The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-21

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The fall term of common pleas court
began yesterday morning with Judge
Edwards on the bench in court room
No. ! and Judge Archibald in No. 2.
When the list of cases for this week
was taken up for consideration the fol-
lowing were marked continued"
John Mahon against Bridget Robinson,
wages; NJ. =. Hennessy assigned to
James w. O'Bren against the borough
of Olyphant wages: James Il. Martin
against borough of Olyphant, wages;
John Caggiano against Frank Carlucci
wages; commonwealth eX rel. Addie f.
Buck against Susan Il. Buck, troverse;
Frank Irving and Frank Dolph against
j. w. Peck & Son, trespass Edwards &,
Barthold against Martha Pritchard,
judgment opened Anthony O'Donnell
against Patrick Heffron, trespass; Anna
Melvin and others against Carrie Robin
son and others, ejectment; Isaac II. La
Bar against Greenwood Coal company,
trespass: w. =. Connel and others
against Mary zeidler and others, sci ia.
The case of Henry Snyder, assigned
to w. A. Morrison, against G. A. Full
Ter, appeal, was continued, the record
showing it was referred to T. f. Wells
some time ago.
Cases reported settled were A. B.
Harrington against Guernsey Brothers,
assumpsit; William Gilroy against
Central Railroad Company of New Jer-
sey, trespass.
Before Judge Edwards four cases
against the Bonita Plate Glass COM
pany were called for trial. Verdcts
for the following amounts were taken
in favor of the plaintiffs: A. b. Wes-
colt, $17.33: John Dent, SOAPS; William
Johnson, $29; Edmund Spencer, $21745.
All of the suits were for wages. Rules
for new trials were granted in each
case.
AN INTERPLEADER.
The next case called for trial was the
interpleader Of Mrs. f. May Cokely
and Miss e. Lillian Jurisch against the
Sterling Cycle Works, of Chicago.
Testimony on the part of the defense
was being heard when court adjourned
for the day. The plaintiffs are sisters
of A. w. Jurisch, who conducted a
sporting goods store on Spruce street
He borrowed 5000 from them to put
into the business and Oct 6, 1896, con-
fessed judgment for that amount in
their favor before Alderman Fuller.
A sale of his stock followed and It
was bought in by Attorney r. A.
Zimmerman for the listers. About
this time the Sterling Cycle company
which held notes against Jurisch en-
tered them up and the sheriff proceed
ed to levy on the stock which had
been purchased for Mrs. Cokely and
Miss Jurisch. The case was then
brought into court in the form of a
sheriff's interpleader to determine the
ownership of the goods. When court
adjourned yesterday afternoon testi-
mony for the defense was being heard
The plaintiffs are represented by At
torney's Watson and Zimmerman; and
Watson, Diehl, Hall and Kemmerer
represent the defendants.
A case of no little importance to the
people of Olyphant was tried before
Judge Archibald in Court room No. 2.
j. E. Jodrey was the plaintiff and the
Borough of Olyphant defendant. Jod-
cry sued to collect $134 for services
performed as electrician at the boro-
ugh's electric light plant. The de-
fense was that the employment of
Jodery was never authorized by coun-
ellis. The borough council passed a
| resolution directing that the old cleo
committee on light was directed to at
| tend to the matter.
COMMITTEE NEVER MEET.
The committe never met but the
| chairman Thomas Curran hired en-
employees, purchased supplies and got
the plant running. An effort was sub
| sequently made to have the council
| approve of his action but it was not
| successful. After the defense rested
yesterday Judge Archibald gave bind
! ing instructions to the jury to find for
the defendant as it had not been shown
that the borough had ever authorized
| the employment of Jodery.
There are a number of other claims
| pending against the borough for
| amounts aggregating $1,5OO incurred
during the two months the electric
| light plant was run under the direc-
| tion of Curran. and they will prob
! ably all meet the same fate as Jodrey
! suit The plaintiff was represented
yesterday by Attorney Hulslander and
Alworth and the borough by Attorney
! c. p. O'Malley
In the interpleader case of Z. Robin
sons Sons against John Vashani, a
verdict in favor of the plaintiffs was
returned before Judge Archibald