The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-11
RECORD OF COURTS.

The following suits were filed yesterday in the City court:
 Mrs. A. Amundson against the Pullman Palace Car company. for seso. Plaintiff alleges that she paid sleeping car fare and after retiring was elected from tht car by the conductor and compelled tt go into a coach where there were nc perths. A similar suit was filed by Mrs A. LsWamben.
 John II. Robinson against the Southerr Cement company, for $1o000. Plaintiff sues for personal injuries alleged to have been received while he was in the employ of the defendant
 In the first division of the Criminal court disposition was made of the fol lowing cases:
 Henry Bruce charged with burglary and grand larceny, convicted.
 .4George- Edwards, assault with intent to murder, convicted.
 Tom Bell. charged with assault with inc tent to murder acquitted. Mary McDowell. charged with grand 3 larceny. acquitted. ~
 John Bailey, charged with burglary and grand larceny, convicted. Tom Peterson, charged with assault with Intent to murder, on trial. The case of J. B. Hood, charged with assault with intent to murder, will be tried today. Hood is charged with shoot ing into a crowd of young men when they approached his house, with the al- legged intention of securing his daughter, ! whom one of. the party was engaged to marry. It Is said the father of the girl objected to the match, and when the party of young men neared the house shot at them. This occurred the first of last year.
 In the Circuit court the case of Ed ward A. Gamble against the Birmingham Railway and Electric company was dis missed.
 In the case of John D. Hollis against the K. O. M. and B. Railroad company. the jury returned verdict for the plain tiff for $50. The plaintiff sued for 5000.
 The case of Mrs. Annie Jackson against the Auditorium company, suit for per- sonal injuries. Is on trial. .aa A suit was filed in the Circuit court by Annie M Wier against the Aetna Life h. eurance company for $5OOo life insurance policy.
 In the first division of the City court the judge gave a general charge for the defendant in the case of Walter against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company.
 The case of Johr Bynum against the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company. suit for s10,OoO for alleged Der sonal injuries, is now on trial.
 The bar dockets for both divisions of the City court were received yesterday from the printer and are now ready for distribution.
 The motion dockets will be called on Saturday in both divisions, at 10 o'clock 9. m- The default docket will be called on each Monday, in the second division, at 10 o'clock a. m.
 The following notice is given attorneys: 'gThe week beginning Monday, Decem- Der 2s, 1902. will be devoted by both judges to the settlement of the pleadings in all jury cases set for January, February and March, 1903.
 Judge Wilkerson will preside in the first division in January and March, and in the second division in February; and beginning December 29 1902, he will settle, in the first division, pleadings in all jury cases to be tried before him In those months.
 Judge Senn will preside in the first division in February. and in the second division in February and March, and be- ginning December 29, 1902, he will settle, in the second division, pleadings in all jury cases to be tried before him in those mcnths."
 The rules of practice on pleadings are as follows:
 'First-Where demurrers are not called to the attention of the court and insisted on they will be considered as waived and struck from the files.
 ''Second-Amendments and other plead ings which parties desire to file must be written and ready for filing before the case is called.
 'HThird-After a case Is called and the pleadings settled. further pleading will not be permitted except that, first, amend ments to the complaint will be allowed on such terms as may be imposed by the court, second, that additional pleas applications, etc.. if allowed at all, will < be allowed only upon such terms as may be imposed by the court. q When further pleading is allowed terms win be imposed unless good ant sufficient reason is shown why the, should not be"