The San Francisco call., 1896-06-24
Counsel for Charles L. Fair Must
Come Into Court With
Papers.
THE BIG FIGHT INTERFEREs
LAWYERS Consent TO Postpone Until
Thursday TO Give Them
Chance to See 1t.
Still the Fair will case weaves and weaves

Still the Fair will case weaves and weaves
an interminabIe complication.
The attorneys for Charles L. Fair have
dragged Mrs. Nettie Craven into court and
with her Charles Z. Williams and Stephen
Roberts, requiring them to produce what
papers they may have which purport to
have been written by James g. Fair.
While the attorneys for Mrs. Craven
are lighting off this appearance they pre-
pare and secure from the court (yester-
dayl a counter order requiring the attor-
news for the children of James g. Fair and
the trustees of the estate under the earlier
will 10 appear in court with all the papers
which they may have purportIng to have
been written or executed by James O..
Fair.
That is Roland for an Oliver.
Mrs. Craven records her deeds for the
Pine and the Mission street property form
erly belonging to Mr.. Fair and straight
way begins suit for ejectment against the
occupants, claiming back rents and dam
ages That was dav before yesterday.
Yesterday Pierson & Mitchell, as attor-
news for the trustees, James S. Angus,
Thomas G. Crothers and W. S. Goodfel-
low, began suit against Nettie K. Craven,
Mare Levingston, George r. Williams,
Stephen Roberts and Elizabeth Hasklns,
TO quiet the title of these properties.
So every aggressive move by the alert
aggregation OF legal talent on the one side
is met by a counter move on the part of
the alert and aggressive aggregation OF
legal talent on the other side.
The appearance before Judge Slack yes
terday afternoon, although 1t brought out
the attorneys in full force, developed
nothing of a sensational nature.
Attorney F. s. Britain, acting for Mr.
Delmas in the latter absence, made the
opening statement to the court. He
called the courts attention to the fact
that Mr.. Delmas had been engaged daily
for q long time in an Important case at
San Jose his whole time AnG attention
being engaged by IL until the past few
days, when be became i'll and was con-
fined to his bed; that this yesterday
morning he had left the City. He was the
leading counsel for Mrs. Craven; it was
his desire to represent her in an import
ant matter OF this kind; common cour-
teSy would suggest that the matter be
postponed until he could be able to ap-
pear.
I'VE have come here as directed by the
court said Mr.. Britain. I'VE are eager
and ready to go on with this matter, and
have long been so. The postponements
have been the work of the other side. Our
excuse now is one that is respected always
Our clients are in the City and are availa-
bic at all times"
Mr.. Britain then went over something
of the ground that he had canvassed in his
argument of the night before. He called
attention to the fact that the provision OF
the code under which the subpoena was is
sued specified that the parties so called
upon to testify must have knowledge that
they alone could impart.
He read the provision and then said that
this Clparlv rho m rhJS in
stance; that the attorneys on the other
side had themselves the knowledge that
they sought to have the witness make
known upon the witness-stand.
He then said that w. w. Foote had that
morning been associated with Mr.. Delmas
as counsel in the case; that he (Foote)
had asked him (Brittain) to make this
opening statement and that Mr.. Foote
would now wish TO be heard.
Mr.. Foote, who had taken a seat beside
Mrs. Craven some minutes before, rose
and said that be had had no opportunity
TO speak TO his clients and knew nothing
about the case except what he had learned
In a few minutes conversation with Mr..
Britain. He hoped the matter would 90
over until Wednesday evening, or perhaps
the counsel on the other side would be
willing to let it go till Thursday evening,
as there was a counter attraction on
Wednesday that be was sure they were in
terested in. The attraction referred to is,
of course, the Corbett and Sharkey battle.
McEneTney, knight, Heggerty and half
dozen others, all sitting in a row, bowed
ready assent.
Judge Slack said the date had been fixed
and no counter attraction such as indj-
Gated was sufficient TO change it. He went
on to direct as to the making of the order
when the long row OF attorneys rose up
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