Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-20
THE COURTS.
LAWYER BIsCAILUz AND HIS SUIT
FOR FEE.
Two Cases of insanity Examined-Po-
mona's Prohibition Fight-Notes About
Cases Acted Upon Yesterday.

cailuz, to annul grant, occupied the
whole day in department three yester-
day, and is not yet concluded. Judge
Wade denied a motion made by the
plaintiff to amend the complaint yester-
day morning, and the whole day was
taken up in examining witnesses intro
duced by the defense to testify as
to the worth of the professional SER
vices Biscailuz rendered Leonis
and as to the character of the defend
ant. A great many lawyers testified
that they did not think $4,000 too
much for the plaintiff to pay Biscailuz.
The character witnesses with few excep-
tions gave the defendant bad name
and testified that his reputation for
truth and veracitvwas not good. Among
the witnesses examined yesterday were :
w. w. Mills, G. M. Holton, M. E. c..
Munday, Frank Finlavson, Fred STAN
ford and NJ. V. Biscailuz, besides large
delegation from the French colony. The
defendants record as an attorney was
dug up during the course of the day,
and it seems to have placed Biscailuz in
very unenviable position.
TWO INSANE EXAMINATIONS.
Seth White, an old timer in this city,
who until recently was proprietor of a
blacksmith shop on Temple street, was
examined for insanity in department
one OF the superior court yesterday be-
fore commission consisting OF Drs. j.
Kurtz and G. N. Mathis. A mum ber of
witnesses testified in the case and the
examination was finally continued till
this morning at 10 o'clock. White is an
extremely eccentric character, though
perhaps not actually insane. For the
past year he has been living with his
family at Calabasas, where he owns a
ranch and small amount of stock. He
is the possessor of very violent temper
and continually quarrels with his wife,
of whom he is unreasonably jealous. T..
w. Danforth, one of the wit
nesses examined yesterday, tes-
tilted that White has often
accused him OF being intimate with Mrs.
White, and that the couple bad several
disputes in regard to him. The patient
is subject to epileptic fits.
John Doe, Chinaman who imagines
himself king of the world, was likewise
examined for insanity in department
one, before Drs. G. L. Gillingham and
M. L. Moore, and committed to Stock
ton. He is very violent and had to be
put in the ''muffiers."
PoMoNA's PROHIBITION FIGHT.
An application for writ of mandate
made by Cy Burdick, of Pomona, which
will be heard today or Monday by Judge
Mckinley, brings the prohibition ordi-
nance before the courts. Burdick and
w. M. Woody were candidates for mem
bers of the board OF trustees from the
first ward of that town, and the vote at
the regular election resulted in a
tie. Woody had a seat i'll the board at
the time, and, together with two hold
over members, who sympathize with
him in his prohibition leanings voted
to deny Burdick's petition for the call
ing of special election. There are five
members of the board regularly seated,
two of whom, j. A. Gallup and E. H.
Elliott, are high license men, and two
others, S. j. Rolph and Geo. Rhorer,
who are prohibitionists. BY Woody's
retaining his seat the prohibitionists
have majority, and they are making
strong fight to hold it. The claim of the
no-liquor men is that there is no clause
in the charter of the town providing for
such an emergency as has arisen, and
that they are not authorized to call
special election. The petitioners have
retained S. M. White, Westerman &
Boughton and w. A. Bell. City Attor-
ney @. E. Sumner will contest the issu-
ing of the writ ON behalf of the board OF
trustees. If the petition is granted,
"Ordinance 45' will be repealed and
the Pomona saloons, which have been
closed two years, will reopen.
COURT NOTES.
In the case of Nightengale vs. the
Milwaukee Furniture company, Judge
Ross, sitting in the circuit court, yester-
day, denied the application for re-
ceiver, which he has had under consid-
Grafton for two weeks. A motion for a
restraining order on the part of the
plaintiff was also denied.
Judge Ross yesterday ordered the
estate OF James Charles Bacon, which
has been in the circuit court, turned
over to the administrator in San Diego
county.
The trial of the case of Lange ct al.
VS.. Winters ct al. was concluded yester-
day in department 4, and continued for
argument till 10 o'clock this morning.
The divorce case of Wheat VS.. Wheat,
which promises to be sensational, will
be tried in department five today.
There were five divorce suits filed in
one day with the county clerk this week.
NEW CASES.
P. McCool sues L. R. Dunkelberger ct
al. to foreclose mortgage given to
secure a promissory note for $1,000 ex-
ecuted on April 81, 1888.
Teresa Jimenes sues F. Guirachi to re-
cover $4,000 damages alleged to have
been suffered by the plaintiff through
the failure of defendant to carry out
promise of marriage made August 20,
1890.
Robert Christie, inspector of prisons
and charities in the province of Ontario,
on behalf of Elizabeth A. Hardy, in
sane, petitions that Rusk Harris be ap-
pointed guardian of the estate of W. J.
Hardy, deceased. in this county, brother
of Elizabeth A. Hardy.
B. P. Ward ct eu. sue @. G. Compton
ct al. to cancel and annul deed, and to
restore plaintiffs to the possession of lot
7, block 28, Angelina Heights.