-
day. The parties were divorced in this
county in 1877 by Judge Brunson, who
awarded the wife 500 alimony and the
custody of their minor children, both
girls. Mrs. Flores took her maiden
name, Peterson, and removed from
Santa Monica, where the couple re-
sided, to Santa Cruz, and later to Wash
ington territory. Here she became i'll,
and was compelled to give the care of
her children over to others, as she was
incapable of looking after them herself.
Flores, who had married again shortly
after his wife left him, learned that the
mother had deserted her children, sent
after them and brought them back.
Mrs. Flores followed, and regained pos
session of the girls, but as she had no
means, she was compelled to work out
as domestic and leave them again in
the care of others. Maud found a
home with the family of George
McLain in this city, and the mother
sought employment in Redondo. About
three months ago Flores called at the
McLain residence and took his daughter
away, and within the past week writ
OF habeas corpus was sworn out by the
mother to regain possession of the girl.
A great deal of testimony was heard
nd Tr1 ha Lo
matter under advisement. Flores asks
for a modification, of the order made in
the original divorce suit awarding the
custody of the children to the mother,
and Mrs. Flores demands that her
former husband be compelled to obey
that order. Flores does not want his
children to work as domestics, and
claims that he is able to keep them at
home, while Mrs. Flores states that the
children's stepmother ill-uses them and
makes them do all of her work.
SUIT TO QUIET TITLE.
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany yesterday filed a complaint in
suit to quiet title against Sutherland
Hutton, Annie f. Duendorf and J. B.
Lankershim. The land in dispute is
the w % of the N W d of section 13,
township 4 N, range 10 w, in the Sespe
oil region. The railroad claims title to
the land under an old grant from the
government. The defendant Hutton
has had United States patent to the
land for ten years and has spent great
deal Of money on it developing oil wells.
There is one thirty and one barrel
we'll on the land which makes it very
valuable piece of property. The grant
to the railroad excepted mineral land
and the case will hinge upon the date
upon which the land was discovered to
contain minerals.
COURT NOTES.
John Ryan pleaded guilty to burglary
in the first degree before Judge Shaw
yesterday, and was sentenced to San
Quentin for two years. Ryan, while.
drunk and in the night time entered the
room of lodging house at No. 123 Will
mington street and stole a few articles
of small value.
The rules OF practice of the United
States court of appeals for our circuit in
Guiding the terms, the designation of
Judges to sit, and the law creating the
court, defining its jurisdiction, etc., in
full can be had, combined in one pamph-
let, at the office of United States Com
missioner Van Dyke.
Francisco Ruiz was examined yester-
day before Commissioner Van Dyke for
selling liquor to Indians at San Bernar-
dino. He was held to answer and COM
mitted to Jail in default of $3.50 bail.
George H. Delp is suing Annie B.
Delp for divorce.
Jesse Carter, union veteran, was
brought up from the Santa Monica SOL
diers' home yesterday by Constable
Dexter to be examined for in
sanity. He will be brought before
commission this morning.
NEW SUITS.
Lucy J. Harvey sues the Pickering
Land and Water company to quiet title
to two parcels of land in the John M.
Thomas rancho.
The Southern Pacific Railway COM
pany sues James r. Townsend for an in
terlocutory decree compelling the defen-
dant to pay $803.96, the balance due on
a contract to purchase land, or be de-
barred from all further claim to said
land.
w. F. Heathman ct rex. sued ]. D.
Bethune ct al. to restrain the defendants
from proceeding to execute Judgment
on homestead property.
Robert j. Trumbull sues Samuel Pal
mateer ct al. to foreclose mortgage for
$4,000.
julius Brosseau and the Miguel Leonis
heirs sue Esplritu Chijulla, S. M. White
and others to obtain partition of the
real property of the Leonis estate.
J. 7. Ritchey sues J. G. McMichael
for judgment for $916.66, money paid
defendant through fraudulent repre-
sentations, and for $1,000 damages.
The Security Savings Bank and Trust
company petitions for writ of review
to be directed to the supervisors to re-
view an order of the board sitting as
board of equalization, which order di-
rected an assessment against the bank
for insolvent credits in the sum of
$84, ,426.
Will Be Given Away.
All OF our leading druggists are givii 6
away q large number of trial bottles of
DR.. Miles celebrated Restorative Nervine.
They guarantee it to cure headache, dizziness,
nervous prostration, sleeplessncss the i'll effects
of spirits, tobacco, Coffee etc. Druggists say 1t
is the greatest seller they ever knew, and is
universally satisfactory. They also guarantee
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure in all cases of ner-