The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-05
THE DAY DECISION HELD. UP.
Not Handed Down Yesterday as ES
pected.


pected.
Opinions were yesterday handed down
by the Supreme court as follows:
Bradford vs.. Reed, from Cabarrus;
docketed and continued.
trial.
Gorrcll VS.. Water Company. from
Guilford; no error.
Moore VS.. Railroad, from Duplin new
trial.
Tedder VS.. Railroad, from Columbus;
error.
Bank vs.. Nimocks. from Cumberland;
affirmed
LeDuc vs.. Slocomb from Cumbcr-
land; affirmed.
Kendrick VS.. Insurance Company.
from Mecklenhurg; no error.
To the very great surprise of every
body the Day decision was not handed
down.
The reason for failure of the court
to do so nobody is able to guess.
There were rumorS, to be sure, that
the court had concluded 10 make the
opinion Il general and very broad one.
SO rs to cover all cases likely to arise
under acts of the last Legislature. This.
however, must be pure speculation. 1t
was INDUCED in for the most part
by Republicans.
There may he something in it and
there may not be-
The following eases from the Ninth
district were argued in Supreme court
yesterday:
State vs.. Knott; argued by Brown
Shepherd for the Attorney General for
the State, Moore & Sapp, by brief, for
defendant.
Dula VS.. Tugman; dismissed for fail
ure to prosecute the appeal.
Lehman VS.. Tice; argued by Watson,
Buxton and Watson for plaintiff. Jones
x Patterson for defendant.
Hodgin VS.. Bank argued by Holton
q Alexander, Shepherd & Busbee (and
lChas. Price and Il. Il. Gray. by brief),
for plaintiff; Watson, Buxton & Wat
SON, Jones & Patterson, \. II. Eller aild
Glenn 4 Manly for defendant
Keith VS.. Scales argued by Watson,
Buxton & Watson, Jones & Patterson
and w. K. Whitson for plaintiff; Hol-
tom & Alexander and A. II. Eller for
defendant.
The case of the National Bank vs..
Higgins, will be argued this morning
by Watson, Buxton q Watson and
Jones & Patterson for plaintiff.
Merrimon VS. Lyman, from Buncombe;
submitted ON printed brief by Merrimon
4 Merrimon and w. b. Gwyn for plain
tiff, Davidson * Jones and Shepherd &
Busbee for defendant.
Kornegay vs.. Morris. from Wayne;
submitted on printed brief by Allen Il
Dorteh for plaintiff, Aycock & Daniels
for defendant.
Tenth district casts will be called on
next Tuesday. April 11th, as follows:
State vs. Kale.
State VS.. Beard.
Bracket VS.. Gillian.
Cowles VS.. Council.
Wineharger VS. Laney
Wake Superior court meets again on
April oath, Judge Brown presiding.
Only civil causes will be tried The
Abbott-Beddingtield contest for the posi-
ton Of Corporation Commissioner, and
the Cherry Burns contest for Keeper
of the Capital are expected to come mp
for a hearing at this term. The Buff
faloc divorce case will also be heard.
Federal court meets here in May.
The docket is quite heavy one. Most
of the cases are against moonShiners
and those who did not bother themselves
about such mimportant preliminalies
rs getting license before selling the
Juice"
The Sampson county school board pro-
poses to test the validity of the new
public school law in the courts. 1t
will refuse to yield to the board APP
pointed by the Legislature unless COM
PEELED to do so by the courts.
Judge A. c. Avery has gone to Wash
ington TO argue the case of Scalf VS.
Western North Carolina Land Company
before the United States Supreme court
Mr.. j. +. Spainhour, who some time
ago wrote an open letter to this paper
saying he would not contest the right
of NJ. n Harshaw to hold the solicitor
ship of the Tenth district, is reported
as having changed his mind and as
now saying that he will go ahead with
his suit.
The case of the State Treasurer
against the bondsmen Of Il. s. Walton
and Of the Piedmont Bank. of Morgan
ton. to recover the $4,000 State de-
posits, has been referred to Judge. A.
Burwcll.
1ne First National Bank trials at
Asheville are estimated to have cost
$500. The witnesses got $2,SG3 of
this. and the jurors. S2.66G. And neither
of the wreckers of the bank are yet
in the penitentiary, nor will they be till
the thing is again fought out before
tho Supreme court
Dabney, n. G., April ESPECIALLY y