The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-12
DISTRICT COURT.
First Week of November Civil Term-New
Member of Bar Observation-Disclosures of
Business Transacted TO Date.


Business Transacted TO Date
The regular November term of civil dis
trict court for the parish of Ascension
was convened at the courthouse in this
city at 10 o'clock last Monday forenoon,
with Judge Paul Leche on the bench and
full attendance of court officers and
members of the bar. Sessions of the
judicial body were also held on Wednes-
day and Friday, and a record of the bust
ness transacted at the three sittings is
presented herewith:
Simon Leblanc VS.. Donaldsonville Rice
Mill and R. N. Sims; exception as to Sims
filed, and, by consent of counsel, continued
to Monday, Nov, IA, for trial; default en-
tered as to rice mill.
Consolidated Portrait and Frame Co. VS..
A. ". Norton ct ais; commission issued to
take testimony in Cook county, Illinois, re-
turnable on or before Dec. 10, 1910.
Mrs. Euranie Willard VS.. Vincent R.
Willard; plaintiff granted absolute divorce.
Louis Dehon VS.. 0dille Cook ct ais; de-
fault entered.
Rebecca Summers VS.. Parlor Summers;
plaintiff granted absolute divorce.
Simpson Computing Scale Co. VS.. Felix
Sagona; default entered.
Joseph Wallace VS.. Florian Weber; suit
for divorce: default entered.
Byrd McCrory VS.. j. L. Bradford and C.
B. McManus; judgment rendered in favor
Of plaintiff annulling tax sale, and order
ing plaintiff to refund to said Bradford
and MeManus the amount of all taxes
paid out by them, together with 5 per
cent interest.
Picard & Geismar, Ltd. VS.. Peoples
Trust and Savings Bank: injunction dis
solved and plaintiffs suit dismissed; mo-
ton for new trial filed and fixed for Mon
day. Nov. IA.
Francis Valley VS.. Babin Bros. ct ais:
exception fled and fixed for Thursday.
Nov. II. The same action was taken in
the cases of SEVERN CAVITY, Vim. Griffin
and W. B. Allen versus the same de-
fendants.
American Soda Fountain Co. vs. James
Theodore; default entered.
David j. Mckay VS.. Gonzales &
Albritton; judgment for plaintiff for $2O5,
with Z per cent interest from July III,
1909.
Duffel ct ais. VS.. Duffel ct ais. judgment
rendered deereeing partition of property.
Robert Powers VS.. Henry Guedry; ex-
ception filed and fixed for Wednesday,
Nov. IS.
Mrs. NJ. O. Willard VS.. Adelard MiIlet;
default entered; exception fled
American Publishing and Engraving Co.
vs. c. Winter: appeal from fourth ward
justice court; tried and taken under adj
visement.
North British Mercantile and Insurance
Co. vs.. R. n. Sims; exception oyerruled;
default entered.
Peoples Trust and Savings Bank vs.. C.
H. Dixon; default entered.
A pleasant incident of Wednesdays
session was the introduction to the court.
by Attorney c. c. Weber. Of Clyde ST.
Amant, a prominent young citizen of the
seventh ward, who recently graduated
from the law department of the Louisiana
State University and viii locate in this
city for the practice of his profession.
Mr.. St. Amant presented his credentials.
which were duly accepted and ordered
spread on the minutes of the court.
Judge Leche extended the young lawyer
a cordial welcome to the legal arena. and
he was also graeiously received and
earnestly congratulated by the members
of the local bar.
After disposing of all the cases on the
docket for yesterday, court adjourned I'M
til 10 o'clock a. M. next Monday, Nov IA.