The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-17
HEARD In THE COURT
Legal Business Up Before Judge Nc
Hatton for Settlement.
AN ATTORNEYS SLOW MOVE
The Davis VIII Case and Pets
Share of the Money Mo-
lions. Petitions and Many
Other Matters.

The slowness of a well known slow
attorney was the cause of a few re-
marks by Judge Mediation yesterday
AFTERNOON. There is a rule of court that
attorneys must prepare their own de-
crees and orders desired made 10y the
court. Some time in last February,
John t. Baldwin, as attorney for Bar
para Harris. Administrative of the es-
tate of William Harris, deceased, filed
an annual report for settlement. No
decree accompanied the report, and
Judge Mediation ordered the attorney
10 present one, but ii has never been
done, and the ADMINISTRATIVE report
was held under consideration until yes
terday, when Judge Mediation disallow-
ed II at the expense of Mrs. Harris and
ordered her to file new account with
in ten days and show cause why her
letters of administration should not be
revoked. The court made written
order to that effect and alleged that the
attorney had failed and refused to pre-
sent the required form of decree, ii be-
Ing evident that the attorney desired to
ignore the rule of the court and to dis
regard the courts authority.
The Davis estate case was again be-
fore Judge Mediation yesterday on a
motion of the administrator to strike
out the amended petitions of Harriet
Wood and Calvin p. Davis, which were
filed while demurrers to the original
petitions were pending. II was claimed
that the first petitions did not join all
the necessary parties, as 1t ignored Pet
Davis, one of the devisees of the will.
The amended petition. which was filed
after the expiration of the year in
which contests could be instituted, al
legged that Pet Davis was dead and that
she had no personal representative, and
that there had never been any admin
istration upon her estate. j. b. Clay
berg, f. w. Toole and w. w. Dixon APP
peared in behalf of the administrator
and c. p. Drennen for the contestants.
The former argued that IL the first pc
tition had been faulty and the court did
not have Jurisdiction then, an amended
petition could not be made, because the
time for making.a contest had expired,
and II the petition had been good. there
was nothing to amend. The court took
the matter under advisement.
In the ]. f. Kelly estate, Judge Nc
Hatton made an order confirming the
sale of a warehouse and a stock of
goods.
In the case of p. s. Hughes against
A. j. Davidson & Co., a motion for a
new trial was overruled, but a new trial
was granted in the case of II. L. Frank
against J. II. Steele and others.
W. F. Witch yesterday filed an an
swer to the suit of Louis King, an ac-
ton to recover a stuffed buffalo. Wit
itch says that some time last fall King
delivered to him buffalo hide to be
mounted. at an agreed price of $21S.50
The work was done, but King has never
paid more than $50 on 1t, and the de-
PENDANT is holding the specimen buffalo
for the balance of $16S.50 and claims he
is entitled to labor lien on ii and asks
the court to order it sold to satisfy his
claim.
An order for the publication of sum-
mons was made yesterday in the d.
vorce case of Eliza Angove against
John Angove, the defendant being
somewhere In Africa.
A motion to extend the recefvership
of the Kenyon Cornell company over
all the property of the corporation was
argued before Judge Mediation yes
terday. The company opposed the mo-
tion. The court took the matter under
advisement.
w. A. Clark & Bro. yesterday COM
menced an action against F. v.
Scheuer for $3,923.24. due on a note and
for an attorneys fee of $196.16. An at
tachment was issued and the sheriff
levied on some city lots and several
mining claims.