Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-26
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS

Continued quletude characterizes af- fairs at the county court house
 Criminal eogrt after disposing of the misdemeanor docket by operation of law, entered upon a respite yesterday until April 6.
 In the circuit court the case of J. D. Richardson vs Loventhal & Adler was dismissed for want of prosecution.
 Mcconnell, Hargrove & Go. vs. Louis vile and Nashville; judgment by agree ment for $40.
 In the city court F. Nation was award ed S41 against the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad company for loss of live stock.
 Molle King vs. Grand Lodge Brother hood Locomotive Firemen; dismissed. o. s. Collins X Go. vs. Jordan Grocery company; suit dismissed; judgment against plaintiff for costs.
 John Lambe and James Scholes have led suit against the Sloss Iron and Steel company for $50,000 damages for alleged breach of a contract, by which plaintlifs were to mine all the coal in mine "C' of defendant company which they aver was represented to contain 320,000 tons of coal. They say the defendant has failed to pay them full price agreed on for mining said coal and putting it on cars, viz 70 cents per ton. They claim loss of large profits because there was not that amount of coal in the mine a- legged to be there. The plaintiffs claim excessive charges in furnishing material, etc, to their damage in the sum of $50, 900. The alleged contract was made in Decem- Der, 1892.
 Probate Court
 In the probate court the following real estate transfers were recorded:
 Southern Building and Loan associa- tion to Philip Thomas Jonesboro, part of five acres in northwest corner of nOFfhVUpef of ct section 16, township 19, range west; $300.
 Elyton Land company and Elyton com pany to Martha B. Boggs, lot 6, block S41. Sycamore street, South Highlands; $500 us E. G. Taylor, by E. E. MeLemore. to F. E. McLemore, lot 4, block 25S, lots and 8, block 602, Birmingham; $513. J. w. and Alphia Lindsay, M. J. Cooley and Emily F. Harris to w. E. McCarty, fifteen acres in north half of southeast quarter of northeast quarter section 12, township IT, range 4 west; $100.
 Sheriff's deed to Philadelphia Mortgage Trust company, lots IT. IS, 19 20, block S2, Second avenue and Twenty-fourth street. $19S3
 A. G. Copeland and wife by B. M. May. mortgagee, to John L. May, north half of southeast quarter of northeast quar- ter, section IA, township IT, range west $100
 w. A. Wright and wife to D. E. Clad den, quit claim to lot 3, block 1, Fulton addition to Woodlawn; $5.
 Louis Rosenthal to M. Morris, one-six- teenth interest in lot east of Birming- ham, Second avenue and Mccormack street. $6S7.
 H. D. Smith and c. F. Eastman to Elyton company. lots and 10. block 97. Seventeenth street; $1 and surrender of purchase notes.
 Mrs. Hattie and w. J. Johnson to E. S. Wyatt lots s. 9. block 10, Montgomery's Woodlawn property; $530.
 Marriage Licenses.
 Marriage licenses were issued as fol- lows:
 White--J B. McKeever and Maletta Bagley, J. H. Chapman and Fannie Kill man. R. H. Witherall and Ella J. Stew ard, James Owens and Clemantine Isbell. Colored-Robert Hodge and Angeline Garrett, Frank Berry and Hattie Willis, VIII Yarbrough and Alice Berring, Will liam McCarroll and Rosa Kelley.
 Federal Court.
 The following cases were disposed of in-the United States court yesterday: Thomas Moreland ct al, sci. fla; judg- ment nisi set aside.
 Henry Cameron ct al., sci. fa.; judg- ment nisi set aside.
 Will Carroll Vs. the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company; on trial Colonel Hoadley of Cincinnati who Is participating in the case of Carroll against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company, is a son of Ex-Gov- ernor Hoadley of Ohio. Inferior Criminal Court.
 Business was transacted yesterday morning in Judge Feagin's court as fol- lows:
 John Asberry, robbery and grand lar ceny; bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $500. It is averred that As berry did feloniously take $1, the prop erty of A. T. Danforth, from his person against his will by violence to his person or by putting him in such fear as unwill- sngly to part with same.
 w F. Jackson, disorderly conduct $2 Pete Hammond, assault with a weapon; sl5.
 Will Crenshaw, affray; $5.
 Charles Bates, violating section 622 of the city code; $5 and costs.
 Walter Ambrose, trespass; $5.
 Richard Keener. disorderly conduct; $3. Simon Hines. breaking shack; $15 and five days extra on the strets.
 NJ. l.. A. Papnell. affray: $2.
 simon Hines, using profane language in ihe presence of females; $25 and costs.