Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-15

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clerk.
Judge Smith being occupied with the
trial OF the Crumb adultery case, was
unable to dispose of the usual batch OF
Saturday morning ex parte business be-
fore him yesterday, consequently every
thing was continued. The five cases, APP
pealed by Max Harris from the police
court, went over until Saturday next;
the Clayton White appeal case until
Wednesday, while that OF William Lar
kin was transferred for hearing to de-
partment six. J. M. Damron will be
called upon to enter his plea to the three
cases of forgery pending against him on
Monday next; and the argument on the
motion for an arrest OF Judgment in the
Mel illegal voting case was deferred un-
til Wednesday.
n. S. Reynolds and L. A. Payson, two
old men, who for some time past have
been inmates OF the Soldiers Home near
Santa Monica, were yesterday examined
by the lunacy commissioners in depart
ment three, and upon being adjudged
insane, were committed by Judge Wade
to the Stockton asylum.
Judge Wade yesterday granted DEGREES
as prayed for, by defendant, in the street
assessment cases OF Crowley VS.. Glen
denen, and Boyes VS.. Kingsley.
In department four Judge George
Puterbaugh, OF San Diego, sitting for
Judge Van Dyke, granted motion for
new trial in the damage suit OF Louis
Kaufman vs.. Maier & Zobelein, on the
ground that the court erred in denying
defendants motion for a non-suit, dur
ing the trial of the case. Judge Puter-
baugh was of the opinion that motion
should have been granted on the sole
ground that the placing of towel on
the shaft by plaintiff in the manner and
under the circumstances as shown by
the evidence constituted such contribn-
tory negligence on his part as to preclude
him from recovering in the action. The
plaintiff entered his exception to the
ruling of the court, and will probably
take an appeal therefrom.
Yesterday was divorce day in depart
ment five, and three unhappy wives and
husbands, who had found marriage
failure, appeared before Judge McKin-
ley to have their CALLING matrimonial
ponds severed by due process of law.
Mrs. Julia A. Battner was granted a
decree of divorce from M. w. Battner,
with $25 per month alimony; Mrs. f. j.
Tilley was also granted decree by de-
fault. divorcing her from Tilley, and r.
Sausedo was granted a decree by default
divorcing his wife Teresa, to whom,
however, was awarded the custody of
their minor child.
Judge Mckinley granted decree as
prayed for in the foreclosure suit of M.
E. MCGEE vs.. A. H. johnson ct al, a
mortgage on ten acres of land in this
county having having been given as se-
curity for the payment Of a promissory
note for $4,000, which is still unpaid.
The appeal case of Mrs. L. HI. Meserve
ct al. We. A. B. Lawson, came up for
hearing, yesterday, before Judge Nc
Kinley, who took the matter under ad-
visement. The appeal was taken by
defendant from the Judgment of Justice
E. Barnes, of Pomona, before whom the
case was tried, and who rendered de-
csion in favor of plaintiff, as prayed
for. This was an action brought by two
members of the Pomona union, w. G.
T. o., who employed Detective Lawson
to send couple of his men down to Po-
mona, in March last, for the purpose oi
detecting violations of the "Anti-Saloon
| Ordinance" which went into effect
about that time. 1t was claimed, how.
ever, that he did not fulfill his contract
whereupon they sued him for 5000 dam.
ages.
Victorio Soldano. Mexican squatter,
appeared before United States Commits
sioner E. H. Owen yesterday for pre-
liminary examination upon the charge
of having obstructed the settlement OF
Seth White upon homestead grant Of
government land in the Las Vlrgines
school district. 1t was alleged that
Soldano was engaged in a systematic
business of land-grabbing, in which be
was assisted by couple of old men.
The matter was taken under advise
ment.
NEW SUITS.
Among the documents filed with the
county clerk yesterday were the prelim-
mary papers in the following new cases
Mary Z. Haynes VS.. E. FL. Boyd ct
al. suit to foreclose a mortgage on
74.7Sl acres of land in the Rancho de
Bartolo Viego, dated March 13, 1890,
and given as security for the payment
of promissory note for $4,000, bearing
interest at the rate Of IL per cent per
annum.
Mrs. Mary Qualey VS.. Southern Cali
fornia Railway company; suit to recover
damages in the sum OF $4,000, alleged
to have been sustained by the death of
her son, John Qualey, who died on
April L, 1889, from injuries received by
being run over by train in the Cajon
pass. The deceased was brakeman in
the employ of the defendant company,
and on March 80, 1889, was thrown
from a freight car, owing to the break
ing of defective wheel, and run over
by the train, receiving injuries which
resulted in his death thirty-six hours
later.
First National Bank of Los Angeles
VS.. r. G. Gurado ct al. suit to recover
the sum of $500, with interest from May
%, 1888, at the rate of per cent per
annum, alleged to be due on a promis-
sorry note for $1,000, dated Dec ember.15,
1886.
The Pacific bank VS.. j. W. Tuttle ct
al. suit to obtain judgment for $l978,
with interest thereon at the rate of
per cent. per annum, from January 3,
1887, and for decree foreclosing a
mortgage on lots and of block E of
Monrovia, given as security for prom
issory note for $1,000, upon which the
above sum is alleged to be due.
Northwestern National bank OF Chi
cago vs. William Alvord ct al. suit to
ascertain the proportion of the claim
due from the Pacific Railway company
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