Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-21

AUmlllELraLOr OF bQ6 ebIutc, duu, ~ 10
claimed, made no appraisement thereof
until the public administrator interfered
at the request of the heirs.
On motion OF the plaintiff in the cause
OF Gunner We. the San Gabriel Valley
Rapid Transit railway company, and
| upon showing the answer OF defendant
admitting the facts in the case and con-
senting to such an appointment, Judge
Wade yesterday appointed ". y. Kerck-
hof as receiver Of said road, liking his
| bond in the sum Of $4,000.
Judge Wade, in department three,
yesterday granted decree as prayed for
in the divorce suit CT Louis Porter vs. A..
/. de Porter, on the grounds OF adultery
with on Luis Rubio.
The foreclosure case OF j. J. Brill VS..
Louis Shively ct al, came up for hear
ing in department three yesterday, be-
fore Judge Wade, and resulted in a
Judgment for plaintiff as prayed for.
The suit was brought to foreclose a
mortgage on part of Sec. 6, TBS, r 13
w.. and lot block l OF the Beaudry
tract, given to secure payment OF a
prOmissory note for $8,656.23, dated
November 80, 1883, and bearing interest
at the rate of l3 per cent. per aunum.
The case of Dimimick We. Dimmick was
closed yesterday in department four, as
far as the testimony is concerned, and
Judge Shaw, sitting for Judge Van Dyke,
continued it for argument until this
morning.
The appeal case of Carson VS.. the
Southern Pacific company was yester-
day decided by Judge Mckinley in favor
of the defendant, by granting it's re-
newed motion for a nonsuit. 1t was
shown by the defendant that no fence
had been built alongside the track
through Carson's ranch, because the
latter expressly agreed to its being left
open; therefore the company could not
be held responsible for having killed
plaintiffs horse on a trestle bridge
near by.
III department five, yesterday, Judge
Mckinley and jury were occupied for
several hours in the trial of the appeal
case OF w. p. Howland vs. the Redondo
railway company. The plaintiff orig
inally brought suit for $3.50 damages
alleged to have been sustained by plain
tif's trees, grass and crops, by reason OF
sparks dropped from one of defendants
locomotives. The jury returned ver-
dict for plaintiff for $50 damages.
d. L. Swan, OF Springfield, Mass,
commenced suit yesterday against Ly
man Allen ct al, to foreclose mort
gage on the VIZ of the NE4 of the
NW14 of sec. II 7. 1, S. R., 8 W., S. B.
NJ, excepting the right Of way of the
California Central railroad, consisting OF
1905 acres, dated May 81, 1888, and
given to secure the payment of note
for $4,000, bearing interest at the rate of
12per cent. per annum.
On motion of j. d. Bicknell, ESQ.,,
and upon production of his certificate of
admission to the supreme court of Mis-
souri,, Edward Butler was yesterday ad-
mitted to practice in the superior court
of this county by Judge Wade.
THE JUSTICES COURTS.
Pearl Hinton, who pleaded guilty to
vagrancy Thursday, before Justice Aus
tin, was sentenced to 80 days imprison-
ment yesterday, but Pearl was safe out
of town before the commitment was
made out. Maggie Bush, arrested at the
same time, will also move out on a
"floater."
Andres Ranjel and Angel Montijo, who
enticed Alessando Bueha to their house
and robbed him of his coat, hat, watch
and money, last Saturday night, were
found guilty of petty larceny in Justice
Austin's court yesterday, and will be
sentenced today.
M. ID. Watson, who robbed New
High-street woman of $50, few weeks
ago, and then ran away, was sentenced
by Justice Owens to pay fine of 800
and spend 80 days in the city jail. Wat
son gave himself up Thursday and en-
tered plea of guilty.