The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-04
TO The SUPREME COURT.
Numerous Exceptions to The Verdict
in the Coast Line Case.

/ Messrs. Richards and Leaken Will
! Press the interests of Their Client
| and Endeavor to Break the Mort
| gages-Divorcs Cases in the Supe-
| rior Court-Work of the City Court
! Yesterday.
In accordance with the determination of
the court in the case of William German,
/ trustee, against the Coast Line railroad,
/ a formal verdict was rendered in the SUI
/ periOr court yesterday, and Col. G. A.
| Mercer, attorney for Mr.. George Par
sons, will to-day present a decree for the
! consideration and signature of the court
! in accordance with this verdict.
! The verdict rectes the facts in connec-
tion with the issuing of the first and sec
ond mortgage bonds, and goes somewhat
into the details Of the accounts between
the road and Mr.. Parsons. The first
mortgage, amounting to $25, 600, was
issued in September, 1874. Besides Mr.
Parsons, Messrs. j. NJ. Fisher, William
Kehoe. John Screven, p, O'Connor and
John G. Rowland are large holders of this
issue.
THE SECOND MORTGAGE GREW FAST.
The second mortgage, amounting to
S32, Geo. was placed on the road May /,
1876, and secured by an issue of bonds.
Almost the entire issue is in the hands of
Mr.. Parsons. With the interest on this
mortgage, it amounts now to S5l ,203 81.
The verdict then cites all the particulars
in connection with these mortgages, and
with the Bement and Goadby judgments,
which were afJerward, for legal reasons,
declared void.
In 1891 Lucy Green, whose husband was
killed by one of the cars of the road,
brought suit in the city court. and OBJ
tanned Judgment for 81 ZOO, which. with
interest, now amounts to about 1000,
The sale of the road put just S7o, 900 into
the registry of the court; not enough TO
pay off the two mortgages 1t was found
from an examination Of the roads ac-
counts with Mr.. Parsons, made under
Mr.. John Sullivan Schley, special mas
ter, that the road was indebted to Mr.
Parsons TO the extent of S43, 504. 46.
LUCV's JUDGMENT THE THIRD LIEN.
Messrs. w. r. Leaken and K. r. Rich
ards then brought suit on the Green ludg-
ment, endeavoring TO break the mort
cages and secure for Lucy Green the
amount awarded her by the jury in the
city court. After remaining in court for
several years the matter was finally
Strengthened out and the Judgment was,
that the first and second mortgages stood
as first and second liens on the property,
while Lucy Green's Judgment was made
the third lien, which, of course, left her
! out.
The verdict was drawn up accordingly,
! and Mr.. r. Il. Richards, represen ting Lucy
| Green, excepted to almost every finding
| He and MIR. Beaken will take the case up
to the supreme court, and will make every
effort to have Lucy Green's judgment
rank high enough up to participate in the
| proceeds from the sale of the road.
NUPTIAL KNOTS UNITED.
The divorce docket was taken up in the
superior court in the afternoon, and sew
! eral interesting cases tried. Mrs Alice
| Cleveland was granted first verdict for
| total divorce from her husband Frank
| Cleveland. who, she alleged and stated
! on the witness stand, was habitual
/ drunkard, and whom she had been com
/ PEELED 10 leave III September, 1898, on &C
| CONT of his drinking habits.
William c. Gray was given a first
\ verdict for total divorce from his wife,
! Louisa Gray, whose marital relations
1 have not been pleasant since July, 1888,
/ when she left him.
/ Hattie K. jackson, colored, was granted
/ total divorce, first verdict, from her
| husband Henry jackson.
! The jury in the case of the estate of
/ Hannah Maybank, for which there were
| two claimants, Kate Campbell and Fannie
| Keys, both claiming to be the nearest
! blood relations of the deceased, brought
! in a verdict in favor of the caveatrix,
! Fannie Keys, according to which the
court of ordinary will issue to her, when
| she gives bond letters of administration.
| The estate amounts to $500.
IN THE CITY COURT.
The suit of Joseph L. Graham against
Ward & Graham, action on contract
! amounting to $50, tried in the city court,
| resulted in verdict for the full amount
in the plaintiffs favor
The city court grand jury held a brief
business meeting, at which the affairs of
the county chain-gang camps and county
work generally were discussed. This
| grand jury will return its general pre-
sentiments to the court at its meeting
next Friday, and they are expected to
deal in an interesting manner with county
affairs.