Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-19
A DAY IN
COURT CIRCLES
Transactions Iil Yesterday in the
Court of Law and Chancery.
CORPORATION COURT
CORPORATION
Policy shop Case. postponed on Ac-
count of tho Ab,cnce OF washing.
ton Detective Property Trans.
iers Adn,itsca 10 Record-shier OF
Police Issuc. an zmportan, order
Cases Disposed OF in ,no Police
cour,.

ais. In the court of Law and Chancery
yesterday was referred to Bruce Sim
mons, special commissioner, to report
on all questions arising.
The case of Garnett, trustee. against
Burruss. ct ais, resulting In an order
being entered allowing Walter L. STAN
ley. receiver of the Boyd Land and
Improvement Company, to place on file
his petition and other papers of i'm
portance.
In the case of II. L. Payne against
the Willoughby Beach Company. the
company was required to pay cost of
the case. An order was entered per-
| petuatins the injunction granted Mo-
Vember 9th.
SET FOR HEARING.
The following cases were set for hear
ing on the dates named:
Wednesday. January 3d-E. +. Crom-
well VS.. Fruit Growers EXpressA
FRIDAY, January 5th-Na;han Metz
ger vs.. Thomas S.arkey and p. j, Nor
ris. administrators. vs.. A. Summer
field
Saturday. January 6th-C. D. Kenny
rs. Edward w. Bray and n. S. Gar
nett, receiver. VS.. Paxton Pollard ct
ais.
Monday. January Sth = Pocahontas
Bridgers ct ais. VS.. Equity Life Asso-
citation.
Tuesday, January eth-Hume, Minor
& Co. VS.. Mrs. w. w. Skinner. and D.
S. Hardy VS.. Consolvo & Cheshire.
Wednesday. January 10th-W A.
Johnston VS.. Postal Telegraph Com
pany. and Consumers Brewing Com
pany VS.. Chas. Dewitt & Co.
Thursday. January 1.-the. l.. Carley
vs. w. r. Mathews. and Baltimore
Biscuit Company VS.. Union Brokerage
Company.
Friday, January 12th-M. Z. IDimmell
q Son VS.. Il o. Lambert, and H. Il.
hemingway & Co. VS.. Union Broker
age Company.
Saturday, January 13th-G. M Lamb
d Bro. US. Union Brokerage Company
WILL PROBATED.
The will of the late JOHN r. Todd,
dated February 9Th, 1894. was ad-
United to probaNc. The document read
as follows:
I'm the name of Almighty God Amen.
Il hereby acknowledge this to be my
last will and testament, ali others be-
ing void.
IT give all I possess, both real and
personal, to my beloved wife, Lille w.
Todd. to do with as she may wish.
written with my own hand this 9Th
day of February, 1894"
Mrs. Todd qualified on the estate,
under bond of 10000, with c. A.
Woodward and George M. Todd as
sureties.
Messrs. w. H. Taylor, Walter San
tos. George ChanIhcrlaine. IT. r. Bor-
| land and Thomas n. Wilcox were an
pointed appraisers.
The estate is valued at s1O,47o, in
real estate and currency.
THE CORPORATION COURT.
The cases OF ]. ]. Welsh, Willoughby
Taylor, Edward Moore and George
Taylor, who were convicted in the
Police Court sometime ago OF selling
lottery tickets. and who took an appeal
| to this court, were to have been heard
yesterday. but owing to the absence of
Detective Fitzpatrick, were continued
until the January term. Detective
F'itz9atrick is connected with the
Washington. d. c.. force, and is the
| principal witness for the prosecution.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
]. r. Young and Nina p. Morehead.
| lot fronting 80 feet on the west side of
Hughes street, 312 feet from Bramblc-
| ton avenue; $3.50.
Security Real Estate Company to L.
| H. Griffith, lot with improvements at
the northwest corner of Reeves and
| Brown avenues, fronting so feet on
Reeves avenue and so feet on Brown
| avenue: $4,000.
Security Real Estate Company to
Lenia IL. Ledbetter, lot with improve
ments fronting % feet on the west side
| of Reeves avenue, 125 feet north OF
Brown avenue; $1,000.
| Elmira f. Jackson ct ais. to Mont
gomery p. Brothers, lot fronting So
| feet on the east side of Fourth street,
95 feet south of Scott street; $500.
CHLETT L<JZHT2,S ORDEE
Justice Tomlin had before him yes
terday some white boys, charged with
| stealing lead pipe, etc. from vacant
houses in CRANKY. Butte and York
streets. Some OF the stolen goods have
been recovered from junk dealers on
| Water street. The cases were con-
tinued until Saturday OF this week.
Only three of the boys furnished bail
| for their appearance then.
Chief OF Police Nizer, in view Of the
numerous complaints about lead pipe,
| ETC., being stolen from vacant houses,
| has issued an order, requiring all junk
| dealers to make daily reports to police
headquarters Of all articles bought, a
description OF the same, the amount
paid. and the name Of the party from
whom purchase was made, to be filed
every day at the Chiefs office.
CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE
Andrew RuSsell, VINO was arrested n
week or more ago for cutting Andrew
Benson, colored, on Scott street, was
acquitted. Russell made it clear. that
he acted in self-defense.
Benson talks OF going before the
next grand jury and having Russell in
dicted.
SERVANT GIRL CONVICTED.
Eva Booth, a colored servant en-
ployed in the family of Mr.. Frank
Jacobs. OF the City Council, was
charged with stealing money. Mr..