The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-20
YESTERDAY IN TIE COURTS
SHORT CALENDAR SESSION or SU-
PERIOR COURT OPENED.

Additional Evidence in the Case of Hauser
| VS.. Pfleghar X Son-C. Q. Smith Sues for
Insurance on the John Morse House
Mrs. ShusteI's Case NolIed-other Court
Notes.
At the short calendar session Of the
superior court yesterday a demurrer
was argued in the injunction case of
the Consolidated road against the city
of New Haven, The question of wheth-
er the city has right to proceed to
construct crossings over the tracks of
the railroad company at Ivy and Ha-
Eel streets is involved in this case. The
railroad company has demurred to the
answer of the city to the railroads COM
plant and it was this demurrer which
was argued yesterday. The railroad
| company in it's demurrer claims that
| the city has no right to go on it's tracks
and attempt to lay any crossings with
out first having applied to the railroad
commissioners for authority to do so.
No decision was rendered.
HAD TO CLOSE UP HIS PIGGERY
The long-standing case of DR.. c. Art
Ward of Waterbury against Attorney
Lucien f. Burpee ct al. came up in the
superior court yesterday on motion
| by defendants other than Burpee for
leave to file an additional defence, The
motion was granted
Three years ago the plaintiff, it is
alleged, maintained a piggery on the
banks of Mad river, the waters of
which We're used by the people of the
city of Waterbury for drinking pur-
poses. BY order of the board of health
the piggery was cleared away by Off
GERS, and DR.. Ward alleges that the
method pursued was illegel and sues
| for damages. The case has been stand
ing for three years. but it is likely to
come to trial in short order now. At
torney Ely appeared for Ward and At
| torney Burpee for himself.
PLAINTIFFS BOND REQUIRED.
| In the suit for alleged improper treat
ment which was brought by Farrell Nc
Nulty of Washington street against DR.
| Morris D. Slattery a motion to require
| the plaintiff to furnish a bond to prose-
| cute was filed. Attorney j. Fl. Webb
who appears for Mr.. McNulty, furnish
! ed a bond for 500.
| Mr. McNulty sues for $1,000 and al
leges that DR. Slattery did not treat his
! wife in a proper manner for the all
ment with which she was suffering.
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN THE
| HAUSER CASE.
| An extra appearance was made yes
| terday in the superior court in the case
of Mrs. Joseph Hauser against f. p
| Pf1eghar & Son. The case was practi-
| cally closed on Tuesday, but Attorney
| Hamilton, counsel for Mrs. Hauser, at
| terward discovered what he considers
most important evidence tending to
show that Hauser was not killed by his
own carelessness in the explosion of
acetylene He offered as evidence a
valve which had been broken or
| wrenched from the cylinder containing
the acetylene. He tried to prove that
| the valve had been broken off by strik-
| ing something as the tank fell over.
This sudden breaking generated spark
and caused the explosion.
| This evidence was given to offset that
| of the defence-that the explosion was
caused by lighted match in Hauser's
| hand
| ON THE DOCKET TWELVE YEARS.
| The cases of William M. Grannis and
Merwin s. Thompson against John Ma
loney, which have been on the superior
court docket for twelve years, were up
| on the short calendar list upon demur-
rers to the remonstrances to the accept
ance of the report of the committee
| which heard the cases. BY agreement
of counsel arguments were postponed
until next Friday.
| The committee which heard the cases
recommended that Mr.. Grannis shoul
receive $500 and Mr. Thompson $500 II
damage to their property because of Il {