The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-19
District Court Business Transacted.

case. his claim as listed was ordered
paid.
Final account of receiver in case OF
w. H. Bradford VS.. w. j. Drewett
Lumber Co, account homolgated and
bond of receiver ordered cancelled.
Divorce proceedings in cases of Sara
j. Deem VS.. Edward w. Deem and Geor-
gia Shelby VS.. Dave Shelby, judgment
of absolute divorce granted to the wives
in both cases.
A. M. Dean VS.. L. R. & N. Railway
Co., suit for personal injuries, judgment
for So, 900 damages in favor of Dean,
with per cent interest until paid.
A. j. Evans, charged with conduct
ing illegal insurance, $500 bond forget
ed for failure to appear.
E Evans and J. G. Lawlis, charged
jointly with manslaughtsr, bonds for
81, 900 forfeited for failure to appear
for trial.
Robert Swafford, charged with rob-
berry, bond for $50 forfeited for failure
to appear.
j. F. Ball Bros, Lumber Co. VS., Ira
Brown, judgment rendered in accor-
dance with compromise agreement.
Myer Bros. Ltd. VS.. Tillman Bros.
B. E. Rambo opponent, judgment dis
missing opposition at cost of opponent
Big Pine Lumber Co. VS.. Hamilton
Spikes, injunction sustained, restrain
ing Spikes from interfering with plain
|tiffs.
On motion of counsel for plaintiffs,
voluntary non-suits were entered in the
following cases, and same dismissed at
cost of the plaintiffs, viz: T. o. Hart
VS.. j. F. Ball, E. F. Turner VS.. j. F..
Ball, ]. T. Busby VS.. ]. F. Ball and
F. P. Brister vs.. j. F. Ball.
]. F. Ball Bros. Lumber Co. VS.. VIM.
Henderson, on account of absence of
witnesses, continued to February term
of court.
Winfield Mercantile Co. VS.. j. A.
Gallon, judgment of lower court af-
firmed in favor of plaintiffs, with costs
of both counts against defendant. Gal
lion.
N. L. Bird vs.. c. w. Phillips, judg-
ment reviving judgment in favor of
plaintiff Bird for the sum of $l70, with
8 per cent per annum interest from
Jan. 10, 1901.
w. j. Martinez & Bro. VS.. 7. M.
Bradford, judgment for plaintiffs for
$500 20, with interest at per cent per
annum from Sept ri, 1912.
| Bank of Colfax VS.. A. w. Lewis,
judgment in favor of plaintiff.
i c. R. Lowell vs.. Thomas Biddle,
Judgment in favor of plaintiff.
i s. C. Dreyfus Co. VS.. Mrs. M. E.
Buckner, judgment for plaintiffs.
| DR.. Philip Goode VS.. L. R. & N. Co.
Judgment in favor of plaintiff Goode in
lower court affirmed, with costs.
! Divorce proceedings in two cases,
Vina Vaughn, wife, VS.. Walter Russell,
husband, and Hattie Kimball VS.. John
Kimball, judgment of divorce in both
cases granted in favor of wives.
/ The grand jury made it's final report
on Wednesday, after session of seven
days, having examined n cases, and
finding 80 true bills, and also returning
list of no true bills. In relation to
the public roads of the parish, they re-
ported that while the roads were bad in
some places for lack of work, the po-
lice jury is making diligent efforts to
have them worked, by providing road
working equipments, which is meeting
with general public approval, and they
recommend that the police jury get still
further equipments, in order that all Of
the roads can be effectually worked.
They also recommend that logging To-
comotives be required to have screened
smoke stacks in order to prevent dam
! ger from firing the woods.
Thursday was mainly taken up in the
. trial of the case of the Iatt Lumber
Co., Ltd, VS.. Hart-Behrens Lumber
Co., involving one of the N. o. Pacific
homestead contest cases, and court adj.
!. journed from Thursday evening to Sat
urday morning to try two or three cases
set for trial.
Petit juries are drawn for the next
two weeks, and the time of the court
will be taken I'D principally in the tria