Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-14
IN THE COURTS.
c. M. Boulden Loses His Case Against the Scottish Union and National
 Insurance Company.

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 Y In the circuit court yesterday after ssnoo1 the jury in the case of c. M. Boul- -aden vs. Scottish Union and National h. assurance company. were charged and re- ' tired to make up a verdict After being ssout about twenty minutes they returned @and rendered a verdict in favor of the de- @fendant.
 This was a most interesting case be- s.ing ons of several of similar nature. all @of. them growing out of the burning Of ; East Lake hotel in 1891. The contest E was a bitterly fought one, as far as the 1legal points were concerned, each side Seeking to secure ev Se point of vantage . for their respective Clients. se The following cases were also disposed : Brown crockery Co. vs. R. s. Nc ssKnieht,, assumpsit judgment for Splaintiff for $54.2O.
 O, Lane vs. J. R. Carter, assumpslt; s-judgnent for plaintiff for s2,694.65. ~ Drcnnen & Drennen vs J. c. Loftin; 9appeal; with the jury.
 I CITY COURT.
 The following docket was disposed of lin the city court:
 ss Laura White vs Consolidated Electric slight Co.,. judgment for plaintiff for $109.
 L. C.. vs. Carrie Montgomery; divorce 1 J. E. Gosset vs John Karrigan; judg zsment for property sued for.
 William Robinson, by next friend, Vs. ssHighland Avenue and Belt Co.,; Judgment safor plaintiff for $2,50O. This was dam- Eage suit.
 = CRIMINAL COURT. sp Only ore case was handled in the crim- final court yesterday, that of Kid Knox, ss.murder. The testimony was concluded s4and arguments will be made this morn ..ssing.
 CHANCERY COURT. g In the case of Muskegon Valley Fur niture company vs. I. Phillips & Bro and .-JOseph Beiderman, reference is being rsheld to ascertain the value of certain Eproperdy for which the supreme court has decreed that Beiderman is liable. The 4sum of $8,600 Is claimed. The reference shas been going on several days. Mount ~,joy & Tomlinson appear for complain sants; A. O. Lane and B. K. Campbell, $ for respondents
 -Gomplainants rely on Beidermans own testimony heretofore given in the case ito the effect that the accounts were worth ts$4, 760, or 75 per cent. of face value, and ssthat he collected of same about 50 per t-ceht. cash up to April. 1875. The face aevalue of the accounts was $6,300, and of ssvalue of furniture s1249. Inerest for tsfive and one-third years is claimed on sthese amounts. a When the reference adjourned John sD. Strange was being examined. Several smore days will be consumed in the ref . erence. as quite a nufs1ber of witnesses a.have been subpoenaed.
 s REALTY TRANSFERS. z The following land papers were filed bdn the proba ae office yesterday for record: < Clara Smith and husband, E.. S., to- ES. Hine-Lot IF, in block Mo- 121, East Blake; $550.
 x Felix Laganier and wife, J.. to D. J. IAtkinson and E. J. Hall-Lot No. 1, block s1, and 50 feet off of lot A. block 1, in south swest quarter of sou Invest quarter, sec stion 2s, township IT, range west; $375. A Isaac Varnon to G. D. Varnon-Lot 61, lbn McMillan's survey; $1.
 L. A. May and wife, S. G., to Charles M. Green-Lot 2, In block 3, in Mullers Hnnd Haskell's survey; $200. 2 < Charles E. Roy and wife, M, to James "A. Roy-Quit claim deed to 2Ox15 feet soff nor Ih end of lot 6, in block 15, Oak Hill ..cemetery; $68.
 {. H. L. Badham and wife, H. J., to Ala ~bama National Bank-Lots 12 and 13, block 103. Birmingham; 5000. --sIron State Building and Loan Company to Mamie J. Brooks-Lot 1, in block S5S Birmingham; $1, 900.
 Sirenie B. Campbell and husband R. H,,- to Mrs. Sallie M. Lanham-Lot 12 nRblock B, E. N Montgomery's survey, At Irondale; $500.
 U. N. Hall and wife. s. N, to T. M. Vass-Lots and 5, in block 261, Besse- mer; $312
 F. M Billing and wife. S. w, and r. M Billing, as surviving partner of Josiah Morris & Co, to ". ". Coghill-Lots 6.
 
 Fifth avenue, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets; $2.500. H''J. Boyd Nabers to Sarah A. Quinn Lot 100x110 feet on southwest corner of Avenue H ard Eighteenth street, 100 feet on Eighteenth street and 110 feet on Ave- nuer H; 300.
 NOTES.
 Sheriff O'Brien returned yesterday morning from Nashville, where he had gone to secure the person of Morris Nor vile, whom Deputy John A. Sullivan had located there. Norville was wanted here for an assault with intent to murder Deputy Sullivan had wired Sheriff O'Brien of the location of Norville and the latter secured requisition for the man and notifying Deputy Sullivan. he left for Nashville. On arriving there he found that Norville had been released by Judge Anderson on a writ of habeas corpus, against the protests of Deputy Sullivan. who notified the court of Sheriff O'Brien's intended arrival with necessary papers. The action of the trial judge Is very much condemned here.
 The test case of the Phoenix Carpet company, agreed upon, to decide the con- stitutionality of the special privilege tax law, was heard before Judge Greene yes- terday morning. The defendant was ad- judged guilty and an appeal to the su- -preme court was at once taken. The case Is of great interest to the entire state and it's result in the highest tri- bunal of the state will be watched for by all interested.
 J. E. Schmidt, charged in two cases with obtaining money by false pretenses, from MT. William Johnson and the Bir- mingham Loan company, was tried be- fore Justice Leonard yesterday morning and held in the sum of $500 in each case. In default of bail Schmidt was incarcer- ated in the county jail
 In the case of George Hudson, tried yesterday before Justice Benners on charge of robbery in Mississippi the jus tics discharged the defendant Justice Benners so notified Sheriff O'Brien and, Hpispn having given bail in the other cases against him, was discharged from custody. and walked out of the county jail