The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-15
COURT OF APPEALS
APPELLATE TRIBUNAL WILL SIT
 HERE TO-DAY.
Judges Shelly, Pardee and Meek Rench the City and Many Visiting Lawyers Are in
 Town,

The three Judges of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of the United states. ac, court officials. arrived in Montgomery yesterday, preparatory to the conven- ing of the court at the government
 Judge David D. Shelby reached Montgomery at noon yesterday from Huntsville. accompanied by Mrs. Shsi- change Hotel. Judge Don A. Pardee s1 and N1faass' Jadse Edward Ett"s R. Meek of the Northern District of Texas. arr arrived en apartments at the New Exchange.
 Charles H. Lednum. Clerk Mn.enS or ens yesterday and is the guest of friends at the Glenmore Hotel
 Incidental to the opening Of the sors' some even % from places as far distant as New York and New Jersey: came teb} t4 to appear as counsel in cases that will come on for hearing. These are e the visiting attornsys; lp Hon; o, Ann,ston I WaieJt IL. Dixon of Talladega. F. J. Smyer of Birmingham, Alex Birch and N. L; Steele of Birmingham. Rutherford BaRsaey Baeer of 0 slrminsham. %ii Ed. Baxter of Nashville. George c. Austin of New York, Perkins Baxter. o: Nashville. A. Miller of Macon S1' EeiJer ErGG co9k of Ma con. Ca. and Charles F. Currey Of | Nashville.
 Pursuant to law enacted by Con, gress three years ago. the Court or | Appeals meets here in annual session today to take up cases appealed to this tribunal from the lower Federal Courts of Alabama. Fifteen cases are set down for hearing and all of them are | from Alabama except one. which has been transferred from Georgia by con | sent Of the Alabama cases. only a few are from Montgomery. the greater number being on appeal rom North Alabama. including Blrmin gham. An niston and Huntsville. The call was | sent out to attorneys several days ago by the Clerk of the Court and the docket shows several interesting eases among those to be taken up It IS presumed that, by disposing of three | or four cases a day. which Is normal number for this tribunal. the Court of Appeals will not he In session in Mont 1 gomery more than a week, adJournine | by Saturday at the latest.
 Today will be the third time in the history of Montgomery that the Cour, of APpsas s,ns has of net the boay Wss ned in the Council Chamber two years age when the addition to the governmenl building was under construction; Ihs l Court will sit this time In the U2lteo States Court room.
 | .- The Civil Court.
 The civil division of the City Court of Montgomery will meet at 10 o'clock this morning to begin the, trial oi l jury cases for this term. Two juries will be empanclled to serve one week | The docket for the civil court is comparatively heavy and it will re- quire Judge .Sayre two weeks to com plete the call of the eases. For each day during the fortnight. enough ca ses have been set to keep the court busy. number of damage suits l against corporations. which have been 1 flied during the period intervening | from the former session of the court. are set down for trial. Judge Sayr. completed the call of non-jury cases l last Friday
 After an adjournment from last | Friday. the grand jury of MOntgom- | cry county will convene again this morning and resume its labors to com plete it's work Saturday. The trial of | criminal cases in the city court will l begin October %.