Arizona republican., 1897-09-19

Judgs( Truesdale yesterday an- noun he rules for the government of pfac lce in his court. They will become effective on November l. The rules applying to special terms are:
 Special terms of court shall be held on the first and third Saturdays of each month, except the months of July, August and September, at g o'clock in the forenoon of said days.
 "At the special terms all proceed ings may ibe had as at any general term of said court, except trials by jury; and all issues of law, motions CT other interloctltory matters shall be placed upon the special term calendar and heard at special term, unless for good cause shown it is otherwise or dered by the court.
 ''The clerk of the court shall keep a motion or special term docket, in which he shall enter every Nnotion or other interlocutory matter filed in his court, together with the number of the suit in which it is made; and when so entered on such docket or calendar such motion or other proceeding shall stand for hearing at the next special term of said court, provided, how ever, that no matters shall be brought on tor hearing by either party except upon three days notice to the oposite parity or his attorney in case they reside within the county of Maricopa, or five days noice where said party or parties or his or their attorney reside without the county.
 "All matters having been once l placed upon the special term calendar l and duly noticed for hearing, as here 1 inbefore provided may be continued i from one special term to another and shall be for hearing at the special term to which they may be adjourned without further notice to parties. All pleas to the jurisdiction, pleas in abatement and other dilatory pleas not involving the merits of the case | and all demurrerS shall be heard at ] special term unless otherwise ordered and, whenever any plea or demurrer raises an issue of law, which, if sus- taired would prevent the plaintiff from recovering in the action, with out amending his complaint or chang ing the form thereof, the defendant need not interpose any other plea, un- til the trial and determination of the issue of law so raised thereby; and in case said plea is overruled, said de- fendant shall have a reasonable time l in which to amend his pleas, and 1 plead to the merits or by way of l counter claim
 l All causes placed upon the special term calendar at the time and in the manner prescribed by the statute, and shall be set for trial and tried on the merits, in case the demurrer or other pleas raising an issue of law shall have been overruled, and defendant shall have amended his plea as here inIbefore provided"
 The rules governing practice in the general term are:
 ''At the general term there shll be two calls of the calendar, the frs
 shall be preliminary and the second call peremptory. On the first call coun
 sel shall signify whether or not th'
 cases are for hrial or are to be contin
 ued, and shall also indicate whethe
 the same are for trial by the court O.
 by jory, Or if the jury has been waived
 On the second call of the calendar tn
 court will call the jury cases first ant the same will be set down for trial be
 fore the cases for trial by the court
 and a certain number of cases will b
 set for trial each day of the term, an,
 no case will be called before the da,
 upon which it is set for trial except b,
 agreement of the parties.
 'The jury fee in each case shall b
 deposited as provided by law, or in de
 fault thereof shall be set for trial be
 fore the court.
 , "All motions for a continuance shal
 be made on the first day of the term