The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-16
RECORD OF THE COURTS.

Business was very quiet around the
courthouse yesterday. Judge Coleman
was engaged in the first division of the
circuit court trying the case of Mrs. e.
NJ. Chestnut VS.. Mayor and Aldermen of
Birmingham. The case was carried over
from last week and will probably take
the entire day today to finish
In. the second division of the circuit
court Judge Lane was engaged yester-
day on the non-jury docket. The fol-
lowing cases were disposed of:
Schwartz Eustis company VS.. Kennedy
Furniture company, assumpsit; judgment
nil DIGIT for $2o3oS
II. F. Gray VS.. F. M. Dean; dismissed
for want of prosecution.
S. Hall VS.. ]. w. Allen, assumpsit;
judgment nil DIGIT $3.50.
Bert Pool VS.. C. Skeadry; dismissed.
Drake & Mason VS.. E. e. Brockman;
judgment for SIS.
Circuit Court Docket.
The following docket is set for trial in
the circuit court today before Judge
Lane: Ellie Goldsby VS.. the Great Home
Industrial association, appeal; California
Fruit Cider company VS.. A. c. Morris,
appeal; Aaron >McAfee VS.. Henry Jack
son, appeal David Sails VS.. Scott Par
ker, appeal William Hall VS.. Jonas
Schwab company, appeal; Fillmore
Sewall VS.. BARREL &c Letaw, appeal; Ed
Patterson VS.. S. ]. Brentle Investment
company, appeal; M. e. Williams VS..
b. w. May, appeal; Belle of Bourbon
company VS.. Fred Zoni ct al, appeal;
Joe Reynolds C Co. VS.. DR.. William Will
son, appeal.
New Suits Filed.
The following suits were filed in the
office of the circuit court yesterday:
Clark Hayes VS.. Jerry Perkins, suit in
ejectment.
J. j. Perry, administrator, sues the Biz
mingham Railway Light and Power COM
pany for $4,000 damages for the death
of Maggie Perry aged seven years, who,
1t is alleged, was struck and fatally in
jured by a street car on March %, 1907.
John c. Washington, as administrator
of the estate of Henry Allen, sues the
Woodward Iron company for $4,000 dam
ages for death of intestate, alleged to
have been fatally injured while working
in defendants mine.
J. II. Burton vs. Thomas Leslie is the
title of a suit instituted by the plaintiff,
who alleges he is the only elected clerk
and treasurer of Adamsville, to compel
the defendant to surrender all the money
and books in his custody as former clerk
and treasurer.
The following suits were filed in the
city court yesterday:
Will Gardner, administrator, sues the
Birmingham Ore company for $4,000 dam
ages for the death of Henry Gardner, al
legged to have been killed by rock falling
from roof of mine.
Maud A. Bowers VS.. Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company. Plain
tiff claims $500 damages, alleging she was
carried past her station.
Peter Marcus vs.. Southern Railway
company. Plaintiff claims $500 for prop
erty alleged to have, been lost in transit.
Criminal Court.
Judge Weaver disposed of big batch
of misdemeanor cases in the second di-
vision of the criminal court yesterday.
Seven convictions were had and Tom
William Cornelius, charged with pistol
toting. Cornelius went out in the woods
near Ketona mines to indulge in little
private practice. and while so employed
shot into a store. narrowly missing a
woman. Judge Weaver took occasion. to
say that he was determined, so far as he
was able to abolish pistol toting and
would impose the full penalty for this
offense. Cornelius was fined $3.50 In adj
dition to three months in jail.
Oscar Linn was fined $50 for violating
the revenue law.