The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-16
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
SHORT CALENDAR IN SUPERIOR
 COURT YESTERDAY.
Five Petitions for Divorce--Next Weeks Cases in the Courts-Receivership Matters Disposed Of-Cases ih the City

Matters Disposed Of-Cases HI the WY Court.
 Judge Roraback presided at the read
 ing of the short calendar in the superlo court yesterday, A motion to eXpung'
 was made in the case of the Fair HaVei
 and WestviIle Railroad Co. vs. th'
 city of New Haven, the West Chape
 street assessment matter. The roa.
 thinks the assessment of some $3o'oo'
 to high. The case went over one week.
 Bristol, Stoddard & Bristol, as counse
 for Patterson, Gootfried & Hunter
 (Limited), of New York vs. the F. Hal lock Co.,, of Derby, filed motion for de'
 fault for failure to answer. The pialh- tiff alleges that the defendant contract
 ed to sell the plaintiff a certain amount of shafting at fixed figure.
 In the Milford receivership matter of Barker vs. the Barker Silver Co.,, a mo tion was made for an order authorizing the receiver to carry on the business. Ganted.
 An appeal from the taxation of costs was taken in the case of William Platt, Milford farmer, vs. George l.. Curtiss, of Elizabethport. Platt recently sued Curtiss for damages for bringing vex- atious lawsuits against him. Now he seeks to have the costs pared down.
 Tn the $1O.00O damage suit of Frank Fl. Elson vs Harry G. Anderson, the former of this city and the latter of Brooklyn, motion was made to fx the amount of special bail for Anderson. This is the suit against Anderson, who comes from the wealthy Orange street family of that name, for the alienation of the affections of the wife of Elson, who was his former chum. Anderson married the woman, who is said to have been very handsome.
 Counsel for the plaintiff in the matter of John J. Tower ct all, vs, the Lavign Manufacturing company, made a motion for the acceptance of the committees report, and for an or der concerning costs thereon.
 In Law vs. ChaDin, a motion was made for default for failure to file an- swer.
 George M. Curtiss of Merlden, as re- eeiver of the Chapman Manufacturing of that city, made a motion for leave to file an inventory for per mission to bring suit and for the ap- oointment of permanent receiver; also for the limitation of time for the pre- sentation of claims The liabilities in his failure (the concern manufactured harness fittings) were about $50,000. The firm was doing a fair business up to wo years ago.
 In Betts vs. the Connecticut Life In- urance Co.,, motion was made for au- hority to pay taxes of s37. Granted,
 A motion was made to accept the re- eivers report in the Meriden case of Tones vs. the Meriden Bronze Go. and Lrnong other matters there was filed ,etition to modify the order of June 13 egarding preferred salary and other Ia.ms.
 H. Wales Lines, the receiver, testified hat the company's building had been old to the Independent Thread com any, the lamp patents had been sold o St. Louis parties, there are claims gainst the concern of $110,000, and ividend is soon to be declared. Most 1 f the motions were allowed. SUSTAINED IN CASE
 OF GILFILLAN VS. DONNELLY '
 AND MOORHEAD.
 In the case of the suit of William I tilf1llan vs F. w Donnelly and An ! rev Moorflead, the State street fner- hant, arguments in which were made |
 week ago, the court taking the papers nd reserving his decision, the court | esterday announced that it sustained | 1e demurrer of the defendants, which notable victory for the defendants. | IT.. Donnelly's property was attached in | lis matter to the extent of $3,000. It as claimed that Martha Hatch of Nor ,n street gave MT. Moorhead her house nd lot there to sell, and that the plain- if bought it for s4,50Q Plaintiff aIleg- l that. by crooked work between the instead of getting 100 feet land he got but 55 and that Donnelly ot the res.. The defense set forth lat the plaintiff got all that he paid 1T, and that he was laboring under a istake in thinking that he was to get Q feet with the house, whereas all that } was entitled to war the 55 feet. Spier nd c. s. Hamilton appeared for the afendants, and w. B. Stoddard, of .oddard & Goodhart, for the plaintiff. r. Gilflllan came from New York to is city to reside about six months go, having a patent right interest in ,ods which are being made here.
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