Evening journal., 1899-12-11
Christiana Hundred Farmer Ac.
cused of Malicious Issuing
of Attachment.
HORSES AND COWS DIsTRAINED
FREDERICK e. WEBER SUING FOR
RECOVERY OF DAMAGES AL
LEGED TO BE DUE HIM BY YER
MONS ACTIoNs-oTHER COURT
CASES.

IN Superior Court this morning the
Isuit of Frederick Il. Weber against Ed
gar r. Vernon was begun. William +.
Kurtz represented the plaintiff. Walker
& Townsend represented the defendant.
Mr.. Kurtz, in opening the case, ex-
planned that Weber was the tenant on
the Vernon farm on the Lancaster
pike in Christiana hundred. near the
Oak Hill schoOuhouse. On March
last, Weber owed Vernon S94 for back
rent and S33 on lease that would expire
on March 25. An attachment was. sworn
out before Magistrate John A. Kelley
Of this city, and the attachment was
served by Constable Charles Green
Two horses, seven COWS and four heif-
ers we're seized for the claim.
Mr.. Kurtz explained that Vernon IS
intention was to break up a milk route
which Weber had in this city. A horse
was hitched to Weber's milk wagon. In
some way the horse, while being held
by boy. was frightened and ran away
breaking up the wagon beyond repair.
Magistrate John A. Kelley was the
first witness. He testified TO having is
sued the attachment. and Charles
Green testified to having served the
writ.
Frederick e. Weber. the plaintiff
stated that he had tenanted the ArmoI
farm Of forty-seven acres, which Yer
non owns. for three years. The first
two years he paid $3.50 a year, and s4OO
for the third year. He produced the
lease with Vernon. He said that he
! had gone to Vernon and told him that
he could not afford to pay the rent and
that ne had rented a farm in Brandy
wine hundred. The next he knew the
distraint' had been laid. He found the
horses and COWS gone, and the mill
wagon broken up and lying in his lane
Weber's wife was killed on the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad on January 2S
while he was at work at the Pullman
Palace Car Company's works
On being recalled Weber stated thai
the cows were held seven days Befor,
they had been distrained upon the,
gave forty-fve and fifty-dvo quarts o
milk a day, and when returned to hin
they gave but eighteen or twenty
quarts day.
William Catbcart and Ambrose vii
liams. both hlacksmiths. were calle,
| to estimate damage TO the milk wagon
i hI AoAAAA nhAn IL MNNAA nave ANnA fN'
or $50 to repair it, Court took a recess
until 2.3O o'clock
The case of Hires. Turner Glass Com
lpany VS.. Frank A. Mitchell was reported
settled
J.. Irving Handy. counsel for the de
fendant in the divorce suit of JOSEPH
A. Dolan VS.. Mary a. DOlan, secure,
Ian order ON the plaintiff to Mrs. Dollar
flor sufficient money to defend the suit
OLIVER MUST ANSWER.
When the court opened this after
noon Judge Spruance handed down
decision in the application of Robert G
Harman on behalf of the cOpplainan
lin the Smith VS.. Smith divorce suit.
ALBERT oliver. who had refused 90 an
swer certain questions put to him b.
commissioner Baldwin Springer rela
Tive to delivering mail matter. was or
ldered to answer.
Magistrate Kelley was recalled in be
half of the plaintiff in the Weber-Ver
lnon case
/ DINNER TO WILMlNGTONlANS.
William J. McClary gave a dinner {
/, La party of twelve Wilmington friend
lat the Union League, Philadelphia, O
Saturday evening.