The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-19
ASKS FOR AN ACCOUNTING
Elizabeth Davis Sues Her Part
,ner in the Hotel Business.
CASES SET FOR HEARING
The Mining Suit OF Rsins Against King
Adjourned On Account of the Illness
of Attorney wines-Other Mat
ters Before Judge Brantly.

Elizabeth Davis yesterday COM
menced an action in the district court
against her partner in the hotel bust
ness, Catherine Evans. FOR al %ccou
ing, and asked the court to appoint a
receiver for the Silver Lake hotel on
East Quartz street. Miss Davis says in
her complaint that ever since their
partnership the defendant mas been col
lecting the profits of the hotel business
and has applied and appropriated to her
own use about $1,000 in excess of The
proportion to which she is entitled.
1t Is alleged that the defendant is
still collecting n appropriating the
profits to herself to the detriment of the
business and injury of the plaintiff, and
refuses to account to her partner, a-
though requested to do so. The plant
if asks for "A dissolution of the partner
ship and for the appointment of a re-
celyer. The court is also asked to d.
rect the defendant to turn over to the
receiver what money she has and to en-
join her fIom further interfering in the
business. w. ID. Burbage is attorney
for the plaintiff. An order to show
cause was issued by Judge Brantly and
was set for hearing July %.
The mining suit Of John +. Reins
against Silas +. King was called for
trial before Judge Brantly yesterday
morning. but the defendants attorney,
j. l.. Wines, asked for a ~ntinua
because, he was engaged i'm the other
department of court. He also stated
that he was i'll and did not believe that
he could go on with the trial. The
court continued the matter until 2
o'clock in the afternoon. when John w.
Cotter appeared and urged a further
continuance because Mr.. Wines had
grown so i'll hat he could not leave the
house. n another continuance was
granted until this afternoon.
The property involved in the suit Is
a piece of valuable ground near the
Leonard mine at Meaderville. Reins
claims IL under a location called the
Combination and the defendant under
the Boomerang. The same ground had
been i'm litigation between Reins and
James a. Murray before the land office,
where Reins was victorious.
A justice court appeal case in which
Charles NJ. Way was plaintiff and h. ii.
Sherman and others defendants was
called for trial before Judge Brantly
yesterday morning. but had not pro-
ceeded far when the plaintiffs attorney
got up and dismissed the case.
A default was entered in the divorce
case of George V. Enders against Lii
liam l.. Enders and the plaintiffs proofs
were set for hearing next Saturday.
Judge Brantly oyerruled a demurrer
i'm the case of John Lynch against Oar
Tewey and sustained a demurrer in tho
ease of Johann Petersen against
Charles Connors and others.
The Becker boycott case had been SCI
for hearing before Judge Clancy yester-
day. but owing to the Illness of j. l.
Wines. attorney for the defendants, II
was continued until this morning.
An order to show cause issued in tht
Joseph Ramsdell estate and directed Il
Judge DeWolfe and Alexander Benham
was heard by Judge Brantly yesterday
afternoon, after which an order was
made directing Nh. DeWolfe to produce
a certain box i'm his possession alleged
to contain valuable papers belonging tC
the estate and deliver it to the admin
istratrix.
County Commissioners Clark, Farrel
and Mathews met yesterday in the OF
flee of the county assessor as a boa
of equalization. Aldermen Medin. Pas'
coe and Macarthur met with them Il
represent the city. Ten small com
I plaints were received during the day
OF alleged assessments, most
ly on mortgages. Several were grant
ed. others refused and several were Sc
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