The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-11
DISTRICT COURT

at three o'clocs
The business transacted during
the week is the following:
The case Of j. W. A..te again
james Pierson, tried last fhursdug
resulted in compromise verdict fer
the plaintiff. In the Hike Justice
court plaintiff recovered Il verdict
for $299. and costs. Thursday YER
dict was for $66 for plaintiff ai1
costs. The case was for wages and
damage claimed to have resulted
from failure to supply the articles
necessary to properly cultivate leas-
ed ground by which failure the crop
was lost.
Michael Lacrosse VS.. A. W Geer
for partition, no opposition was made
to partition of the property and ID.
A. f. Meikle, John Purtscher and
David Service were agreed upon and
appointed as commissioners to made
the partition.
The case of hm Colyerweli VS..
Eliza Culverwell for the partition of
real property in DeLamar, was dis
missed on motion of plaintiff.
In the case ofO. G.. Snow vs.. o.
G. Brown, tried last June, judge
ment was entered resembling and
annulling the contract entered into
between the parties in December
last, and Defendant Brown was or
dered to re-deliver to the plaintiff
Snow all the ranch and personal
property transferred to him at Pah-
ranagat Valley and T. j. Osborne
was appointed referee to ascertain
the accounts between the respective
parties with view to deciding the
amount of damage due.
On Monday at 10 o'clock II. m. the
case of Daniel Ross et al vs.. W. Il.
Barney,et al. come on for trial The
case involved title to promising
prospect In Eagle Valley District. AL
the parties and number of wit
nesses were present. Previous
talk of settlement between the par
ties resulted in an adjournment til
2 o'clock, when compromise judg
ment was entered, dividing the dis
puted ground among all the claim
ants thereto.
In the suit of Robert Bonds vs.
Bertha Bonds for divorce, defendan
did not appear and on proof by plain
tiff substantiating the charges of the
complaint, decree was entered
and the custody of the minor chile
awarded to plaintiff.
Thomas Ryan appeared for sen
tence on conviction for forgery ant
was given three years in the STATE
prison.
On Tuesday the argument on mo
ton for new taial in the case o
James Nesbitt VS.. w. M. Davidson
occupied the entire day. The matte
was taken under Amusement by tn,
court. The DeLamar Mining Co.
was substituted as defendant in tn,
case, w. NJ Davidson being now de
ceased.
Yesterday the return of sale o
real estate In the estate of Eliza Law
son deceased, was confirmed will
the exception of the property situa
ted in Virginia city. For this latte
piece not enough could be secure,
to pay the taxes.
Letters of Administration were OF
dered issued to John Frank, Publ
Administrator, on the estate o
Charles Nelson, one of the men VIII
was killed last May at Eldorado can
yon by the Indian Ahvote. The es
tate consists mostly of mining pros
poets.
The report of Mrs. Lucille Clas, a
guardian of Helene Coin an incom
petent person, rendered to Octobe
9Th. was examined, and ordered a
lowed.
In the case of A. S. Thompson VI
H. W. Turner, Co. Auditor; an
L. j. Osborne vs.. Board of Commi,
sioners, brought under the new scril
redemption law the court rendere
its opinion.
The Judge stated that since sta
ute similar in provisions to the OF
nowdisputed had been upheld by Il
supreme court in past years he felt
his duty to sustain the present Ia,
though if the matter were presente
for the first time to him, and wit
out an intimation of how the supren
court viewed the subject, he wou
probably declare the statute invali
That while the law may result in d
laying the payment of debts, or scr
it was not intended to operate
a regulatory measure and shou
: be reasonably construed, and
;, provisions reasonably carried OF
The jury certificates of indebte
!, ness which were charged to be i
valid, he ruled to be good, as tn
> were issued here as in majority
> the counties of the state, though t
E precise method of insurance was n
:, directly specified by law.
It The boys are preparing for a go