The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-02
THE rouLAR DEPUTY SHERIFF,
MAKES HIS DEBUT As AN AT
ToRNEY.
Other Circuit Court Matters of Various
Sorts Transacted ON Both Law
ana chancery Sides and So On.

ol&EftW N. b. CpTken0au won cousluexN-
Bile distinction at the bar by being his
own lawyer in . suit by c. IL Turner q
%. agafnt him. The manner IN which
be conducted the case was watched and
admired by the several members of the
bar present, and it was, under the cir
& cnmstances, successful debut, the case
being won by him. He had no witnesses
except himself, and received no legal adj
piee from any one.
Tie suit was over bin for plumbing
Al his residence ON Clay street, and was
ON appeal. In the inferior court iudg-
ment for Sis was given against him,
and he appealed the case, with the re-
suit that the Judgment was reversed, as
already stated.
In view of the fact that his first cf-
fort as lawyer was accompanied by
such gratifying success, as everything
else he undertakes, there is more than a
bare possibility that he viii take up the
profession and become an attorney OF
brilliant attainment in the near future.
The appointment of Wardner Davis
and Ernest F. Randolph as trustees of
the Seventh Day Baptist church at sa-
lem confirmed.
The suit of Gerald N. Smith and
! James K. Eastwood against ). Hamil-
ton Mcdonald was dismissed, unless Sc
c,irity for costs beg iven in go days.
Decree of sale was entered in the
cause Of w. W. Webster against the
West Virginia Refining company.
-.
Mary D. Atha, guardian, vs.. Attic c.
Atha and Others
The appeal case of J. w. Dodge
against J. F. Jones was continued at de-
fendant's COSTS.
The desendantS demurred in the case
of George W. Williams against Treht
and Crawford.
BY consent of parties the suit of j. n.
AIurdock company was dismissed
The jury in the suit of Annie Elfant
against the B.. & o. Railroad company
gave the plaintiff judgment for $556.49.
motion was made to set aside the YER
dict.
stephen L. Vincent was appointed
committee for Melissa L. Vincent, lun-
- I|
judgment for 81 .40o.94 was given Per-
nv G. Williams against Alonzo Ford, O.
Verdi Ford, Cecil A. Ford, Stephen w.
Ford and George w. F. Randolph.
y IN the cause of Articia G. Montgomery
against Herbert Z. Davis end Others, an
injunction was granted, ON the applica-
ton Of the Honesdale Shoe company,
Lazarus 4 Wen and Armstrong, Crisiip,
Pay & Co, restraining the trustees, Viii
bur ~. Jameson and Homer d. ATcfSin-
ley from making sale of property de-
seEfbed in q certain decd of trust; bond
II $500 being required to indemnify the
tlitstes for any damage they may sus-
tatn by reason OF the granting Of the
Injunction.
The cause Of A. G.. Montgomery against
Herbert L Davis and others was re-
iaanded 70 rules for process.
a petition Of James T. Cunningham,
guardian, asking that he be authorized
Is sell real estate Of Rosetta Hurst, John
cnhnineham, Maudc. Cunningham and
Esther Cunningham was dccketed.
The cause of the South Penn Oil
company vs.. c. E. Andrews was revived
IN the name of Tyler L. Andrews, adj
mfnistrator, as defendant.
The case Of William B. Hixenbangh
against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
company was transferred to the federal
court Of this district.
The jury in the case of Thomas Cart
Ian and others against Willie Hickman
gave the plaintiff a verdict to recover
property and one cent damages A mo-
lion was made to set the verdict aside.
An order Of dismissal was entered in
nc case Of o. w. Shinn q Sons against
the Clarissburg Industrial company, the
parties having agreed.
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