Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-14
THE COURT RECORD.
Superior Court - Civil Side-Judge
 Hall.

Superior Court - Civil Side-Judge
 Hall.
 A few quo warranto witnesses whose subpenas did not reach them in season 50 that they could come to this city and test ify Thursday when the case was on trial were given an opportunity to testify in the case yesterday. Attorney W. 0. Case was in Hartford, but MT. Ely took his place and the hearing went on.
 A discrepancy was discovered in the moderator's return from the town of Chat ham. It appeared upon the return that BOA votes were cast for the secretary of state and that BIO votes were counted. The counter who was examined was totally unable to explain this discrepancy of six votes. Ex-Judges Harrison and Stoddard examined the returns later and stated that there discrepancy whatever and that MT. Ely had not added correctly.
 Judge Harrison said that the figures did not add up to BIO, but that 3O4 votes were cast, and that two were rejected and two did not vote for governor. making total of 300 for the last named office. Town clerks and counters were examined from Granby, Portland, Cromwell and Chatham, and then the hearing was discontin- will be resumed in this city Monday at Il o'clock.
 The short calendar business was then taken up. A foreclosure was granted to the president and fellows of Yale college against John H. Box and time for redemption was hxed at July IF The property is locates @ M on M Gregory street and has In the case of J T and T. D. Smith vs. Woodruff neither side was ready and the case went over for week.
 request of Fannie E. Gorham to raise a mort gage on property at Indian Neck, held in trust by her daughter, Mabel Goodrich, from s,soo to % Mrs. Gorham ~ was desirious % of improving Y T gu the property and of building a cottage upon it at 9 part of the request advisable, and consented to an order to raise the mortgage to $4,oo0: taxation of costs failed to prevail in the mind of
 In the libel suit of Egan vs. the Waterbury Herald Publishing comp any an order was passed for the filing of @ bond to prosecute.
 The receivers report in the affairs of the F. W | Smith Drug company of Meriden was accepted l The case of E. G. stoddard as trustee of the insovent @ estate of Bunnen & Scranton against l Answers were ordered in the suits of Fowler xs. the N. r., N H. and H. RR; Co.,. ane
 The defendant in the Meriden suit of James T l Kay vs. Edwin D. Hall, which involves two mort gages aggregating about sl ooo which nave bee,
 were ordered to answer by Tuesday
 The defendant's demurrer in the suit of Isa
 was argued at length during the noon hour; Th'
 city, at it's own expense, graded the sidewalks o1 l Edwards street which abut on the Hillhous. l property, and a lien was placed upon Miss Hill house's land. She then brought suit to have i l removed. No decision was rendered.
 ] The following divorces were granted: ! Marguerite A. Hart from Frank Carleton l Hart, alias Frank o. Hammond, on the ground l of drunkenness. The petitioner lives on Lin l wood street. Annie M. Harper from Alonz'
 Harper of Waterbury, on the ground O
 habitual drunkenness. The custody of fou
 children was given to the mother William
 Frederick Meeker from Margaret L. Meeker ol
 s ev or HnrY Foo4a of Nort
 on the ground of adultery.
 Two decisions also handed down b,
 Judge Hall. In the suit of Attorney s. Harrisol
 Wagner against w. J. Atwater to recover $6O
 for legal services, a judgment for the plaintiff
 to recover costs was awarded. The other de
 cision was in the suit of Franklin P. Nesbit o
 Bridgeport against Deputy Sheriff Carney. Il 1 this case judgment was granted for the de
 fendant and to recover costs. This was a re
 plevy proceeding brought to recover a horse
 carriage, etc., worth $335, which the sheriff at | tooh ohaa