El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-30
NO JURIEs UNTIL
NEW BILL PASSES
COchise Roads to Be I'm
proved; Much Court
Business Transacted.

Tombstone. Ariz., March 30-There
! viii be no grand jury OF trial jury
I drawn in COchise county until the
emergency bill now before the legisla-
ture is passed and becomes a law. A
bill remedying the present defect in
the old law. which requires the juries
10 be drawn by the probate judge. clerk
OF the court and sheriff has already
been introduced in both houses of the
legislature and passed to the second
reading
For Good Roads.
The board Of supervisors had up for
discussion the roads Of COChise county
and it is the determination Of the
board to take definite steps to fix up
I first class roads in the county. The
I clerk was instructed TO advertise for
/ bids for the furnishing of a carload
Z Of CulVerts and an elevated grader and
/ scraper. Bids will be opened at the
| next meeting Of the board.
] Considerable business was transact
/ ed in the superior court during the past
] The case of Cook VS.. trustees of the
J Douglas school district for wages was
9 taken up and the demurrer to the com
I plant sustained and judgment given to
/ the defendants. oral notice OF appeal
The case of Nelson VS.. the board OF
! supervisors for damages arising out OF
storm ditch built near Douglas was
I continued until May 6.
The case Of the Arizona Insurance
company VS.. the city of Bisbee was
again taken up before the court and
some new evidence introduced by at
Z tOrney tlan1gan for the city. The case
Z was argued and was taken under ad-
visement until April 10, when a decis-
ion viii be rendered.
An order was entered on the min
utes fixing Wednesday. April g. as the
date for hearing the return on the sale
of real estate in the II. B. HanscOm es-
tate
The case Of VIM. Kline vs. Joe and
Ida Kline involves the question Of title
to property in Douglas. The case viii
probably take at least two days to try,
as there are a large number OF wit
nesses on both sides TO be heard.
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany has brought suit i'm the superior
court against Tom Fulghum 10 quiet
title to a part Of a section of land
living i'm the vicinity of Wilcox. which
the company claims was decided to il by
the government at the time of right
Ofway was granted the company
In the case OF Aurelia B. Sparks VS..
John Sparks. of Douglas i'm the sd
perior court q Judgment was rendered
to the plaintiff Tor the sum Of $4,000
The plaintiff originally brought suit
in Los Angeles for divorce and ALI
mony She was given a decree Of df-
vOrce and awarded $4,000 for mainte-
nance The judgment ives transferred
to this court and an acton brought TO
recover the amount of the judgment
The case viii probably he appealed.
Bisbee Insurance Case.
In the argument OF the insurance case
against the city of Bisbee. city attor-
ney Flanagan presented new phase of
the case that has probably not been
brought before the attention of any
court I'm the state. He cOntended that
under the provisions of the cOnstitu-
ton which require that foreign cor
poratiOns may not do business under
more favorable conditions than are
prescribed Tor domestic corporations
and that inasmuch as the agent OF a
domestic corporation would De liable
for the tax, the agent OF a foreign cor
pOratiOn would also be liable thereto I
The case win be decided by judge SUIT
ter on April 10.
Ordered Released.
A telegram was received from attor-
ney general Wickersham at Washing
ton last evening by sheriff Wheeler
authorizing him to release from Gus
tOdy. Diego Mendoza. who has been held
in the county Jail under sentence for
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