The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-17
RECORD OF THE COURTS

ah' hSdlu py JudBe A. A. COleman III the circuit court yesterday. The cause was that of J. A. Turner vs R.
 CaraYello, the suit being brought by
 MT. Turner, mayor of Adamsville, who alleges that the defendant said he 1 eTurner) burned the records of his of-
 flee. The suit is one of long standing
 and the attorneys on both sides having i abandoned tho case neither the plaintiff l nor the defendant was represented yes l terday morning when the case was called. Both elected, however, to con- l duct their side of the case and the
 court ordered them to proceed. The i trial assumed many amusing phases in
 the manner in which it was conducted. The case was submitted to the jury 1 early yesterday afternoon and after 1 being out a short time verdict was ] agreed upon. The plaintiff was award l ed s1 damages. The original suit was i for $10, 900 damages.
 l When the case of Mrs Annie Mag
 ness vs. John Anderson ct al. was called 1 in the circuit court yesterday after
 noon it was agreed for the second time l to continue the case. The suit is one l for damages said to have been sus-
 tained by Mrs. 4aagness in being shot 1 in the leg on the occasion when De-
 tectiye Sam Hamilton was killed while
 in an effort to recover the custody of Mrs. Magness' children in their fath- l CTS name
 Several cases in which the board of trustees of University of Alabama was
 the plaintiff were disposed of by Judge Lane in. the circuit court yesterday All of the suits, which were against M. M. Nichols, Felix I. Parsons and J. B. Norris ct al., were for the possession of certain lands and the jury in all three cases returned verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs awarding them tho lands sued for. The fourth of these
 cases is on trial, S. F. Quinn being tho defendant.
 In the first division of the city court yesterday Judge Ferguson presiding, the following cases were disposed of
 A. J. Terrell vs. Birmingham Railway, ! Light and Power company, judgment 1 by consent for $3S; H. K. White vs.
 Madge Taylor. judgment for s196.25'
 Mrs. Lillian Blasingame vs. Mrs. A. M
 Edwards, appeal dismissed. The case
 of K H. Wilson vs. Birmingham Rail way, Light and Power company is on
 trial
 In the second division of the city court. Judge Senn presiding. the case l of Thomas H. Ruffin vs. Birmingham
 Railway, Light and Power company oc- cupied the entire day.
 The case of Charles Edward Mat thews. administrator, vs. Birmingham
 Railway, Light and Power company .s
 on trial before Judge Sharpe in the
 third division of the city court. The suit is to recover damages for the
 death of a little child, run over by an Ayondale car near Fifth avenue and
 Fortieth street some time ago.
 In the chancery court cases were acted upon yesetrday as follows; B. F. Singleton vs George Tribble, submitted
 for final decree; D. J. Wright vs. J. A. Story ct al, dismissed
 In the first division of the ertrnlnal court the case of Fritz Braun. the for mer watchman at Loveman, Joseph % 1 I,oeb's department store, was called yes l terday morning. Braun is charged with 1 larceny from the store at which he was formerly employed, it being alleged that he took goods valued at several thousand
 dollars from the store. The defendant
 asked for a continuance on the ground that his attorney, B. M. Allen, was en- gagged in the trial of a, case in the city court. After some argument about the
 matter, Judge Howze agreed to continue
 the case until this morning. Attorney R. E. Smith filed in the crim- inal court yesterday a motion for the
 transfer of three criminal cases pending
 against Charles M. Haralson from the
 criminal court in Birmingham to the city court of Bessemera
 The following other cases were acted
 upon in the first division of the criminal
 court yesterday: Will Allen. assault with intent to murder, forfeiture and alias;
 Peter Lewis, plea of guilty to grand lar ceny charge; Jesse Johnson, burglary,
 plea of guilty; Alex Young, grand lar
 ceny plea of guilty.
 Circuit Court Docket. In Judge Colemans division of the cir cult court the following cases are set for
 trial today:
 Doster- -Northington Drug Go. vs J. P. Meroney, aSSumpS1L, EuSdT " aiiace Ns. B. Garden, damages E. E. Forbes Piano Co. vs. R. c. Lewis, assumpsit; Florence Lindsay vs. William Keith, detinhe; Charles Abbott vs. Western Union Tele- graph Co.,, damages.
 The following cases are set for hearing in Judge Lane's division of the circuit
 court today:
 Clemmie A. Day vs. Birmingham Rail-
 way, Light and Power company, dam
 ages; Mrs. E. B. Glaze .vs. Gernian-Amer-
 ican Insurance company, assumpst; Lucy Ayres Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, damages; Rosa Maddox vs. Birmingham Railway, Light | and Power company, damages; Marion A. | Lawrence vs. Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, damages chancery Court Docket. | In the chancery court the following | cases are set for hearing today l Ida J. Dye vs. John H. Dye; Long-Lewis | Hardware Co. vs. Rush Randall; Long, Lewis Hardware Co. vs. William c. l, Loatsch; E. w. Fucker vs. Rowena Lee, | ct al; John Powell vs. Minerva Powell; | Thomas Carr vs. Ellen Carr. c. Y. Harris vs Hattie Harris; Elijah Clay vs. Cora Clay. Southern Steel company ys c F