The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-04
In the District Courts

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Every little bit helps and 1t was just
one share of stock of the Georgetown
Gas Light Company presented to George
Howard by John r. Mclean. former
president OF the Washington Gas Light
Company. that Howard held the presi-
dency of the Georgetown corporation for
five years This much was admitted on
the witness stand by Mr.. Howard yes
terday at the hearing of the three suits
pany involving the legal right of that
corporation to hold a certificate for 1850
shares of the Georgetown company be-
fore Justices Stafford and Gould.
This point was brought out to support
the contention that the Washington con-
Germ elected the officers and directed the
affairs of the Georgetown corporation.
The question of the constitutionality of
| the La Toilette anti-merger act is in
volved in the litigation. One suit is by
| the District Commissioners and the sec
| cnd is by Thomas L. Hume, a local stock
broker who sued the Washington COM
pany for distribution among its stock
| holders of the stock in question. The
| third suit was Instituted by the George
town company against the Washington
concern for the cancellation of the GER
tificates for the $3.50 shares of the plain
tifrs stock. The case will be continued
to be conducive to the safety of the per-
son compelled to walk on them. This
was conclusively proved by a jury in
Justice Barnards court yesterday in re-
turning a verdict of 5000 damages IN
favor of Fannie W. Cady. the District
being obliged to foot the bill. Mrs Cady
complained that she was permanently
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in the Municipal Building May "a, 1910
1t took the jury seven hours to get TO-
gether on a verdict.
Good advice is worth its weight in gold.
and reasoning along those lines. John
Milton Hoge. whose will dated July g.
1907, was filed yesterday, inserted in this
instrument the clause lit is my will that
my children shall preserve in their own
rights the amounts received from my es-
tate to use and not abuse. as 1 have
done" The daughters Lulu Ann Hoge
and Mary Leila Hoge are each to receive
$1,000. The trustees of ST. Pauls NJ L.
Church are remembered with $500, while
1900 is to go to each child, namely,
Howard Cutler Hoge, Of Kansas City;
James Bernice Hoge, Edward Augustus
Clyde Hoge, Lulu Ann Hoge and Mary
Leila Hoge. The house at 1221 Harvard
street is to go to the wife, Mrs. Margaret
Virginia Hoge, for life; she is also named
eXecutriX.
Brig. Gen. Alfred G. Girard. U. S. A..
by his will of October %, 1918, directs
that all his personal effects 60 to his
wife, Charlotte Sabine TULANE Girard:
Maj. Isaac c. jerks, u. s. A., and DR.. |
Edmund Barry, with the direction that
same be divided between the wife and
the children, Alice A. wife Of Isaac c. |
jerks; Alfred o. and Violet, wife of Capt. |
Arthur r. Kerwin. u. s. A. The rest of the |
estate is to go to the American Security |
and Trust Company to be held in trust |
and with the direction to pay out of the |
income the sum of SIS a month to the |
wife during life or widowhood; the pay
ments to begin two years after testator's
death. The Army Mutual Aid Association \
is directed to pay to the wife $1,000 The
American Security and Trust Company.is
named executor.
Mary A. Brawley by her will of October
%. 1896, directs that her estate 20 to her
daughters, Kittie Brawley and Sarah B.
Donnelly. Miss Brawley is named exec
utrix.
The will of Caroline B. Landstreet.
dated May 2s. 1918, filed yesterday, directs
that her aunt, Cornelia Landstreet, re-
ceive $1,000 and that the rest 60 to her
aunt. Virginia T. Landstreet George
Whitelock, of Baltimore, is named ex-
ecutor.
A verdict for $4,000. being the full
amount claimed. was given by a jury, in
favor Of the plaintiff. before Justice An
derson yesterday afternoon, in the case
of Madeleine A. King against the Capital
Traction Company.
Mrs. King claimed that when her hus-
band was in the act of crossing Penn
sylvania avenue at Sixth street, about
s:3o p. m. April 5. 1911, he was struck
by a car of the Capital Traction Conn
pany, running at an unlawful rate of
speed, and sustained injuries from which
be died alta hospital on April Il. Thei
full amount allowed by the statute to be
sued for in such cases is $1,000 and IL
was claimed that Mr.. King was, at the
time. retired from the navy on a salary
Of a.Go per annum. and left his widow
and three children.
The case was vigorously contested by
the Capital Traction Company upon the
ground that no liability existed because
,f negligence on The part OF the plaintiN.
Mrs. King was represented by attorneys
Wilton j. Lambert. F. R. Whippler and
H. Yeatman. On behalf Of the Capital
fraction Company the case was argued