The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-31
PROPERTY TO BE
SOLD UNDER DECREE
Alabama Iron and Steel Company
Near BriarfeId.
LONG BEEN IN LITIGATION
Suit for 81 900 Filed Against the L. &
Mighty Dead Gases Stricken
from Chancery Docket-other
News of the Courts.
LONG BEEN IN LITIGATION

Under a decree of Judge Bruce, of the
United States court, the properties of the
Alabama Iron and Steel company, situated
at Briarfield, few miles west OF Calera,
on the line of the Southern railway will
be sold on February II at public outcry.
N. w. Trimble, clerk of the court, has
been appointed special master to dispose
of the properties, consisting of $4,000 acres
of coal, ore and timber lands, furnaces.
mills, foundries and about 200 houses, which
cost originally 81, 100000.
The company was organized many years
ago and on account Of litigation has not
been operated for some years. At the
present time 1t is in the hands of Robert A.
Moseley, Jr., as receiver. and it is probable
that it will be bought in by the bondholders
and reorganized.
Criminal Court
In the criminal court yesterday 5uries for
the week were organized as follows:
Jury No. I'D. W. Austin, Levi Glaze,
Cape Vine; David Reid. s. v. Travis, w. M.
Malone, e. F. Brammer, J. c. Harris, D.
w. Jones, Thomas Appleberry A. E. Ed
wards, J. Garrett.
Jury No. 20. 2. ]. Waldrop, X. Sellers,
s. s. Childers. C. P. Smith. W. E. Robinson,
H. w. Coker, w. T. Hart, NJ q. Coe, s. II.
Strickland, J. d. Brooks, w. I. Bell and r.
8. K. Clements.
The case of Rush Hickman charged with
manslaughter was taken up and resulted in
the discharge of the defendant.
Hickman shot and killed Will Griffin,
negro in the commissary at Oxmoor year
ago.
Circuit Court
In the circuit court the non-jury docket
was set for trial, but on account OF the ao-
sence of many attorneys in Montgomery no
cases were taken up.
Martha Darter filed suit In this court for
81 900 damages against the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad company. The plaintiff
alleges that on December "a, 1898, she pur-
chased a ticket from Birmingham to Barton
station, and had previously arranged with
her son-in-law to meet her at the latter
station, and that the conductor failed to
put her off at the proper station. but in
stead carried her to Mount Pinson station,
twelve miles beyond, where he put her on
about dark without means to get to Barton
station 1t is further alleged that strangers
were compelled to provide her with con-
yeyance, which required her to travel at
night through the cold, from the effect of
which she was made sick, all to her dam
age in the amount sued for.
City Court
Tn the second division of the city court
Yesterday, eighty cases were dismissed
from the chancery docket for want of
prosecution Many of these cases have re-
mained on the docket for years and in order
! to clear the docket of dead cases COM
plete call was made and all cases that gave
no evidence of life were dismissed.
| In the first division, 5uries for the week
were organized as follows:
Jury No. John 7. Rowan, J. R. Walker,
q. w. Crocker, ]. M. Lantrip, Robert
Smith, ]. M. Merick, A. B. Owen, L. e. Dia-
mond, w. ]. Tate, Charlie P. Gilbert. s. J.
| Capps, W. A. Bagley.
Jury No. 2-David F. Thomas, NJ R. Shoe
maker, A. ]. Sharrit, G. w. Linthicum. w.
| M. Lindsay, A. b. Bearden. J. H. Wood.
| ]. H. Murphy, ]. F. Suzby NJ \. Strad-
| ford, j. w. Price, r. C. Greathouse.
| Probate Court
The contest will case of Julia E. Gleason
| which was set for hearing yesterday in the
probate court was continued.
| Mrs. Margaret Walker was before Judge
| Stiles on a question of sanity. and was de-
| clared of unsound mind.