The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

In the case of the Mentrum- Briggs
company against Frederick Richie ct
al, the default of defendants was or
dered entered and plaintiffs proofs
were set for hearing May 10. The case
is to recover s332.40 a balance due on
note executed by the defendants in
Missoula on Oct. Z, 1885,
In the estate of w. A. Waller, de-
ceased, the administrator. Barney Coll
was granted leave to pay certain claims
against the estate amounting to
$2374.57. His petition states that he
has in his possession about $13,000
An order was made ordering the ad-
ministratriX of the Largely estate to
execute a deed to w. F. Cobban for Ger
tain city property.
In the condemnation suit of the city
against H. S. Clark, judgment for
possession, by stipulation, was entered.
The defendant agreed to accept $4,000
in warrants in full payment for the
east "a feet of lot is. block II.
Annie Mosher yesterday brought a
suit in the district court against Charles
W. Mosher for divorce. In her com
plant she says they were married on
Sept. 16, 1891, and that her maiden name
was Annie Brown. She alleges that
the defendant deserted her on Oct 5,
1897, since which time he has been
guilty of criminal intimacy with a Mrs
Gill and a Mrs. Woods. Since the 18th
of last September he has been living
with Mrs. Gill in the Morer block on
West Broadway Mrs Mosher wants
divorce, a 5000 attorneys fee, $40 a
month alimony and the restoration of
her maiden name.
Judge Clancy yesterday overruled
motion of the plaintiff in the case of
l.. c. Pearson against John FREDERICK
and w. H. Hall, for Judgment on the
findings of the jury and Judgment was
ordered for the defendants in accord
ance with the jury's general verdict
The suit was for wages due for labor
on the Morning Star mine. The jurys
special findings were all in favor of
the plaintiff, but the general verdict
was for the defendants.
Thomas Lavelle yesterday COM
menced a suit against James Tachell,
the undertaken, for $621.65, claimed to
be due for carriage hire, etc. An at
tachment was issued and levied on the
undertaker's stock
Morris Perelson, charged with receiv-
ing stolen property, and John Ledford,
assault In the first degree, pleaded not
guilty yesterday. Ledford's case was
set for trial May Is, and Perelsons case
was passed for the present.
Judge Clancy yesterday granted a
new trial to the defendant in the case
of r. N. Rand against Henry Kipp on
the grounds of newly discovered evil
dence and surprise occurring at the
former trial
The plaintiffs proofs in the divorce
case of James E. Campbell against
Anna Campbell were heard by Judge
Clancy yesterday and decree granted
the plaintiff on the ground of deser-
ton.
In the divorce case of John r. Bor-
deaux against Ella n Bordeaux the
latter yesterday filed her answer in
court. She denies that she deserted her
husband on January 23, 1890, and denies
specifically every allegation of adultery
made against her. She says the charges
are false and have greatly damaged her
reputation. In a cross bill Mrs Bor-
deaux alleges that the plaintiff has been
guilty of extreme cruelty in his treat
ment Of herr Because of his cruelty
she was compelled to leave him in No
vember, 1889, but he afterwards admit
ted that he had been wrong and in
duced her to return to him. In 1894 she
says. he beat her and hit her with a
stick, but she continued to live with
threatened to shoot her and drove her
from home and declared he would never
allow her to return. She says he false
ly accused her of unchastity and told
many persons in Butte that she was
guilty. She asks for a division of the
and for $1,000 to pay her at
torneys.
In the suit of w. l.. Ledford against
Frank l.. Reber and Charles Lane, an
action to recover on a note for about |
$500, the defendants yesterday filed
their answer and a cross bill for $27,- |
)00 They claim that through their |
work and influence eXerted at Ledfordss |
request, he secured lease on the cop |
per water from the Anaconda mine a |
few years ago. He agreed to pay them |
10 per cent of the net profits he would |
make from the precipitation of copper,
and during the term of his lease the net |
profits amounted to S1S0,000. Reber and |
Lane ask for their share of it, amount |
ng to $4,000. Ledford promised to set
lie with them as soon as he could as
certain the amount due them at which
lime they also agreed to settle for the
lote. They ask interest on their coun-
er claim from August 80, 1896.
The defendants in the suit of Eman
lei Lees against Augustus Smith and |
'Nt>N /
ng, dissolution of partnership and the
appointment of receiver, filed their
answer in court yesterday They denv
hat they have ever refused to account
o him for all the business done, and
leny that they used any partnership
money for themselves. The business
las not been profitable, and they. too
esire the partnership dissolved, but
want 1t done without the additional ax-
'ense that would be incurred by the
ppointment of a receiver.
The Caplice Commercial company
esterday sued Harry F. Ayleshire and
,harles B. French for $409. 20 claimed
be due on an old account
Chaterina Vezzoni was granted di-
orce by Judge Lindsay from Demetrio
ezzoni. The plaintiff testified that
ney were married at Seattle April s.
ssz. she SAID her husband treated her
TN her niece, girl named May Zecca.
:. Whom he finally eloped on the 10th