The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-28
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
"A NZ c FITS 4 NEW TRIAL BYJUDG F
 BALDWIN,S ORDER.

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 Case May Como Up in January-Othe
 Important Decisions of Supreme Cour
 of Errors-Many Motions on Shor
 Calendar List t-Divorce Cases-Rusy
 City Court Day.
 The supreme court of errors yester-
 day handed down it's finding in the
 much talked case of the state of Con-
 necticut vs George Yang, charged with
 the shooting of George RGoering, near
 the Hamden line a year ago last sum-
 mer It was as follows: Error New
 trial granted" The opinion was by Judge Baldwin of this city. | This will have the effect of bringing l the re-trial of this case to the Janu- l ary term of the superior court, prob ably, or more than year after Yanz
 was tried and sent to state prison for life, for murder in the second degree. r Tn addition to the decision in the Yang case, the supreme court of er- lDl6 HdAu6u uOWA uGClSiOIS III lut three following New Haven county matters, all of which are of import ance:
 The town of Waterbury vs. the Wa terbury Traction company. Defend ants appeal. Error and new trial granted. Opinion by Hall. This was a case in which the plaintiff seeks to re- cover from the defendant $4000 dam ages which it had to pay to A. w. Ash born, who fell down an embankment from which the Traction company was alleged to have removed the guard rail.
 The Bowditch Furniture company vs. Daniel A. Jones, the dentist De- fendant's appeal No error. Opinion by Hamersley On May 1, 1899, the plaintiffs sold to defendant a bill of furniture amounting to $154,SO, and on which there is balance due of $10235 as alleged. Judge Hubbard in the com mon Pleas court gave plaintiff dam ages for $102.35 and costs, and the de- fendant appealed. Attorney James D. Dewell, ir., was counsel for the plaintiff in the case.
 George F. McNamara vs. Lorenzo J. Mattel Defendants appeal. Error, and new trial granted This was the Fair Haven suit for injuries received by a child's fall into catch basin, in which $S50 damages were rendered Mattel was constructing the basin.
 Judge Shumway in the superior court yesterday had his hands full with short calendar motions. Several were con- tinued from last week and a few new ones were added
 Tn the contested divorce case of Nolie Riehm vs. George P Riehm of this city the court ordered that the defendant pay the plaintiff $3 week during the time the case Is pending for trial. ssThe case of Lillian Morris vs. the Winchester Repeating Arms company, asking that the plaintiff be required to state the particulars of her claim, went off the list A new trial was orderd in this case by the supreme court.
 The report of the committee in the case of the seectmen of Hamden vs. Chafee ct als., was accepted. The | report concerns the assessment of | benefits and damages because of the widening of Arch street in Hamden. A companion case, that of the Select men vs. Bassett and others, relating l to the grading of a portion of Dixwell | avenue in Hamden, was continued till | next wee,..
 Tn the case of the Harrington Saw ings bank vs. Abram Barnett ct al. the court decided to appoint receiver for property In State street, against which the bank holds anote of $14,0O00. A fnreaIos,lrp will like result
 The old case of W. c. Edgerton vs. john H. Starin, involving claim of s100, GOO was heard on motion of de- fence for leave to file as part of the defence in the case in this state judgment obtained by the defendant against plaintiff in New York. It was m important matter which the law Jers argued for an hour.
 The case of Talcott R. Russell trus- ee. vs. Mary A. Green and others was lefaulted and hearing will be held next week in relation to judgment It is a foreclosure case in which Fair Haven property in involved.
 Tn the case of George M. Curtiss and ,thers vs. the Chapman Manufacturing company order was passed for the sale if the property of the company in Ieriden.
 Tn the contested divorce case of Ar hur H. Platt vs. Ada J. Platt it was ecided that the plaintiff should pay he defendant $35 by November 10 and l i've her s5 a week thereafter till the asa Is decided. The case of Hugh Christie vs. Pat ick Sisk was withdrawn as a demur- { ar by the defense against the claim 1 f the plaintiff had been sustained by I he cGurt The contested divorce cases of Miner l s. Miner, Kirby vs. Kirby, Garfield vs ' ,arfleld. and Dorman vs. Dorman, all ( f which came up on motions, were I one week i The foreclosure case of Henry c. I lowe vs Ray Leeds and others was ! lso continued a week as was the case r f Conlon vs. Con!on ct al. ( Judge Shumway granted divorce to ' ertrude M. Garland from Frank M. q Iarland. The defendant is the we'll I nown gun inventor. May Abbott was q he correspondent in the case. I FORECLOSURE IN SUPERIOR
 COURT
 A motion for judgment of foreclos- F ole iooy,