The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-14
RECORDS OF THE COURTS,

OF the different courts, the chancery is
the only one that can be said to be really
busy at the present time. In the others.
while the clerks and their assistants are
busy with the books and arranging the
dockets for next term. little of interest to
the general public occurs. The chancery
court will conclude its present session in
a short time, and then the court house
will remain quiet, comparatively speak
ing, until the rush of business begins
again in September.
Register Altman is still engaged in hlod-
ing a reference in the case of Henry
Tompkins ct al. VS.. the Southern Rail
way company for the purpose of ascer-
tanning what damage, if any, will be to
the complainants block of real estate
comprised between Eighth and Ninth ave-
nues and Twenty-sixth and Twenty-sey-
enth streets from the laying of tracks
and the raising of the roadbed along
Twenty-seventh street between the two
avenues named.
The case of w. C. Stage VS.. J. w. Far
! rior ct al was submitted for decree be-
fore Chancellor Benners.
In the chancery court also, testimony
was heard in the case of George Harri-
son VS.. Hinton E. Carr.
The case of Walter Hoffman VS.. NJ. R.
Mcneil. a petition for the naming of a
receiver to take charge of the affairs of
the former firm of Hoffman and Nc
Neill, junk dealers, was argued before
the chancellor and submitted for decree.
In the city court Thomas E. Mcdaniel
entered suit against Andrew w. Burgin
for $4,000 damages. The complainant al
1eges that he was falsely detained in the
county Jail for two days from July II to
10, 1906, on the charge of violating the
revenue laws.
Judge Charles A. Sem. who has been
indisposed for number of days, came
down again to the court house yesterday
morning for short time. He does not
appear to be fully recovered from his I'LL
ness.
Joe Robinson, pro ami. VS.. the United
Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of
Mysterious Ten is the style of a suit filed
in the circuit court yesterday for recov-
ering 500 and costs with interest due by
Judgment rendered by court of H. A.
Dickinson at Pratt City on August 30,
1904.
Walter X McAdory clerk of the circuit
court. has prepared a statement to mail
.l,o n
cases remaining on the circuit court
docket at the adjournment of the spring
term on June 30. The statement is as
follows:
Civil jury cases, 625.
Civil non-jury cases, 263.
Chancery causes. 3T
Criminal caues, 5.
Total, 1890
OF the civil jury causes a large per
cent are litigation damage suits. OF the
1853 non-jury cases the most are assumpsit
and appeal cases from justice courts
Quite number of the chancery causes
are divorce proceedings which are pending
or are not prosecuted.
Voluntary petitions in bankruptcy were
field in the federal court yesterday as fol-
lows: Joe Thompson, liabilities, s145; as
sets, $50. in wages due. G. S. Tenant,
liabilities. s267 80, with no assets. W. l..
Boone, liabilities, 1920; assets, $64, in
wearing apparel and salary due.
Will Driscoll petitoned to be allowed
to amend schedule "a of his paper of
bankruptcy filed March TO- a statement
showing debts to the amount of $50 which
he alleges was inadvertently overlooked in
fling the original petition.