Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-30
The San Fernando Company
VS.. ]. B. Young.
A Trio Of Divorce Cases on
Trial.
A Number of Cases Acted on Yester-
day.
yntcresting Law Points-NOtes Of Mat
ters in Court Yester-
day-New Suits.

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The argument in the case o the San
Fernando Valley improvement company
vs.. ]. B. Young and others, was con-
cluded yesterday morning by Attorney
T. E. Gibbon, who closed the case with
an able address in favor of the defend
ants claim, and the jury retired at noon
to deliberate on verdict. The suit.
which is an action to foreclose vendors
lien on section 20, township 2 north,
range 16 west, s. B. M, and other lands,
has been on trial since last Tuesday and
involves large amounts.
The plaintiff alleged that on May 2S,
1887, it entered into a contract with de-
fendants whereby the latter agreed to
to purchase certain lands in the San
Fernando valley for $38, 400, which sum
was TO be paid in installments at certain
intervals. As there is still due thereon
the sum OF $22.920.3S, it was sought to
foreclose defendants from all rights un-
der the contract. The defendants deny
that plaintiff ever had any title to the
land in question and claim that they
could not sell it. In cross complaint
the defendant Young alleged that he
also bought q smaller tract of 24O acres
at the same time and at the same price,
$50 per acre, but that plaintiff failed to
comply with the terms of it's contract in
that it refused to convey the land to him
when he rendered the money.
The case is complicated one and only
portion of it was submitted to the jury.
That body, after being out only short
time, found for the defendant, fixing the
sum due him at $l3, ,526 and the damages
at $4,000. 1t developed in testimony
taken yesterday that the plaintiff never
had an absolute title to the land till
yesterday, when deed to the land in
question was filed with the recorder.
The other questions involved in the case
were argued and submitted to the court.
DIVORCE MATTERS.
The divorce suit of Emma E. Hibben
vs. Richard G. Hibben, which has been
pending in the courts several years, came
up for hearing before Judge Van Dyke
yesterday. The plaintiff asked legal
separation on the grounds Of failure to
provide and established the fact
by the testimony Of herself and
Mrs. A. L. Austin, that she
and her husband had not lived
together for five years, and that he had
not contributed to her support in that
time. The couple have two children,
both boys. The decree was granted.
The suit Of Patience Mullen vs.. Thos.
G. Mullen, for divorce on the grounds
of desertion, was heard before Judge
Shaw. The plaintiff and Broadway
Fuller. went on the stand "a witnesses,
and the court took the case under ad-
visement. a,5
John H. Beaublossom is suing his
wife, Susan Beaublossom, for divorce
on the grounds that the latter is too
fond of the society of other men.
COURT NOTES.
Eugene A. Beach, of Santa Monica,
has been committed to the county Jail
to await examination for insanity before
the superior court.
The argument in the case of o. G.
Weyse vs. R. Weyse, was continued be-
fore Judge Van Dyke yesterday after
noon.
An information was filed by the dis
trict attorney, yesterday, in department
six of the superior court, charging Feliz
Rios with the crime of grand larceny,
alleged to have been committed on June
28th, at Puente, when VIM. r. Rowland
lost saddle, bride and hair rope,
valued at $95.
Fred H. Meyers, aged 20, and Carrie
L. Henry, aged q, were made man and
wife, by Judge Mckinley. Both of the
In the replevin suit of d. Galbraith
Stanton handed down asdecision in fa-
vor of the plaintiff.
Henry Smiley, the young mulatto
who pleaded guilty to assault with q
deadly weapon upon Gila Grijalva,
day morning for sentence, and was
Smiley was intoxicated when he COM
man in a fit of jealousy.
NEW SUITS.
The following litigation was COM
menced yesterday:
Angelica Hermann sues Charles Von-
derpuhlen for an accounting for moneys
collected as agent, amounting to $1,000,
and for Judgment for that sum.
Rebecca w. Moore ct al. sues the
Union Pacific Railway Company for
$25, 900, damages for injuries received
in railroad collision in Weber cafion,
Utah, on October 6, 1889.
WI Walker sues +. W. Brooks ct
al. for judgment of 1886, for board
and lodging.
James Moir sus S. M. Perry ct al. to
foreclose mortgage on lots 8 and IL,
block j, Boyle Heights, given to secure
promissory note for $1,000, executed on
May 20, 1888.
Fielding Bacon sues Geo. E. Gard,
Catherine Gard and jesse Justice, an
incompetent, to foreclose a mortgage on
the east one-half OF the north one4half of
the southwest one-quarter of section
one, township one south, range ten
west, given to secure promissory note
for $4,000, executed on August IL, 1887,
$4,000 Of which has been paid.
Seth G. Arnold petitions for the ad-
mission to probate OF the will Of Otis p.
Arnold, who died at Pasadena on August
8,189l, leaving personal property valued
at $500.
Louise s. Williamson petitions for let
ters OF administration on the estate OF
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