The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-03
COURT CLEANS Up
THE WHOLE DOCKET.
Judge DiSpOseS Of Every
Matter on Hand
HOMER GREENE DEFENDS THE
LEGAL PROFESSION - MANY
APPOINTMENTS MADE.


With an avowed determination to
lean up everything on the docket,
udge Alonzo T. Searle presided at
special session of Court, Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, and took oc-
aston to thank the lawyers for the
|ourtesies they had shown him dur
ng the past two years, when he sat
bn the bench by appointment of Gov
,rnor Edwin S. Stuart.
E" want to thank all the lawyers
or the courtesies of the past two
Years" he said. A good bar makes
good bench. AS a Judge | shall |
bndeavor to sustain the reputation
Ind aid in supporting the standard !
bf every lawyer at the Bar. | shall |
give to the people of other counties
he best reputation of you possible.
want it to stand where it has, of |
being one of the best in the State
f any lawyer feels that he has not |
been treated rightly just come to
me, and We'll try to see that justice
hnd fairness is done to all"
During the course of the session |
Homer Greene. Esq, took occasion
to relieve his feelings" abe ex-
pressed it concerning an article'which |
he saw in Golfers Weekly" at !
lacking the integrity of members of
- the legal profession. waXed con-
siderably indignant" vehemently ex-
claimed Mr.. Greene by way of intro
duction to a sweeping denial of the
charges in SO far as they affected
Wayne county lawyers. q" So far as
the Bar of Wayne county is concern
ed, he continued, u cannot con-
ceive of any set of lawyers more
faithful to their clients than those of
Wayne county. | feel that the mem
bers of the Wayne Cuunty Bar have
been of high grade, learned in the
law and faithful and skillful."
In the cases of the Lake Lodore
Improvement Company against Ly-
man Buckland, Joshua A. Brown,
John Sensentine, Charles Buckland,
George E. Giles, the Court drew an
order awarding an issue and in order
to protect the rights of the defend
ants made the Lake Lodore Improve
ment Company plaintiff, and the 9TH
er parties defendants.
In the case of the Commonwealth
versus Leona Lord the Court directed
that a fieri facias issue in the Court
of Oyer and Terminer to collect the
costs of the trial. " This is the first
case | can find of it in Oyer and Ter
miner" remarked the Judge, " but l
think there is ample authority for
i it."
In the matter of the distribution
of the moneys in the hands of Alex
Il ander Correll, surviving executor of
William Correll, late of Lake town
ship, deceased, Judge Searle stated
that he had written short opinion
dismissing the exceptions and con-
firming the auditors report absolute
- ly.
In the matter of appointing inspec-
tors to examine a reinforced concrete
bridge over the Little Equinunk
creek in Manchester township, the
Court appointed as inspectors under
the old Act, Messrs. A. V. Tyler,
John BENEFIT and Elijah Teeple.
- don't know how many of you,' -
said Judge Searle, have examined
the Act of 1911, ! notice Judge End
Itch declared it unconstitutional. l
have appointed the inspectors under
the old Act.
81 believe" continued the Judge,
that disposes of every matter that
is in my hands. If the lawyers have
anything in their hands / can dis
pose of l would be glad to do it."
Under the head of motions the
Court in the case of the Common
wealth versus Carl Howe, granted a
rule on the Sheriff of Wayne county
to pay the costs to the County Treas
urer.
The Court also stated that the
costs in the Carl Howe case ought to
be collected, suggesting that "Lacka.
wanna county ought TO be proceeded
against at once"
That's a matter" said Attorney
w. II. Lee, that the new Attorney
for the county commissioners car
take up at once"
Homer Greene presented a motor
amending the original statement ir
the matter of c. A. Cortright & SoI
versus Kreitner Bros, The Wayne
Concrete Supply and Construction
Company and Pierce and Baker, sui
having been brought by the frs
named, recently, against the above
mentioned defendants for $4,000
damages, charging the collapse of thu
Cortright concrete barn, October 25
1911, to have been due to the negli
gence of the three aforesaid firms
The amendment was allowed.
The Judge thought ii would b.
better to have two weeks of Court il
March, as there are several case
which he will be unable to try, not
ably the case of Joseph Menner VIII,
is suing the borough of Honesdal
to recover $4,000 for injuries in
Cured in runaway accident, Jul
II, 1911, at Fifteenth and Yves
streets, when he was thrown from
wagon, sustaining injuries whic
made him a cripple for life. Tn
Judge was an unfortunate witness O
the case, and it is probable that h
will be called upon to testify at tn
trial, as the attorney for the plai
tiff, Homer Greene, stated that n
was going to issue subpoena 70
him.
K. A. Richardson and e. M. Hol
ton were appointed auditors OF tn