Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-19
SAN BERNARDlNo RATINGS ARE
RAISED
NOTED DECISION REVERSED
Supreme Court Sends the Case Of
Mrs. j. J. Msbb Versus Lyman
Stewart Back to Be
Retired

action Of the city board of equaliza-
tlon in raising the assessments of
property owners throughout the city,
which was commenced yesterday, is
stirring up a great commotion among
business men of the city who thus far
are the ones mostly affected. The to-.
tai raise of the first day amounted to
a little more than 31,00U, while today
nearly as much more was added to
the rolls. While many realize that the
assessment of the city in the past has
been far too low, individuals object to
any increase. The board expects to go
entirely through the list of personal
property and thoroughly revise it. The
real estate assessments will also be
gone over so far as possible.
The supreme court has for the Sec
ond time reversed the case of Mrs. ].
]. Mabb of Ontario versus Lyman
Stewart of Pasadena, the president of
the Union Oil company, and sent 1t
back for a new trial. The language of
the supreme court is little less than
sensational as 1t scores Mrs. Mabb for
stubbornly refusing to avoid the dam
ages which she makes the basis of the
suit against Stewart.
Stewart held a mortgage against the
Mabb place in Ontario. The ten shares
of water in the San Antonio Water
company belonging to the place We're
also pledged as security and stood on
the books of the water company in
Stewards name. When assessments
were made against the stock Mrs.
Mabb refused to pay them on the
ground that the stock was in Stewards
name. Stewart paid some of the as
sessments, but finally refused to do
SO further, and notified Mrs. Mabb
the water would be shut off. Mrs.
Mabb refused to pay and the water
was shut off in the month of August,
1898, resulting in the running of the
orange crop. Mrs. Mabb then sued
Stewart for damages in the sum of
$2S75, which she got in the superior
court here. The case went UP, was re-
versed and came back fos a second
trial. resulting as before.
The second reversal has now come
and the case will be tried the third
time. The supreme court holds the
only damages the woman can collect
is what a run of water would have
cost her, or the amount of the assess
ments, $40 at the most, as her duty was
to secure water to save her crop when
Stewart caused the other water to be
shut off. The case has been a notable
one in litigation in this county.
The 14-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Ogaz Of Cotton, who was kidnapped
from her home Tuesday night by Jesus
Barasha and another Mexican, is in
the custody of the officers, the trio hav-
ing been captured at Santa Ana last
night by Deputy Sheriff Charles Ward
Of this city. They left Cotton in a
wagon and were still travelling with
the rig. Barasha is said to have be-
come enamored of the girl. He was
her godfather when she was baptized
by the priest when a babe, and when
he learned that her father had been
sent to prison he appeared on the scene
and attempted to kidnap the child.
Bad Litigation TangIe
One of the worst legal tangles the
local courts have ever had to deal
with has come out of the ownership
of the San Bernardino iron mines in
the Ord mining district on the desert.
The estates of three dead men are en-
tangled in the trouble, they being H.
w. Lake, Guy S. Lake and ]. A. Owen.
The Los Angeles National bank is also
interested. The property has been
considered worth between 100000 and
$4,000 at the least and the California
Industrial company sought to pur-
chase it, but was unable to do so be-
cause of the tangled condition of the
title of the property.
The taxpayers of the Rochester
school district will soon hold a bond
election to vote bonds for the erection
of $4,000 schoolhouse to replace the
one recently burned.
The Rialto Exchange packing house
has been purchased by a coterie of
Rialto orange growers who will operate
the house as an independent house the
coming year. The complete plans for
the operation of the place for the COM
ing year have not been materialized.
1t is expected that Seth Hartley will
appear Monday before the supervisors
and ask for franchise for his electric
road to use some of the streets be-
tween this city and Rialto. The bonus
for the road is practically complete
Burlesque DULL fight Wednesday, 23d, at
Coronado tent city. FREE
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