The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-22
COURTS ARE AGAIN
In OPERATION
Trial Of Cases Begun After the Summers S
Vacation.
SITTING IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING
Olypnant Quo WarrantO Case Was the
First One Tried and a Verdict Was
Directed for Secretary Schubmehl.
Large Number of Cases Continued
Until Next Term. Judge Archibald
Is Presiding.

Once again the machinery Of the
courts of Lackawanna county Is in mo-
tion and judges. juries, lawyers, liti-
gants and clerks will be kept busy un-
til July l next year. The repairs on
the court house made 1t necessary to
secure some other place, and the Uni
ted States building being the most
available, permission was obtained
from the government to use it-at the
rate of 500 a week.
Judge Archibald, who Is presiding this
week, handed down an order yesterday
establishing the federal building as the
place for holding the several courts Of
this county until otherwise ordered.
Put one court will be in session until
the repairs are completed. Judges Ed
wards and Gunster will be in their
chambers to receive cases which may
come up for disposition before them in
equity or such like.
The jurors assembled at the arbit,a-
tion room and answered as their
names were called. The trial list was
also read out there and a large number
We're marked continued until next term.
One case, that of l.. f.. Dimmick
against James Wilson, was settled.
Those continued were as follows:
f. ]. Sykes, executor of Sam. /. Sykes.
deceased, against ID. w. Burr; Isaac B.
Feitz against Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad company: b. Il. Leon
ard against Patrick Corcoran; Joseph H.
Gunster, assignee, against G. A. Jessup;
Patrick Kilcur against Edgerton Coal
company city of Scranton against S. B.
Mott ct al; city of Scranton against Y. f.
Wells; Isaac f. LaBarr against Green
wood Coal company; John Flack against
Bridget Kenney. Mary Kenney: city of
Scranton against John l.. Hull r. A.
Zimmerman against Pardon T. Barber;
William Won Storch against C. S. Won
storch; NJ. Kaplain 4 Co, against j.
S. Miller and George Morris; f. J. Ehr-
good against Moscow Water company
Mary Zeidler against w. p. Connell Rob-
ert 8. Bailey against Iron City Mutual Fire
Insurance company, NJ. A. MCCARTHY
against Margaret scanlon; Elizabeth
Connolly against j. $. jenkins; r. c.
Rhuie against w. II. Davenport
AN OLYPHANT CASE.
The first case called for trial was
the quo warranto proceeding Of
Thomas Curran, of Olyphant, against
w. ]. Schubmehl. Attorneys Joseph
OBrien and |. III. Burns represented
the relator and Major Everett Warren
and C. p. O'Malley the respondent.
After hearing the evidence of the re-
lator Judge Archibald directed u YER
dict for the respondent.
When the Olyphant council met for
reorganization on the first Monday of
last March, a deadlock arose in the
election of officers. The council has
twelve members and SIX were on each
side. However, on the night Of March
IL, only three Of the side MAJ shaled by
Curran We're present, and the Schulz
mehl faction proceeded and elected
William II. Davis president and Mr..
Schubmehl secretary.
1t was held by the dominant faction
that they having six present on March
IL and only three Of the other side
being there, that they had a M jor-
ity of the quorum and that's all that
was necessary. Although Judge Ed
wards sustained the election of offi-
GERS, the Guarantees claim that the
election was not legal because it was
not approved by the majority Of the
council. At the meeting after the
night of March II, all were present.