Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-24

A JUDGMENT AGAINST A RAILROAD


tNfNNNId Loan anu trust company vs.
Houston and Texas Central Railway COM
pany ct eln petition OF W. II. Boyle. who
bid In the property decTetd TO be sold,
and tho sale made September 30 1895, for
further time In which TO complete pay
mont OF his hid or further corlply with
the terms OF such salo and good cause
thvrcior being shown, Il was ordered and
deoreed tlHt the application and petition
ho granted. The limit OF the extension
Is Vet 10 be fixed.
Farmers Loan md Trust company va.
Houston ana Texas Central Railway cont
pnny George H. Downs ct al.; the petit
toner, George H. Downs asking that his
petition laying claim TO certain earnings
he heard, II was ordered that the petition
he filed and That the complainant and
other parties Interested plead 20 tho same
within thirty days, and when at issue
the petition be referred to w. l.. Prathct
MASTER with directions to examine and
report TO the court on or before the first
Monday In January, 1850.
Tho Farmers Loan and Trust company
vs., the Houston aud Texas Central iknil.
way company ct AL ON motion OF golici-
tors for intcrvcuors, the Laokawanna Iron
and Conl company, the Southern Develop
mrnt company the Morgan'B Louisiana
ana Texas Railroad and stcainshir conf
rany and the Pacific Improvement COM
puny, Il Is ordered that the petitions of
Intervention or said intcrycnors be and
they are hereby referred to the special
master with instructions to investigate
and report, Leave was also granted COM
plainaut To amend piendings
j. NJ. Holt, executor or estate OF j.. H.
Graham, deceased, intcrVcnor Farmers
Loan aud Trust con puny, trustee COM
plsinant, vs.. Houston Rnd Texas Central
Railway company ct nL, defendants. The
report OF the special master. w. LI
rrathor, nled October "a. 1896. on the mat
ter of the application Of J, NJ. Holt, ca
ocutor, as general attorney of Alfred
Abecl, receiver OF the properties OF the
Waco and Northwestern Railway COM
pany, wherein said special master recon-
monds that an order be made herein that
said j. NJ. Holt be allowed as additional
and final conversation Tor tho services
rendered by the sgid Graham as general
btt1rnCy for the receiver tho sum Of
yin5Sa5. The exceptions to said report OF
the Farmers Loan and Trust company
Coils u. huntington intcrvcnor, and
Henry * Mcllnrg and Moran Bros. par.
ties at interest and interVenors. the said
exceptions having been presented and Gr-
gued were ovcrrulcd and the recommends
ton OF tho master approved and CON
trmcd
Nelson s, l;aston aud Jomoa Riutuul
trustees, "t al, VS. the Houston and
Texas Central Railway company q al. IN
the matter OF Intervention OF q, l.,
Thwcnt, the general ana special demurrerH
of defendant Charles Dillingham;, ns ro-
cclver uf tho Houston and Texas Central
Rr'lway company. sustained aud intor-
vnton dismissed. The intorventor OK
| copied and gave notice OF appeal to tho
United States court Of appeals FOR tho
Fifth circuit. at New Orleans.
In the Hnmo case. In the matter Of In
| ton cntou OF Martha a. wood, the gene
! ornl and special demurrerH OF the de-
I PENDANTS, Charlcs Dillingham;, as re-
| ttlkpr unI Tho ITouut0n n TsNug Central
I Hallway company were held TO be We'll
| taken ana were sustained. Intervention
| ordered dismissed, Exception and notice
OF appeal,
| In tho aniic case. In the matter OF tho
! Intervention Of Amanda Hodges, Il mp
pearng that interycn1r held IA Judgment
! from the Stntc courts which ia licu of
| the iirpt class on the funds IN the hands Of
| tho receiver II was dcctetd that the IN
| tcrvonnr receive $50 aud interest.
! JUDGMENT AGAINST a RAILROAD.
In the case OF Thomas W. cain We, put
man Palace car company and Gnturnh-
! uonal and grcnt Northern Railway COM
| unny the jury yesterday evening returned
! the following verdict.
we. the Jury, ind for the plaintiff M
! against the Pullman Palace car company
| and the international ana Great Northern
| railway company. defendants, and assess
| the damages at 500.
~, j. Qoree, Foreman"
The plaintiff. who Is n oolorcd Clergyman
! NJ thc Episcopal church, being now IN
| charge OF st. Augustine mission, this city,
| nled this suit ON August H. 1884, alleging
| that he purchased first class ticket from
| 81. Louis 10 Galveston over the Internal
tionnl and Great Northern railway and It's
| connections; that he also purchased
| ticket for a berth In Il Pullman sleeper 10
| Galveston; that when he reached Troupe,
| Toxins. he was compelled by an ciuployn
/ 80 thR gtg4Dtip mud
| ride "a coach To Galveston: that ne was
| thereby subjected TO great humiliation
I aud suffered Inconvenience ANA physical
/ and mental pain. Ito asked damages m
! the sum Of $4,000,
The sansta1ce OF Judge Stewards charge
to the jury w.is thnt. having sold Cain the
| ticket, the company entered iuto n coI-
trnct with him TO give him Pullman pas
| sage through to Galveston, ana having
assumed this Obligation. & was tho duiy
Of the company to provide nccommodn-
| lions for lln equal In every respect to the
accommodation furnished tho white race.
This N the law 81 laid down inft the sep
arate coach act OF the Texas code.
Railroad men say that the OBJECT OF
this verdict will he that Texas lines Will
advise their competitions not TO sol
| through ticketa over Texas roads with
| pullman passage beyond the State line.
AFTER MIDNIGHT SALOONS.
MlClnfl NinuYlCn was tIlfu W Wv ~
| cordor's court this morning, charged with
Keeping his saloon open after midnight.
He demanded jury, and after henring
the evidence they brought In a verdict Of
guilty and assessed his punishment at u
nne OF $40 and costs. The defendant,
through his attorney, made motion for u
new trial which was overruled, and notice
OF appeal was given. This II the frat ar
rest and conviction made under the city
ordinance relative 10 keeping open after
midnight that Inns been secured for Homa
time The law las heretofore been re-
garded as a dead letter. but win In future
be strictly enforced, Chief OF Police Jones
saya The earliest hour at which tho sa-
looms are permitted TO reopon Is 4 a. m.
GALVESTON DAY.
As the result OF correspondence between
the Atlanta Exposition management ana
Secretary McMaster Of the chamber OF
commerce, November IS has been named
rs Galveston Day at tho exposition. and
an effort win be made TO have this city
well represented en- that day by good
attendance OF yisitorH. II not by any cred
itoble exhibits OF reseureer.
lNVITED TO GALVESTON.
This afternoon Acting Mayor Ilarrinr-
tan. in accordancs with Instructions from
| -. -. a.,,r,fI cant a tflevfHru n Ifraa.