The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-02


tember term of common pleas court
opened in the main court room yes
terday. Judge r. w. Archibald is on
the bench in No. 1 and Judge II. NJ.
Edwards is presiding in No. 2. After
the list was read, when the motions
were disposed Of, the following cases
were marked continued:
Allen w. Williams and others,
against James f. Green and others,
trespass. Arthur rockingham against
Charles H. Welles, ejectment; Contin-
tai Trust company against William II.
Winton, administrator, sci. fa.; w. G.
Smith against Hannah Lewis, wages;
Is. M. Winton, administrator, against
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad company, trespass; r. r.
Dean and others against ]. G. Sander
son and others, assumpsit; d. c.
Gibbs against Williams l.. Knapp and
Others, appeal for settlement; James
Kelly against city of Scranton, tres
pass, for settlement; Peter Ferrettl
against Vito Gerard, trespass; Will
man, Ernstein & Company against
Mary Donnelly and Others, assumpsit;
r. l.. Ginsberg & Son against Scran-
ton Railway company, assumpst;
John r. Summers against Briar Creek
Farmers Mutual Insurance company,
assumpsit; Thomas W. Davies against
Susan Spencer and others, trespass;
Electric City Land company against
West Ridge Coal company and others,
ejectmcnt.
NON SUIT GRANTED.
In the case of John Bitten against
oh f1n
ance on the part of the plaintiff and
non suit was granted. In the mp
peal of Mary Swift and others against
Michael Walsh and others, the plain
tiffs We're not present when the case
was called and compulsory non suit
was granted. The plaintiffs put in an
ton was taken.
BY agreement, a verdict for $3.50 was
taken in favor of the plaintiff in the
the city of Carbondale. BY agree
ment, a verdict was also taken for
the plaintiff in the ejectment suit of
+. y. Reber against Peter Bedell, ad-
ministrator The ownership of a piece
matter in dispute.
sworn in the trespass case Of Reese
Hughes against the city of Carbon
dale, and was sent to Carbondale to
view the property which, it is alleged,
was damaged by the action of the
city. The case will be put on trial
this morning before Judge Archibald.
In the case Of Patrick Lunney
against the city of Scranton, tres
1os, Ss. l;c% ;,,,
was sworn and returned a verdict of
$425 for I.unney, with out leaving the
box.
When court adjourned for the day,
the replevin suit of II. Dinner against
Mary A. Andrews was on trial in No
1. Dinner was a tenant of the defend
ant and moved out before the eXpira-
tion of his lease. He alleges that he
was warranted in doing this by her
failure to make certain repairs speci-
fled in the lease. The defendant
could not see the force of his argu-
ments and levied on Dinners furni-
ture. This replevn suit is the result.
The plaintiff is represented by City
Solicitor A. a. Vosburg and the de-
fendant by Attorney w. S. Hulslander.
DISPUTE ABOUT TINE.
Before Judge Edwards in No. the
case Of Charles LiebarStein, of Chit
Cago, against Jonas Longs Sons is
on trial. Mr.. Liebcnstein is repre-
sented by Attorneys J. ii. Torrey and
L. 9. Newcomb and the defendants by
Major Everett Warren and Attorney
Joseph O2rien.
Prior to the opening of the store Of
Jonas Longs Sons in this city, in
December, 1897 Mr.. Liebenstein was
engaged as manager for it ct salary
of $1,000 per year. He alleges he was
hired for six months. The firm con-
tends he was hired as everyone else
in their employ is, by the week and
that he could not have been engaged
in any other way, because it is the
settled policy of the firm to hire people
by the week, and not to enter into
long-term contracts.
At the end of less than three months
Mr.. Leibenstein was allowed to go, his
services not proving satisfactory. He
is suing to recover salary for the re-
minder of the six months. The case
was on trial when court adjourned
III,