Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-26
Court Proceedings Condensed.

In the suit of ]. W. Nesbit against j. c. Nc
Michael, an action on a contract, a vcrdic
tiff.
In the suit of Cape. & Mitchell against 4
S. Gardner, an action on a contract, yer
| dict was given yesterday for $50 for the
| plaintiff.
GEORGE FoLIART yesterday entered suit
against Thomas Fox for 1000 damages fol
coal alleged to have been dug by Fox from
Foliart's land.
RICHARD ID. KIDD of Braddock, who was
committed to Jail day or two ago by Squire
Edwards, was yesterday declared lunatlc
and sent to Dixmont.
The suit of j. III. Dunlavy against the Nc
Keesport and Duquesne Bridge Company, to
recover for land appropriated by the com
pany, is on trial before Judge Magee.
D. j. KENNEDY yesterday entered suit
against the Duquesne Traction Company for
500 damages. He alleges that on December
3, 1891, car ran into his wagon, on Franks,
town avenue, wrecking the wagon.
In the case of the heirs of Charles Wallace
against the Fourth U. P. Church a verdict
was rendered yesterday for the plaintiffs
for l,3l9 AZ. The suit was to recover back
rent on the ground which had been unpaid
for some years.
The case of Thomas J. and Catherine Abb
bott against Matthew Dillon is on trial be-
fore Judge Collier. 1t is an action to recover
damages for injury to property caused by
the defendant building house too near the
house of the plaintiffs.
THOMAS MATAzwITz filed a suit yesterday
for 5000 damages against Christopher
Wunderlich, based on an alleged unlawful
arrest on an information before Magistrate
Mckenna last August, charging the plaintiff
with disorderly conduct.
The case of Phillip B. Reagan and R. l..
Boyd VS. W. j. Rainey is still on trial before
Judge Acheson in the United States Court
without q jury. 1t is an action to recover
damages for the illegal taking of coal from
beneath the property of the plaintiffs.
THE testimony taken in the divorce case of
Mrs. Kate Hughes against James Hughes
was filed yesterday. The couple were mar.
Iied in June, 1851 She alleges that he beat
and abused her and she finally had to leave
him in 1889. They lived on the Southside.
The County Controller yesterday issued a
variant for SIS to Alderman Jacob Bopp.- 1t
WAS in payment for the rope made with which
to hang Patrick Fitzpatrick, the condemned
March l. The Sheriff has not yet received
official notice of the respite for 80 days
granted Fitzpatrick.
LOUIS WILSON yesterday entered suit
against the Citizens Traction Company tor
5000 damages. He claims that on February
10, 1892, he Boarded a car on Butler street to
ride to town. He was elected from the car,
and the company's employees refused to al
low him to ride on the car. For this he asks
5000 damages.
AN application was fled yesterday for q
charter for the First Independent Ladies'
Aid Society of Bloomfield The officers of
the society are: President, Mrs. Wilhelmina
Falkinhagen; Vice President, Mrs Dora
Henkel Secretary, Mrs. Mary Heinrich; AS
sistant Secretary, Mrs. Mary Bamberger;
Treasurer, Mrs. Sarah Degelman.
NAMES were mixed yesterday in the report
ofthe suit of James O'Malley, administrator,
against Henry and Catharine Bourke Mrs.
O'Malley. wife of the prosecutor and not
Mrs. Bourl1e, produced the money in the
manner indicated in the report of the case
sent out by the News Agency, according to
Mrs. Bourke's statement of the case.
WILLIAM DoMBRosKY yesterday entered
suit against the Braddock and Turtle Creek
Street Railway Company for S., 600 damages.
He states that on December i, 1891, as he was
driving horse and wagon at Rankin sta
tion, a car ran into the wagon wrecking it,
frightening the horse so that it ran away
and threw DomDrosky to the ground
severely injuring him.
JUDGE PORTER yesterday refused motion
for new trial in the case of c. w. Powers
James Hennessy and John McMichael, con-
vIcted of conspiring to injure the business
of Charles Mcdonald, a boarding house
keeper at Mcdonald station. Judge Porter
suspended sentence on payment of costs, but
told the defendants it would go hard with
them if they came before him again on a
like charge.