San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-12
NEWS OF THE COURTS.
THIRrY-sEvENTH DISTRICT COURT

PENDANTS from digging manholes
on Houston street, at the corners
Of Navarro and st. Mary's streets /;
on trial by jury.
FoRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT COURT.
John l.. Wipff VS.. Daniel Heder,
Agatha Schmidt ct al, partition
and rents; verdict for defendant.
j. M. Chittim VS.. M. X. & T. Ry.
Co. ct al, damages; on trial by
jury.
NEW SUITS FILED.
Richard Hemphill VS.. Sylvia
Hemphill, divorce, alleging aban-
donment. They were married in
Boerne, October 2, 1886.
Ida H. Bracket VS.. Nina Miller
ct al, promissory note, $3.50, and
foreclosure of lien.
Nathan Mitchell VS.. Harry Coop
er ct al, promissory note, 500, and
foreclosure of lien on lots 80, 81, 30,
SO, 81, 80, SO, in block B, o. C. |. 2.
ELECTIONS ORDERED.
The county commissioners this
morning ordered that an election
be held in school district No. IL on
March 81, to determine whether
the tax Of 20 cents on the 800 val
uation, now levied in that district,
shall be abrogated. Thomas p.
Dashiell was appointed to conduct
the election.
The court also ordered an cleo
ton held March 81 at Van Raub,
school district No. IL to determine
whether a tax of Is cents on the
500 Of assessed property shall be
levied.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
jay E. Adams to ID. G. Tanning,
lots IA, 10, 16, II, block IL, Laurel
Heights; $500.
Frank Taylor, by sheriff, to r. r.
Woodland, lot 5, block z, on Ash
street $95.
Mary Uzza Sargent to Elthera
E. @. Reuse, third interest in lot 4,
block Ton San Pedro aveD ne 1913.
Up. Lochridge and wife to F. A.
Crow, lot IL, block 3, on Crofton
avenue; 81, $50.
COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS.
Affirmed-T. w. House ct al. We.
j. M. Robertson, from Bosque; j.
r. and Kate M. Johnson VS.. the
Phelps & Bigelow Windmill Co.,
from Dallas; German Insurance
Co. vs.. III. NJ. Mcintyre, from Dali
las.
Reversed and Observation-Disclosures
E. Upton, executor, VS.. J. A. and
81. p. Maurice, from Val Verde; j.
w. Thompson vs.. Thos. Slater ct
ux, from Limestone; M. G. Bowles
ct al. VS.. ]. p. Smith ct al, from
Tarrant.
Reversed and rendered-The
Sun Mutual Insurance Co. vs.. n.
Brown, from Ellis; American Cen
trail 1nsuran 20 Go. VS.. j. B. Cowan
ct al, from Dallas.
Submitted-Emma CulmeIl ct
al, vs.. Jesse Il. Borroum ct al,
from Beeville.
Motions overruled-A. E. Jayne
ct al. VS.. E. Herring, from Lime
stone, for re-hearing; B. and L..
ASSN, Of Dakota, VS.. W. J. Logan
and wife, from Dallas, for rehear-
ing; j. H. Killough & Co. vs.. John
L. Cleveland, from Johnson, for
rehearing; George B. Colby
VS.. J. ID. Mitchell, from
Johnson, for rehearing; B.
& l.. association of Dakota vs.,
w. j. Logan ct al, from Dallas, for
additional conclusions of fact ;
North British and Mercantile In
surance Co. VS.. p. Freeman, from
Ellis, for rehearing; City OF San
Antonio VS.. 7. II. Micklejohn,
from Bexsr for rehearing; Roy.
al Insurance Co. VS.. M. and J,
Levy, from Ellis, for rehearing
Royal Insurance Co. VS.. M. Levy,
from Ellis, for rehearing; w. A. J,
McCollum vs.. Wood & Kinkead
from Collin, for rehesring; ]. n
Roberts ct al. vs.. J. NJ. Trout, from
Uvalde, to dismiss appeal for want
of prosecution (set for March A.
COURT NOTES.
A bill of sale was filed in the
county clerks office yesterday
conveying half interest of Louis
Christelles' barber shop, No. 215l
Alamo street to A. l.. Hanzal, fol
$3.50.
| w. E. Cummings, charged with
swindling A. Cohen, was awarded
two years in the penitentiary yes
terdsy. Cummings entire tern
will be ten years.
The county clerk this morning
issued marriage license to Fred
erick w. Cook, Jr., and Minnie L