The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-11
YESTERDAY IN TIE COURTS
II. p. PFLEGHAR e son SUED ron
$4,000 DAMAGES

Street Fire January FL, Is96-Nauga-
tuck's Chief of Police sued-Divorce
Cases in Superior Court-other Notes.
In the United States court yesterday
morning Judge Townsend handed down
decision in the case of Claflin & Kim
ball of Boston, against the Mather
Electric company of Manchester ct.
The case is a suit to recover damages
resulting from alleged imperfect ma
chinery purchased from the defendant
corporation. The court finds that the
defendant corporation is entitled to one
dollar and costs.
Superior Court Civil Side-Judge Thayer.
In the suit of the state bank of New
York against Charles r. Waterhouse, jr.,
to recover the value of twenty barrels
of whiskey, valued at $1,4OO, Judge
Thayer yesterday handed down de-
cision denying the defendant the right
to file an amendment answer to the
signed for trial March H..
TWO DIVORCE SUITS.
The case of Ursula J. White against
Garry H. White, formerly of this city,
for divorce and custody of two children
is dismissed. They were married April
25, 1883. The ground alleged was deser-
ton since May, 1891.
Catherine j. Ulrich has sued for di-
vorce and $4,000 alimony from her hus-
band, Conrad ]. Ulrich a contractor at
Winchester's. The grounds on which
the suit is brought is cruelty They
were married in March, 1884, and since
that time the husband has sued for di-
vorce several times.
DECISIONS IN LIBEL SUITS.
Decisions were yesterday given by
Judge Thayer in two suits for libel
against Frederick r. Swift. proprietor
of the Waterbury Herald, arising out of
the recent Cannon divorce case. One
of the suits is that of Miss Annie Con-
way, a niece of Rose Cannon, the plain
tiff, and the other is that of John t.
Cox, a witness in the case. In the for
mer suit the defendants motion for a
correction of the plaintiffs complaint is
overruled, and in the second suit one
paragraph of similar motion is grant
ed, and the remaining one overruled.
THE CROWN STREET FIRE RE
CALLED.
The suits of Minnie V. Hauser, adj
ministratrix of the estate of the late
Joseph C. Hauser,. and Harbona Steph-
ms. administrator of the estate of the
late Harbona Stephens, ir., against z.
P. Pfegher & Son. for $4,000 damages
in each case were begun in the superior
court before Judge Thayer yesterday
These suits grow out of the burning OF
the Mersick building on Crown street on
January o. 1896, in which fire Joseph G.
Hauser, Harbona Stephens, jr., and
Edwin r. Toof were killed.
f. P. Pfeghar & Sons machine shop
was on the second floor of the building
and it was thought that the fire was
caused by the explosion of tank OF
acetylene gas in the shop of the de-
PENDANTS in the suits just begun.
The suits are brought by Hausers
mother and Stephens father Attorney
Hamilton represents the former and
Attorney j. Birney futile the latter
The defendants are represented by
Watrous & auckland,
THE ARGUMENTS CONCLUDED.
Arguments in the case of DR.. Austin
B. Fuller against the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company of New York We're
concluded before Judge Shumway, yes
| terday, and an agreemnt was made be-
tween the attorneys, fixing next Friday
as the date for handing up briefs of
f,f ln
Shumway will then take the case under
consideration and render decision.
| NAUGATUCK'S CHIEF OF POLICE.
The quo warranto suit of ex-Chief of
Police George d. Hosner of Naugatuck
against John A. Kennedy, present chief
of police of that place, was begun be-
| fore Judge Shumway yesterday. The
| plaintiff claims that the defendant Is
holding the position without any right.
The principal issue involved is that
| of whether four of the burgesses of the
| borough of Naugatuck can dismiss or
suspend Hosmer. He contends that
| five votes are necessary and claims
| that the charter of the borough states
evry clearly that five votes are neces-
sary. He therefore asks the court
to Gust Kennedy and seat him as chief
of police with pay since he was sus-
pended Illegally, as he claims, last
August Kennedy claims to have been
/ appointed as chief by the same num-
Der Of votes and alleges that number
was sufficient Hosmer is represented
| by Attorney Stoddard of Bridgeport,
! while Kennedy has John O'Neil and At
| torney Kennedy of Naugatuck.