The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05

SltiCE ana HuEnf NdSfS VIII OG
Tried This Week-Both are Suits
Agains: the Consolidated Company.
Eighty-two. Cases Disposed Of Yes
terday.
The long list of plaintiffs in the case
against the Wilmington Sewerage Com
pany lost out, the Judge instructing the
jury to find that the defendant COM
pany had the right to raise the rates on
the plaintiffs even though they had
made a contract with the company at
some previous time to give them q Ger
tain rate. An appeal was taken to the
supreme court.
No other jury cases were tried yes
terday bu: Judge Webb disposed Of 81
cases on the non-suit docket and most
Of them were stricken of Of the docket.
All of this was done before the noon
hour. The members Of the Whining
ton bar say not il many. many years
mas there been q -Ige here who could
dispose OF business with such dispatch.
At a former term ~ court he mad az
exceptional reco.I on the criminal
docket and he Is .laking just as good
record on the ciTL docket. If there is
a delay it is the fault OF the lawyers
and lot Judge Webb.
This week the cases of Horne and
Meier against the Consolidated COM
pany will be tried. The first one to be
tried will be the Meier case. Both of
these are suits for damages, Meier hav-
ing been killed and Horne lost one
hand. Al a former term the Horne
case was tried and a verdict Of $4,000
given but the supreme court gave a
new trial.
H. M. Foard VS.. B. A. Larkins, ct al,
judgment for nOn-suit, plaintiff to pay
costs.
Geo. R. French & Sons VS.. Durham
Fertilizer Co., judgment for non-suit,
plaintiff to pay costs.
Standard Oil Co. vs.. Harding John
son, non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
S, Behrends VS.. Lucille Westbrook,
non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
Joseph S. Walters VS.. American Ex-
port and Manufacturing Co., continued
Matt ]. Heyer VS.. Annie E. Brown.
non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
w. L. VOiIA NS. =. -. -
Co., continued.
w. A. Farris VS. T. J.. Ferguson &
Co., n%on-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
J.. L. Boatwright & Co. VS.. I. J. Fer
! gusOn & Co., continued.
S. w. Sanders vs.. T J. Ferguson &
Co., continued.
Giles Cannon VS.. t. J. Ferguson &
Co, non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
Annie Bradley VS.. John Bradley, non
suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
R. W. Hicks VS.. Richard Graham,
| non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
Farson Green & Co.. VS.. Myers &
Lewis, non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
R. w. Hicks VS.. D. R. Cooper, non
suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
J. B. & J. C. King VS. Michael Griffin,
non-suit, plaintiff to pay casts.
James G. Blaine VS.. Daniel Howard,
admir-, non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
R. W. Hicks VS.. B. F. King, non-suit,
plaintiff to pay costs.
Iredell Meares VS.. Daniel Howard,
admir-, non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
Geo. L. Miller IS. George E. Pope,
non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
F. n. Highsmith VS.. Geo. Z. Sim
mons, non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
Rachel Smith VS.. VIM. J. Smith, non-
suit; plaintiff to pay costs.
Bertha Jefferson VS.. Edward Jeffer-
son., non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
Thad F. Tyler VS.. Geo. 7. Bland, con-
tinued.
M. J. Corbett Co. VS.. M. l. Mclean,
tiff to pay costs.
v~y- II D~ourr oIn1r VIC
R. r. Co, non-suit, plaintiff to pay
costs.
Maud Primer VS.. Geo. Primer, non
suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
L. Gay VS.. Mary J. Gay. non-suit,
plaintiff to pay costs.
F. T, Mills VS.. A. c. L. r. R. Co.,
sixty days allowed to file complaint and
so days thereafter allowed to file an
swHr.
Della Hall VS.. Richard Nixon, non-
suit, plaintiff to pay costs:
David Moore VS.. Annie Waddell, con-
tinued, notice to plaintiff to show cause
why should not be non-suited.
City of Wilmington VS.. Wilmington
Homestead & Loan Association, non
suit; plaintiff to pay costs:
Mack McKain VS.. Angola Lumber Co.
non-suit, plaintiff to pay costs.
In re will of Ishan Sweet VS.. Thorn
as Sweet, continued.
Alice E. Williams VS.. A. c. L. r. r.
Co, so days allowed to file complaint
and 60 days thereafter for answer.
Frank w. Rogers vs.. Mary Rogers.
60 days to file complain rand 60 days
thereafter to file answer.
T. E. Burriss VS.. Linn Mills Co, go
days to file complaint and so days
> thereafter to file answer.
/ Margaret Margarham, ct al, VS.. A. g.
Ricoud, judgment against defendant
for costs.
Daniel Robinson VS.. Lydia Robinson,
alias Summons.
A. M~arvonicho1s VS.. J. H. Strauss,
time allowed to file pleadings.
Biddle Purchasing Co. VS.. Owen F.
Love & Co., non-suit, plaintiff to pay
costs.
Sallie Bryan, ct al, VS.. New Hanover
Transit Co, 90 days allowed to file COM