The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-15
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
Three Weeks Term Began Yester-
day-Verdict for Miss Reynolds
in Her Interpleader Case.
Four Jurors Fined.

The November three weeks term of
civil court began yesterday with Judges
Edwards. Archibald and j. Il. MCphcr-
son, of Dauphin county, sitting, re-
spectively, III court rooms Nos. /, .
and 8.
Each of them disposed of one case.
The interpleader case of Annette Rey-
nolds against c. II. Welles was tried
before Judge Edwards. Miss Reynolds
sued to recover quantity of house
hold goods which were seized and sold
as the property of Arthur Frothing-
ham, at whose house she was boarding
at the time of the sale. The jury found
in favor of the plaintiff.
Judge Archibald tried the case of 4.
X. Raub. administrator of the estate
of John w. Raub, deceased, against w.
a. Pearson. 1t was q suit to recover
on a $500 judgment note, which was
given by the defendant to ]. w. Raub.
Mr. Pearson offered i'm defense a re-
ceipt given him by the deceased a few
days before his death. The plaintiff
alleged that when the receipt was given
Raub was not in his right mind. MIR.
Pearson claimed that he was, and that
it was given him in consideration of
care and kindness he had shown the
deceased during his illness The case
went to the jury at adjournment
Before Judge Mcpherson, p. c. Con-
molly, a merchant of Minooka, sought
to collect $195.44 on a running account
with an old customer, Mark Sullivan.
The defense was simply a claim that
1t had been paid. The jury got the case
at adjournlng time.
When the list was called over in the
morning the following cases were re-
ported settled, or in process of settle
ment: William Piffer against John II
Fellows and others, wages; John f.
Hale against the Erie and Wyoming
Valley Railroad company, trespass;
Mary Stokes against Michael King and
others, ejectment; Henry benjamin
against the borough of DunmOre. eject
ment; Rice, Levy & Co. against Will
lam Roth and others. appeal Phoebe
J. Brown and others against James
Grady, ejectment.
Cases continued were: Lena Breese
against Samuel Breese and A. Foster,
feigned issue; Joseph II. Gunster. as
signee, against George A. Jessup, as
sumpsit; r. A. Zimmerman against
Pardon T. Barber, ejectment: Hillside
Coal and Iron company against George
Watres, jr., and others, ejectment:
James May against the Delaware,
LaclIawanna and Western Railroad
company, trespass; James j. Campbell
against city Of Carbondale, trespass:
Benjamin Davis against the Scranton
Traction company, trespass: Dennis
Neary against Devine, Mcclure & Co.
appeal; George w. Decker against T..
j. Holgate, appeal; Michael Wrobelew-
ski against the borough of Archibald
trespass.
A verdict for the defendant was di-
rected in the case of the Winona Mill
company against w. w. Patterson, the
plaintiff making no appearance when
the case was called.
Four jurors who Nere absent without
leave, Albert r. Gould, of Scranton;
John w. Haines, of Spring Brook.
Charles McMullen, of Scranton, and II.
n. Swartz, of Madison, were fined $50
apiece by Judge Edwards. The last
three put in an appearance before noon
time and upon giving acceptable eX-
cuses for their tardiness, had their fines
remitted. Judge Edwards was moved
to this action by the fact that this
practice is becoming quite common,