Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-07
COURT NOTES.

suit has been fled In the district
| court by Anna T. Weaver against Luna
Y. Thatcher et al. TO quiet title to
part OF lot 5, block A, plat y, Salt
Lake City survey.
An action has been filed in the dis
trict court by Charles West against
Elizabeth Burgert and rs other de-
PENDANTS for a partition Of the Fuller,
Relief and Michigan lode claims locat-
ed tn Little Cottonwood district.
In The case OF o. ID. Brainard against
Cora r. Bralnard, an order was made
by Judge Morse yesterday afternoon re-
quiflng plaintiff 60 pay HIS wife $50
attorneys fees So that she may defend
the case. and also SIS per week alimony
Until the final hearing In the case.
Damages ias the sum Of $4,000 are
asked IN q complaint filed In the dis
trict court yesterday afternoon by the
widow and children Of William y.
Howcroft against the Ohio Copper COM
pany. Mr. Howcroft WAS killed while
employed in the defendants mine at
Bingham on Feb. s. 1906
lOrce IN the district court today
against John w. Benjamin on the
ground Of failure to support. They
were married al Butte, Mont, on May
4, 1904 Plaintiff also asks for the
restoration Of her maiden name, Sig
nora Scott
Three divorces were granted by
Judge Morse yesterday afternoon dur
ing the regular weekly divorce call.
Plaintiffs IN each OF the following
cases we're granted divorces. Hannah
r, Ryan against Richard Ryan. nom
support. Eliza n. Keethler against Al
bert Keether, cruelty; Mile b. Gaylor
against Heber Gaylor, non-support.
The Jury IN the case Of Carl Har-
mon against e.. ID. Coats which was
tried IN Judge Armstrong; court, has
returned a verdict In favor Of defend
| ant Harmon sued 20 recover 1850 as
| damages for an assault which he al
legged Goats made upon him az Blng-
ham. Goats attempted 10 arrest Har-
mon FOR misdemeanor when the lat
ter resisted and Il became necessary
| for the officer 20 use force IN order 10
! take the fellow % Jail. The jury found
| the issues In favor Of the officer and
returned a verdict accordingly
Upon motion II the attorneys for
| plaintiffs Judge Morse today dismissed
| The case of the b. r. Goodrich COM
| pany the Warner instrument company
and the Hartford Rubber Tire COM
/ pany against The Utah Automobile
I company. The action was brought 10
| have receiver appointed 20 take
/ charge of the property Of defendant
I Plaintiffs had several judgments
/ against defendant which Il had not
| paid but after the recelvership action
was instituted u paid mp the claims
/ ~ plaintiffs IN full and hence the case
vas dismissed.
The motion for "A new trial IN the
l case 81 Louisa y. Paul against the
/ Salt Lake city Railway company was
/ ordered stricken from the calendar by
/ consent by Judge Lewis today with
I leave 10 reinstste u al some future
I time. The motion was filed by the
| attorney Tor plaintiff and was based
upon an AFFIDAVIT by him which con.
I taincd the allegation that President
[ Joseph 7. Smith at secret priesthood
/ mootln. had advised the members Of
/ the priesthood who shoud be called
as Jurors in the courts against re-
turning verdic.s against corporations
in damage suits
Harry Ceonatlselis, one u the
Greeks charged with riot during the
recent strike al Garfield. has sled a
I petition in the district court Tor a writ
N habeas corpus. He claims that
/ his imprisonment and restraint by
! Sheriff Emery are Illegal for the rea-
I sons that the complaint does not
/ charge the ofcnse of riot and there
was no evidence az the preliminary
/ hearing tending 20 prove that he was
guilty ~ the ohense named re was
bound over 10 the district court %
/ await a final trial on the charge The
/ hahcas corpus petition viii be heard
before Judge Armstrong tomorrow
/ afternoon al o'clock