The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-01-12
CIRCUIT COURT
CONTINUED
Father And Daughter AT Law. Other
Cases 60 Over-- Court Takes Recess
Until January 16


run Oencn present
K. Co. which was expected to be the
as also the case oi BOYD VS.. r. b. x
James VS.. }. X White, 2dmlnistrator
ceased, was put on trial before the
following lurE;-ilenry ilaSer, F0re-
man; John +: larbutton, John l.; war
ner, James l.. watts, EIwood balder-
Stton, bayard C0nrey, John Il. Chap-
koach, Lyman Mauldin, J. cecil BlleS'
OF writ OF repieVn when Mrs: Ida
M. James issued to recover morse
and piano which her father, the de-
1endant IN the case, claimed to be the
property OF his deceased wife, put
which she AYERS IS her property: Inc
writ was served by Sherilt MIX on
the morning OF the sale, when the ad-
mlnlStrator was haVing OF the enects
VI lile uceC"Seu anu tlic oiieli'i 'ooh
charge OF the property III question:
Mrs. James, the plaintiff, wasthe first
witness examined. In support of her
her she testified that she had bought
the piano in question from Saunders
and Stayman, OF Baltimore, through
their agent, Prof, Edward Lynch, OF
this county. She produced the con-
tract, under which the piano was
bought, which was signed by herself
and Prof. Lynch, on the part OF the
Company, and also produced receipts
Ia Ia, t.,- Ia,
as they had been made on the piano,
plan. She testified that it had been
paid for by her with her own money,
some OF which ad been given to her at
various times by her uncle, DR.. Peo-
pies, and some by her husband, and
also some that she had saved from her
own revenue. She testified further
that her uncle, DR.. Peoples, had given
her horse and new set OF harness
and that her father had afterwards sold
this horse for thirty-fve dollars (S35)
and later on turned over to her sor
r@rrorSe "JOe', the one that was re
pi,tined.
Cross examined, she said that she
had been married three years in June,
or two years before her mothers
death, and that shortly after her mar
riage at her mothers request, she came
back home to live with her and re-
manned until her death
Doctor Peoples was next called to
the stand and testified that he had
given the plaintiff the horse and har-
ness in fee simple and without reser-
walton and that numbers OF times had
given her money to pay on the piano
or to II S she saw fit. The plain
tiff ther n ID.
N,F1r Il%m o. 1se, Otis White, son of
the defendant John r. White, was the
first witness called He testified that
the piano was bought in the Spring of
1908, and that his mother had bought it,
That itw as paid for partly in cash
by his mothers money, which his ia
ther had collected for rents due her and
handed over to the firm and also by
an organ of his mothers, which was
given as part payment He stated
that he, his mother and father, Mrs
James and Louisa Gainor and Prof.
Lynch were all present when the piano
was bought and the bargain made.
When questioned about the horse, he
stated that it came from Dr. Peoples,
and first said that it belonged to his
llotlel, Dut dltclWdTuS Salu he dlu not
know exactly to whom it belonged,
whether his mother or sister He tes-
tilted that the horse had been traded
off and SEQ difference given for the
sorrel horse Joe" When cross-ex-
amined, he admitted that he said on
the cars on his way to Elkton to the
preliminary hearing that he wished he
was out OF the case and didn't want to
make either side mad and that he
would testify that the horse belonged
to his mother and sister both.
John R. White was then called to the
stand. Mr.. CLAYTON, counsel for the
plaintiff, aske dthe Court to hold this
witnesses down because OF his peculiar
relations to the case as defendant in
the capacity of administrator OF his
deceased wifes property Mr.. White
testified that his wife had died the
first part of last October, that he had
made payments to the amount OF $50