The sun., 1898-03-18
SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNED
Business Of the Term Concluded
by Noon Yesterday.
FIVE (WVRrS N SESSION
Legal business Rushed Through ai
the County Court 70 use Dur
ing the Morning Session
Yesterday.
FIVE COURTS IN SESSION

The superior Court concluded the
business OF the tern, at ll.:M yesterday
morning, and adjourned without day
There were five courts in session at
one and at the same time yesterday
morning in the county court house.
The Superior Court met in the large
court room, with Chief Justice Lore
and Associate Justices l'-nncwill and
Bo, ne on the bench; Chancellor Nicho|
son held Chancery Court in the Judges
parlor; Judge Spruancc presided At
Orphans Court in the room set aside
for woman witnesses; Register Of Wills
Crossan sat as probate judge ina will
case in the grand inry room, and the
Levy Court held its - ssion in the usual
meeting place.
In the Superior Court J. Harvey
WhteInan was refused new trial IN
the case Of the Port Kennedy Slag
! Works ". Frank \. Mitchell. The
motion was made Wednesday and the
matter taken under advisenent. The
motion was refused by the court b.
cause. ii considered the testimony sur
ticient ~ warrant the finding Of the
jury.
Lilburnc Chandler applied fora rule
to show cause why writ for an alter
nate n,andalnls should not issue t.
compel William Simmons, William 4.
Pratt and Ayars $. Webster, street and
sewer directors, to perform certain
duties with regard to Tn. sewer assess
mcnt on three lots owned by Mr.. thand.
Ter.
The court decided that the application
was not for Il mandanu., but for Il rule
and ordered the rule tn issue rcturnablr
at the May term.
A continuance was granted in the
case Of Daniel F. lIalnlitnn ". Hiram
Lodge a. f. and 4. NJ. in the matter of
an application i"r writ OF nandanlns
previously issued and made wturnablc
at the May term 1897; Argument was dc.
itrrru until the November term. when !,
proposition was made and agreed upon
to submit the matter to tribunal OF
Ma-Dl,> This proposition has not been
passed upon and Il r"ntlnnsnrc was
asked Tor. which the court granted.
Leave 70 amend was granted in the
east ni Horace q. knowIe>, adminl~lra,
tor ". The Wilmington City Railway
Company.
T. Hayard lti>rl presented an appi-
cation, III the case "i E,ljamin ). tauik
" William Bright executors, to take
money ont uf court. The money had
been paid to thc sheriff in settlement OF
"A sheriff sale in payment "t 1888 taxes.
Tie petitioner leprr>rnlc that ne should
not have paid these taxes, a> 1898 taxes
had expired in March, 1897, and the law
extending the liens OF l>o1 was passed
by til" Legislature in May, lN'1. The
court held the law c"u,d not extend
expired take. and refunded The money.
Amounting to 81. -.
The court ordered SI;"'.H paid IT,
Stevenson Bros. ont OF the proceeds uI
lluopc>; and that S49.S2 i~ paid t" tn,
Wilmington Guy Electric Co.,. olt "i tn,
sale I'll a. " H'llrIy'> effects.
The court cunculrrd in tit" awards I"
the referees in tlIr c:ls,'> Of Richard >uIli
van V>. Patrick Sullivan : adn,n-tra
tors: New Castle Loan Association vs.
Henry Foster : administrator; and WrS
ley i. Hart ". Patrick >uli>an'> adj
:nllil>trnt"r
The court g,an,rI /" MARTHA Grant
Bushnell divorce from her husband
Nelson &. I,u~hurll. and refused Il di
vurr,. 1T the case Of Bessie W. Box V
William !. Box
ON motion OF Walter II. Hayes, al
motions and matters pending excepting
lul final judgment were continued untl
til. next term. This concluded the bllsi
hess OF the superior Court for the tern
and adjournment was taken sine die