The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
MANY CASES ARE HEARD
Busy Session of the District
Court Held Yesterday.
DOCUMENT FROM MANILA
One of the Oddities on the Public Rec
ords-Suit Against the City-Large
Amount of Probate BUSH
ness Done.

A busy session of the district court
was held yesterday by Judge Napton.
Considerable pressing business was on
hand when court adjourned and will be
taken up to-day. Court probably will
September
There came into the district court
yesterday a legal document from the
Philippine islands adorned with a gaudy
blue seal set in bit of red tape and
having annexed thereto a general order
eral setting forth that Oscar F. Will
Jams, consul of the United States at
Manila is authorized to attest sigma
lures. .'.-
This document was the inventory and
final report of the administrator in the
estate of Mary Hallahan, deceased, the
administrator being Captain John Hal
lahan. now with the LIST Montana. The
hearing on the report was set for Sept
2. The document is dated May 6, 1899
at the consulate of the United States in
Manila city, island of Luzon, and is at
tested by Consul Williams. 1t sets forth
that the deceased died May IA, 1897,
leaving as heirs Jane Hallahan, her
mother, a resident of Anaconda; John
Hallahan, the administrato tor; Mrs. Jen-
ME O'Connell, a sister, also of Anacon-
da; James P. Hallahan, a brother, of
Coolgardie, Australia and Dennis F.
Hallahan, a brother. The estate con-
sists of lots l and 2 section 10. town
ship 4. north of range l west, with $500,
which the report sets forth has been
duly administered.
Joseph Harmon was in court again to
answer to the charge of contempt in
an alleged taking of the waters of Mod
esty creek contrary to the orders of an
injunction issued in the case of Gregor
Schwend and others against Pat Gal
lagher and others. The matter was ar
gued at length after Harmon had sub
mitted evidence to show that he had
not violated the injunction. His evil
dence was to show that the water by
it's own pure cussedness had seeped
down from a ditch to his land and had
ruined one valuable potato patch, the
runation of which the attorney for
Harmon described with great eloquence.
The court was asked to go out and look
at the premises Finally the matter
was taken under advisement, the court
reserving his decision until he can look
over the ground.
On a writ of certiorari the case of
oscar carlson against Lee beNhi11-io
came UP during the afternoon before
Judge Napton and as a result Justice of
the Peace Frank Kennedy was ordered
to set the cause for trial in his court
Carlson sued Beckland for 1927 and at
tached money due Beckland. Beckland
claims that July 81. the day set for trial,
he was in court to make a. defense al
the hour set but the court was not
there He accordingly wants the money
attached returned to him.
In the case of Lulu Larson against
the city of Anaconda, a demurrer was
argued and overruled. The case is one
in which the city is sued for s2,5OO dam
ages to the person of the plaintiff, al
legged to have been caused by fall
from a sidewalk on the west side of
Washington street, south of the b., A.
& P. tracks. Lulu Larson, little girl
was riding on the sidewalk July Z, 1898,
in a small hand wagon, which rolled
over the edge, plungng her to the
ground Is feet below and injuring her
seriously. The contention of the com
plant is that the city was negligent in
not providing a guard rail.
City Attorney Boarman presented his
demurrer yesterday, arguing that as
power to build sidewalks was not eX-
pressly given in the charter to the city,
the city had not exclusive jurisdiction
over the walk. This demurrer was over
ruled and the city given until Sept. TO
file an answer.
Leave of the court was asked and
granted to enter the name of Estelie
Hammons as guardian ad Item of the
plaintiff.
BY consent the demurrer in the case
of Mary Crosswaite against Mary Jor-
gensen and others was overruled ana
the defendant given until Sept. 1 TO
answer.
The motion to make the COMPLAINT
more definite in the case of Stasg ~
Conrad against F. l.. ST. Jean was ar
gued and taken under Amusement.
The hearing of the demurrer in the
case of Peter Walton against sam
Handley was continued to Sept 4.
The demurrer was withdrawn in the
case of C. A. futile against Emil Fri
gol and wife, and 30 days allowed to
answer
In the case of C. p. Hough against
H. Gilbert and others the default Of
the defendant Gilbert was ordered en-
tered for failure to answer c. NJ.
Sawyer appeared as attorney for the
defendant A. c. Clark and consented
that the default of the defendant A.
X, Clark be ordered entered. Judg-
ment was ordered entered in accord
ance with the prayer of the complaint
for So, 555, for $40 costs and for $3.50 at
torney's fees. The decree was signed
In the case of S. f. Larabee against
the Mammoth Gold Mining company
the default of the defendants Boles,
J. w. Moss, Joseph Sturgin, NJ. Peter
son and the Missoula Merchantile COM
pany was ordered entered. The de-
murrer of w. B. Hosmer and the NAM
moth Gold Mining company was sub
mitted.
The official bond of W. A. Hufty,
constable of Ophir township, was filed
and approved. The sureties are ]. c.
Barnden and Allen Kimerly and the
sum is $1,000.
Leave to file an amended answer
was granted in the case of p. S. Ia
ney against Mrs. Morse and others.
Two divorce cases We're heard and
evidence taken during the day. One
was that of Finley against Finley and
the other that of Hoskinson against
Hoskinson. Both were taken under ad-
Visement.
Probate business was transacted as
follows: