Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-22
IN SHORT CALENDAR TO-DAY.
Judge Wheeler Denied Colonel
 Barpee's Motion.

1 The Court Was Waiting for Business,
 Therefore No Need to Appoint . Committee Several Cases Called Up and Disposed of--Arguments Were Made in Black k-Griggs Case and it Was Given to the Jury This Afternoon.
 Short calendar in the superior court was indeed short to-day The divorce petition of Frances +. Holihan against John H. Holihan was with drawn from court. The Farmers Loan and Trust company of New York was given permission to amend it's appeal from probate and on Wed nesday there will be hearing on At torney Coles demurrer to the appeal. The case of Clement VerZier against Augustine Y. Convard was set down for hearing next Wednesday. On the same day a motion for judgment in the suit of Jane +. Reilly against Lewis A. Platt ct al will be heard. Colonel Burpee. was heard to some ex- tent in motion to have the evidence in the long pending case of Ann J. Partree against Theodore Atwood ct al heard by a committee. as he feared there was so much other business on The docket it would not be reached in q long time. Attorney c. G. Root op- posed the motion. claiming he was ready to have the case heard by the court Colonel Burpee replied that it was case of procuring q judgment for a large amount of money by fraud. Judge Wheeler tartly replied that at the opening of the term here there was not q case ready for trial and he even offered to come here at the convenience of the bar, but no lawyer could furnish business for the visit Accordingly he thought the case in question could be heard by the court, and particularly if it were as serious q case as Colonel Burpee said it was there was the more reason why it should not be heard by committee.
 Annie l.. Griffin's plea ill abatement in her suit against the city was taken of the list and q motion to accept the report Of the committee on Isaac L. Trowbridge's appeal from the doings of the borough government Of Nauga- tuck will be heard Tuesday This committee consisted of Attorney c. G. Root, Mayor II. c. Kilduff and IT. H. Peck
 This concluded the business of short calendar for the time and the argu- ments in the Black-Griggs case were resumed
 This afternoon demurrer by the defendant in the suit of Frank II. Johnson Of Wateryille against the American Pin company was heard. The ONeills appeared for Johnson and Attorneys Wetmore of New York and Beach of New Haven for the de- fendant. Johnson claims the patent rights 10 a machine which he claims to have invented and which the de- fendants refuse to surrender. It seems from the arguments that John son claimed he could invent q machine which would make certain kind of hook at great saving to the defend ant. The machine would cost about S2,O0O and he was to have been paid royalty. The machine was made. but it was not of saving capacity sufficient for the defendant to be en- abled to pay the royalty, the defend ant claims. The defendant seemed satisfied that Johnson could not pro duce the machine he had claimed he could and therefore the defendant dis charged him. Accordingly he seeks possession of the patent rights Of the machine. The court took the papers and reserved decision.
 The jury in the Black -Griggs case retired at 2:15 o'clock.
 Helen A. Books petition for a di- vorce from Charles A. Book went over to next week.