San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-15
NEWS OF THE COURTS.
CoMMIssIoNERs' COURT.

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the following employees rolls for
work done on the county roads fer
the months of June and July:
Repairing and rebuilding. cul-
verts on the Austin road, between
the city line and Sslado creek;
also, filling bad places on the new
road opened near Selma, intersect-
ing the Austin road, S532.90.
Grading and graveling the Aug.
tin road, between the eighth aud
ninth mile posts, $369.65.
Grading and graveling Fred.
ericksburg road, between the third
and sixth mile posts, and repair
ing washouts aud culverts on the
Babcock road, $646.95.
Grading White road, between the
fifth and eighthsmile posts,
1914, As.
Grading and graveling the Sum
set road, between the fifth and
seventh mile posts and repairing
approaches to bridges over the
Leon creek OF the Palo Alto road
and Somerset road, $1,009,50.
The report was approved and the
rolls will be paid tomorrow at
County Treasurer Froboese's office.
The court signed petition for
pardon Of Malindy Arbor.
District Judge S. G.. Newton was
authorized to rent an office in the
Kampmann building.
The court ordered that bids for
the contract for finishing the new
courthouse be opened December %
at 10 a. m.
SUIT AGAINST THE CITY.
John A. Walker, OF Bell couuty,
and ]. B. Slaughter, of Mitchell
county, filed suit against the city
in the Thirty.seventh District
court yesterday to recover $500.
Plaintiffs allege that on November
81, 1892, while they were in possess
sion of tract Of land on the north
side OF Houston street, west of Con-
vention hall, the city raised the as
sessmenU on their property $500,
with view to widening the street.
at that place, which wpuldincrease
the value OF their property. Plain
tiffs allege that they have paid the
assessment, but that the city has
failed to widen the street, and
therefore sue for the money with
six per cent interest from June 6,
1898.
FEDERAL COURT.
The Emerson homestead case
was withdrawn from the jury yes
terday and continued.
A case OF j. B. Lanyon against F.
NJ. Edwards, damages, will be
taken up tomorrow morning.
In the case of Elise Koenigheim
against the Pacific Mutual Life In
surance company, on insurance
policy, judgment was rem
dered for defendant, agreeable to
both parties.
LICENSED To WE'D.
j. w. Patterson and M. E. Peck.
Yuoceut3 Guerrero and Feliclana
Lopez.
A.E. Lowe and Laura p. Humph-
rey.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
West End Town company to j.
X. Opdenmeyer, lot %, block IL,
in Asbury place addition; $500.
VIM. J. Briggs and wife to Axel
Meerscheidt, lot Is and south half
of lot IL, block /, on South Pinto
street, Prospect hill; 2,04S,S0.
Leonardo CARA, Jr. to Patrick
Jones, lot and south half of lot 6,
block 20, on River avenue; S..
The Second Cumberland Presby-
terrain church to Rev. j. P. Camp
bell, lot l, block IL, corner OF Ham,
ilton and Kentucky avenues; $500
COURT NOTES.
Justice Devine performed the
marriage ceremony of Alberto
Talamantes and Maria Moves
CARA in the Third ward yesterday
afternoon.
henry NaHOru, cOlOTeu, was
brought in from Floresville yester-
day, and placed in the county jail
charged with destroying United
States mail. He was tried in
Floresville on charge of train
wrecking, and acquitted.
A deed Of chattel mortgage was
filed in the county clerks office
yesterday afternoon, by which J..
NJ. Chittim and G.. Davidson, for
aud in consideration OF $40, have
bargained aud sold to Herman
Brendel, 1896 head OF steer cattle
for securing ID. r. FAINT, OF Goliad,
In the payment of a promlssory
note of 1924.
The Bazaac Closed