The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
WEEK IN THE COURTS
JUDGE SPEER CONyENES U. S. DIS
TRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS.
FOUR JUDGES WILL PRESIDE.
JUDGES SEABROOK AND BARROW
SIT JOINTLY IN SUPERIOR COURT.

Judge Norwood Will Try Many Dam
age Suits in City Court-Ordinary
Court the Only One Not in Session.
Has Adjourned for Ten Days
Judge McAlpin In Connecticut.
Appearance Docket VIII BE Called
on Saturday in the Superior Court.
The CnIc"dar for the Week in the
Various Courts.
-Four Judges will hold court in Sa-
Vannah this week, and the Court of
Ordinary, usually in session the year
around, will be the only court in which
justice will not be in session. Judge
McAlpin has gone to Connecticut, and
that court has adjourned for ten days.
The four judges who will preside are
Judge Emory Speer, in the United
States District and Circuit Courts.
Judge Paul Z. Seabrook, of the Allan
tic Circuit, who will preside jointly
with the judge of the Eastern judicial
Circuit, in the Superior Court, Judge
Barrow, in the Superior Court, and
Judge Norwood in the City Court.
The week will be a busy one in all
the courts. More than a hundred cases
have been set for hearing in the Su-
perior and City Courts alone. OF this
number, however, half are illegality
cases of similar nature, the deter
mination of one of which will apply
in all cases. These are the famous
jefferson street paving cases, in which
ha inc iIIAoal-
ity proceeding against the enforce
ment of the tax for paving.
In the City Court, there are many
damage suits to occupy the attention
of the court. Owing to the heavy
docket, the criminal cases for Friday
will be heard after the argument of
motions and demurrers on that day.
The appearance docket for the De-
cember term of the Superior Court
will be called on Saturday, Judge Bar
row assigning such cases as he is not
disqualified in. and Judge Seabrook
assigning the others. The certiorari
docket for the term will be called on
Monday morning, Jan. 10. On Mon
Gay, Feb. 8, arguments on motions for
new trials in two murder cases will
De heard, these being the Cohen and
Calvin cases.
The civil calendars for the courts for
the week follows:
Superior COurt-Judge Barrow.
Monday, Jan. 12-
Juliet L. Wells VS.. Irwin T. Wells,
divorce, O'Connor. O'Byrne & Hart
rl0oa Fl, al
Lottie Burroughs VS.. George Bur-
roughs, aIimony; G.. w. Owens for
Plaintiff.
Tuesday, Jan. 10
Polignac Bourquin VS.. Guilleman
Bourquin, ct. al, equity; G. w. Owens
LOT plaintiff; w. C. Hartridge for de-
fendant
Jennie p. Archer VS.. H. r. Holt, ct.
al, equity; E. S. Elliott and D. c.
Barrow for plaintiff: U. H. McLaws
ana Saussy & Saussy for defendant.
wednesday, Jan. II
X. l.. Meidrim VS.. VonGilsa Compa-
ny, receiver: G. p. Millar for plain
UNI; D. H. Clarke for defendant.
smith Bros VS.. NJ. F. Kahn. trover;
Garrard & Meldrim for plaintiff; Os-
borne & Lawrence for defendant.
thursday, Jan. Is
sarah Fuller VS. Gus Fuller, alimony;
.. V. Gazan for plaintiff.
Fannie G. Frierson VS.. G. S. Frier-
son, divorce; T. s.. Morgan & Osborne.
Lawrence for plaintiff; A. c. Wright
ana ". P, LaRoche for defendant.
=: A. Drayton Grocery Company rs.
l. f. -garnishment1U. H. Nc
laws for plaintiff; Lawton & Cum
hlngham for defendant.
Diana Williams VS.. Joseph Williams
ssllinony-L. NJ Norwood for plaintiff
savannah and Ogeechee Canal Com
SSHy vs. Josephine Horning-complaint