The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-05
SupremeC Court Has Most
Important Session
in Years.
CASES
ARE TO BE HE RID
Appeal in Saunders Damage
Suit Will Be Argued Green
Parker and Insane Hospital
Suits Have Matured-R.,
+. g P. Tax Matter
Comes First.

comes f1rSr.
In his connection OF fifteen years
with the Supreme Court OF Appeals.
Clerk FL. Stewart Jones has never. ne
says, seen a docket with 30 many im-
pUrtant cases as that which Will be
taken up when the court convenes In
Its winter session on next Wednesday.
Not only In criminal cases, In rail-
way rate cases, In cases involving taxa
ton by the state. Is the docket rich IN
matters of public Importance, but there
are in addition many civil suits be-
tween private parties, which for their
magnitude and In the moment OF
the legal points at issue, Will be fol-
lowed with keencst interest by the
public.
or especial note to Richmond poo
pie because of It's history Is the case
or the Williams Printing Company
against Clyde w. Saunders. on an ap-s
peal. In this suit Saunders was given
a verdict OF $1,000 damages in the Law
and Equity Court or Richmond against
the Williams Printing Company and
one A. a. Yodcr, as a result OF an ar
ticle published by Yodcr. The publish
ing house was held responsible. 1t ap-j
pealed to the Supreme Court. This
case is No. so on the argument docket,
and Will probably not be reached until;
after the Christmas holidays.
Meredith and Cooke are the attorneys
FOR the appellant, and Scott, Buchanan;
e Caldwell and David II. Leake are
counsel for tile appellee.
old Cluim Up.
The exceedingly interesting case OF
Green and Parker's administrators
against. Mayrc. Auditor, is case No. o..
srhis is, OF course. q suit against the
and the Attorney-Gen-
eral will defend the appeal. Many years
ago Green and Parker rendered SER
vices in connection with attempted set
Elements of portion OF the State debt,
and commissions are claimed by their
aoministralors. Judgment was given
In favor Of the state IN the clrculs
Court of sne city of Richmond. the
4plaintins appealing
Another case in which I he state Is
Interested IS 4 hat of the W stern stat
Hospital Board against the General
Board Of Directors OF the state Hospi-
ltsls Tor the insane. also from the Clr>
tcuit Court or R1chmonu. This involves
the Murkland will, which gave an es'
tate in Amherst county. near Lyncn,
burg, to the trustees of the Hosplta
for the Insane at Staunton to be uses
In purchasing additional comforts fol
the inmates CT that institution. Stdne,
h. Murkland, the testator, l-ynch
!: burg man, so willed his property II
gratitude for the Kindness shown hi nj;
son, an inmate Of the hospital. Late
lan effort was madc to use the propsrt!
i for the State Epileptic colony. the pro
i ceedings being stopped by legal means
lAnother property has now been 8pur
/ ichased for this purpose, on Whlch tn
colony will be established. It appear
that to clear the title to the propert!
The Western Hospital trustees paid OF
some judgments agatnst Mr. Murklanc
The whole matter was before the Leg
islature at Its last session.
Railway Tax Case.
3ii5 First OF ali the cases on the docke
lis that OF the commonwealth asalns
Richmond, fredericksburg and Potoma
4 Railway Company, the test case p
(which 1t is hoped to make the rSllWa
9ipay taxes to the State on the sam
basis as that paid by other roads IDS n
Echarter eXempts 1t from ataAatiop g
y any kind, the claim being that becaus
isof amendments to the charter, accept
ei BY. the. road. 1t has lost its right t
4 seXemp ton. "
a On the Commonwealth docket com
Il the cases OF W. Dallas sWri ght, Rich
ard Perkins and Ed. j ones, the me
& convicted OF the murder of the Stuar
.asbrothers. in Buckingham county. a.
4: are under sentence of d eath. the grant
ling of the appeal acting as q stay q
4 Frank G. thornton, the charlott
Il 3l!bankerS given a penitentiary sentenc
lin connection with the bank failur'
! also has an appeal to- be. heard earl
!. in the session. y
ss Following the Common1Xeal tn cke
he rate case Of the Washington
Southern is to be heard on a n appet
! from the State Corporation Commis
sion. The road seeks To- Shayesit It's mas
, imun intrasta te.Ss8 passenge rat tes "
/ creased from 2 to- 8 cents q mile. u
n commits allowed Si to- charge 2;
cents, but was no t sa atistied wi thTt tn
ii sconcessi on, iis9
& Large amounts Of money are Il
/, 4 4l8volVed irs sund civil sui tss Oh al
AZ to come up. The d doc clSet IS sfairly larg
q Il SO includes, N of % ollrse, q ONE s III
against the Camp fanufaot oturin ngss Con
!, v 5 any. s that corporal ion NVhic h. is:
's5much In the courts, sl, ,' tssssS
Y Y No,yembelal7 will be I h ies court IS fir'
8 opinion day, hen dee isions w IL;
-4rendered sin ca sesa hea I'd b IA t9E Staunte
-S3dnring the u summer sessio The FIR
4 shcases heard here xvi Il RI be lee ided
8 #sNovembersS 2 or s, tn less the cou
Ito Gu tss q v " al Op ptntonssS
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