The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-02
MANDAMUS THREATENED.
TO COMPEL JUDGE STUDLEK TO
 FILE 4 FINDING OF FACTS.

Judge Wheeler-Newsy Items From the Other Local Courts.
 In the common pleas court yesterday
 afternoon there was 9ome talk of com
 mencing mandamus proceedings against
 Judge John P. studley. The talk came up in the case of Albert B. Manley
 against the town of Ansonia. The suit | is an old one and was tried February IF,
 1893. At that time Manley obtained
 Judgment for $500 damages. He had
 brought suit for $1,OOO for damages in
 consequence of Injuries received by
 falling on sidewalk.
 After the case had been decided the
 defendant gave notice of an appeal to
 the supreme court. Subsequently some
 of the pleadings were lost, and it was agreed that duplicate should be sub
 stutued. The counsel for the town of
 Ansonia, Judge Munger and Attorney Williams, took the papers for the pur-
 pose of making duplicate and retained
 them for over year,
 Yesterday Attorney Willis s. Pardee, counsel for Manley, appeared in court
 and asked for an execution, claiming that owing to the delay the defendants had forfeited all right to an appeal. The request was granted by Judge Stud ley, but stayed the issuance of of the execution for two weeks, in order to al
 low Attorney Williams to commence mandamus proceedings, if he so de- sired Attorney Williams intimated
 that he would begin such proceedings
 to compel Judge Studley to furnish a
 finding of facts in the case. The de- fense claim that they wanted such find- ing in order to appeal to the supreme court.
 DIVORCE DAY IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
 The short calendar session of the Superior court yesterday was unusually lengthy, and considerable business was transacted. There were also eight Iex- parte divorce cases on the docket, the majority Of which were New Haven cases, Most of the desired decrees were granted. Ida M. Keeler of Schnectady was granted a divorce from her hus- band of this city on the ground of de- sertion. The case. was partially heard last week, and decision reserved.
 Elizabeth Donovan of this city was granted divorce from Walter J. Dono- van on the ground of intolerable cruel- ty. The couple were married March 2S, 1887, and have two children. The GUS tody of the children were also awarded to the plaintiff.
 Ida M Babcock, also of this city, was granted divorce from Arthur E. Babcock, on the ground of desertfon The couple were married May 19, 1886, and the desertion occurred May 15, 1889. The plaintiff is a daughter of the late Charles Rentz of this city.
 Mary E. Gould was divorced from Will liam H. Gould on the ground of intol- erable cruelty. The couple were mar ried in 1886. Christiana Anderson of Stony Creek was also divorced from Peter Anderson on the ground of assertion. Both cases were partially heard last week
 Sarah c. Scott, colored, was granted 1 a divorce from Andrew Scott on the ground of intolerable cruelty. Both live in this city.
 Susanna Schmitz, also of this city. | was granted a divorce from Carl | Schmitz on the ground of desertion and | cruelty. The case was one of the worst ever heard in the court.
 Judge Wheeler denied motion made | in the contested divorce suit of Mary L. | Axtelle of this city against Dr. Axtelle of Waterbury to have the case referred | to a committee
 AliceM, Adams of this city was grant | ed divorce from James T Adams on the ground of desertion. The case was heard last week
 Inthe case of William T. Platt against | the town of Milford, tried a week ago. he jury awarding the pla nfiff $50l dam ages, and of Anthony Carroll against Joseph R. Warren in which the plaintiff was awarded $500, motions were made for new trial but judge Wheeler re- served his decision.