Evening journal., 1894-02-21
MOTHER -IN-LAW'S LOAN
Helped Her Wife's Husband
Buy a House
AND IT ALL ENDS IN LITIGATION
She Claims That She Applied for n
Second Mortgage on Her son-in-Law's
Property After Helping Him Purchase
It-Other Important Causes Pending.

Colonel Benjamin Nields, representing
the defendant in the foreign attachment
case Of /. Trimble Quigley VS. Robert
Armstrong, Of Philadelphia, appeared In
the Superior Court this morning and
asked that the judgment be opened and
that the defendant give bail and be al
lowed to have hearing of the case.
James h. Hoffecker, Jr., for the
plaintiff, argued against such action, but
Colonel Nields carried his motion
The summons case of Mrs. Catharine
Morrison VS.. Frederick w. Harrison, was
then taken up, jury being drawn to try
IL. James h. Hoffecker, Jr., aud FraDcis
II. Hoffecker represented the plaintiff.
Peter l.. Cooper, Jr, was counsel for
harrison.
In opening the case Mr.. Hoffecker
said:
'This is a suit to recover s.. 600, which
the plaintiff alleges she loaned the de-
fendant. Suit was brought and the re
turn shows service was effected, so ap.
pearsnce was entered and Jury Of In.
QUESTION gave Judgment in favor Of the
plaintiff. The defendant fled sn aft
davit that he had no knowledge of the
action in the Supreme Court and the
Judgment was stricken from the record.
Early in the year 1892 Harrison
wished to purchase house. Mrs. Nor
rison, who Is the mother Of his wife. had
81. 300 or 81 400 and pension, her sole
earthly means Of support harrison pur.
chased No. 6l7 Harrison street from c.
H. Tindall, for 5000. Mr.. Mather
took first mortgage for $1,000 and
Mrs Morrison furnished him the other
81, ,OCO, with the understanding that she
was to have a second mortgage She
had her money in the Security Trust and
Safe Deposit Company. She drew 81 600
and turned it over to Harrison through
the Union Bank.
Before the deal was consumated Mrs
Morrison went to New Jersey to visit her
daughter, expecting to get the second
mortgage. When she came back she
asked for her mortgage. Harrison would
not give 1t to her. He proposed to play
the independent hand. SSe never did
get the mortgage. Larrison's preteDse
was that she agreed to give him the
money That is not the truth. Suit
was brought against harrison for that
81. 900 and judgment recovered.
Mrs. Morrison, who boarded with
Harrison and his wife for forty weeks,
wants 81 80 week deducted from the
81 600, as that was the amount she
agreed to pay out Of the interest"
Mrs. Morrison was put on the stand.
Her testimony scorresponded with her
lawyers opening speech.
Mr.. Cooper, In a cross examination,
asked her If she did not, in a will he
wrote for her, leave nearly all her money
to harrison
She replied that she only left him
$500. She would not trust him with
ten cents now. She repeatedly asked for
the mortgage and she had no intention
Of giving the money. She denied that
she gave her bank book to her daughter
and told her she could have what was on
it. She gets $l2 month pension.
Frank Q. Carpenter, paying teller In
Union National Bank, testified that he
witnessed Mrs. Morrisons mark on the
5000 check.
The defense admitted that harrison
got the 5000 on the check.
Mr. Hoffecker wanted to call Deputy
Sheriff Ewing to prove that be got ser
vice on Harrison, but the court would
not permit It, saying that It was not at
issue. The plaintiff then rested
Mr.. Cooper, in his opening said that
she wanted to give harrison 81, 800 but
he decided not to accept more thar
81, 900 In consideration of the gift sh,
was 10 have a home for the balance o.
her life. She had repeatedly told per
sons that she had given the money
Harrison was sworn and told his
story which was, in effect, similar {,
Mr.. Cooper's statement. He said thai
his mother-in law urged him to buy thu
house. and sent Mr.. Tindall to see him.
The petit jury was discharged unit
Friday morning. Tomorrow, beinl
Washington's Birthday court will moi
sit
Mrs. Lar.ison said her mother was
very queer woman and did not speak {,
her for months at time. She never
forgives anything. She gave the none,
to Mr.. LarIison.
Mr. Hoffecker-"Are you and you
mother on speaking terms now2"
II would speak to her but she will no
speak to me"
Ibid you speak to her as you jus
passed her on the way to the witnes
box"
mo. l didn't look at her. can for
give, but mother never can.
| Mrs. Onrl6uana LarflSon, mOtner o
the defendant, testified that Mrs. Morri
son said she had given Fred goo
lift and hoped he would get along
Witness replied that it was very goo'
of her TO do it.
Mrs Lettie E. Honeywell, said tina
Mrs. Morrison told her she had give
Harrison 1000 and would have hom
with him for life.
Contractor Tindall swore that he ha
heard Mrs. Morrison say that no secon
mortgage was to be given
Mr.. Hoffecker-"Didn't you tell N
this morning, before 10 o'clock, that yo
knew nothing of this matter beyond tn
fact that harrison was to buy a house fo
SO, 0002",
"No. sir
"Then my memory must be very treach
erons," said Mr.. Hoffecker.
mo doubt, IL is" broke in Mr.. Cooper
Both sides rested and Francis h Hoi
fecker addressed the jury.
Mr.. Cooper followed and al the COL
clusion Of his address, court took
recess until ? 80 o'clock this Afternoon
when James a. Hoffecker, Jr., made tn
, closing argument.