Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-27
A Suit to Regain Property Of
an Incompetent.
Veterinarian Blackinton Held
to Answer for Perjury.
Other Cases Which Were in the
Courts Yesterday.
Guardian Plummer Looking After His
wards Property-A Case Involv-
Ing West Pasadena Railroad
stock-Court Notes.
New Cases.

A civil suit of some interest was COM
menced yesterday by Ralph Plummer,
as guardian OF Candalaria Tapia Abila
de AIverado, an insane person, against
James Rawson, the Columbian Loan
and Building association, M. A. Ander-
son, Catherine Gray and others, to gain
possession of piece of property, 9S feet
wide, running IRON Upper Main to New
High street, on which the Rawson block
now stands. Plummer alleges in his
complaint that his ward, Candalaria Al
verado, has been non compos mentis for
the past twenty-five years; that she was
and now is the owner of the property in
question, but on March %, 1876, her
mother, Antonia Tapia, by undue in
fluence exercised over her daughter, in
the latter's weak mental condition in
duced Candalaria to deed the property
to her without adequate consideration.
Plummer states that Candalaria can
not read or write and does not under
stand English-the language in which
the deed was drawn up. The deed was
signed by Candalaria making her mark
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was then placed on file.
Candalaria was declared insane by
Judge Clark in March, 1890, and Plum
mer was appointed guardian of her per-
son and property, in which capacity he
has since acted. The property has since
been transferred by Mrs. Tapia to the
defendants in the present suit.
A VETERANS TROUBLES.
]. G. Blackinton was examined yester-
day before Justice Stanton on charge
of perjury preferred by G. F. Francis,
and held to answer in $1,000 bonds.
Blackinton is q veterinary surgeon,
whose place of business is on Broadway,
between Seventh and Fifth. Francis is
his tenant, and Blackinton has been
trying to oust him from the
premises. Several weeks ago the veter-
mary brought suit in ejectment
against Francis, and as soon as the suit
was fled went to his neighbours wood
and coal yard and locked him out.
Francis returned with Officer L. r. Har-
ris and broke into the yard, and Black
inton had them both arrested. The
latter was then himself arrested for
perjury for swearing in the complaint
against Harris and Francis that the
former broke down the door. The court
holds him to answer because the testi-
mony in the case shows that Harris took
no part in the breaking-in process.
ARGUED AND SUBMITTED.
The case Of I. N. Mundell, assignee Of
J. D. Yocum, against the West Pasadena
railway company, suit to enjoin the
defendant from selling 400 shares of
stock in the defendant company belong
ing to Yocun, on q delinquent assess
ment, was yesterday argued and sub
mitted before Judge Van Dyke. The
plaintiff maintains that the assessment
was illegal and that the directors had no
authority to make the levy.
COURT NOTES.
Judge Shaw, on Tuesday, granted
George W. yesterday decree of divorce
from Alice E. yesterday, on the grounds
of desertion. The case had been con-
tlnued from former hearing.
The case of the San Fernando Valley
Improvement company vs.. ]. B. Young
ct al, land suit in which $32, 900 are
involved, was on trial yesterday before
Judge Shaw and jury. The prosecu-
tion rested their case in the morning
and moved for nOn-sult, but this was
denied. The case will be argued today.
In the foreclosure case of Rosecrans
We. Schenck ct al, decree was yester-
day ordered for the plaintiff by default,
in department three.
In the foreclosure case of Gould, ex-
ecutor of the estate of Julia F. Gould,
vs.. Adams ct al, Judge Wade yesterday
dismissed the jury on motion of the
plaintiff. The case was then argued be-
fore the court.
Judge Shaw's court room is in cha
otic state just now. The acoustics of
the room are 80 bad that the jury box
has been moved out into the middle of
the floor, to allow the jurymen to hear
what is going on.
The examination of Lewis Greenslade,
or Lewis the Light, for insanity, took