The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-01-09

This week the county received, for
addition to its already extensive legal
library, complete edition of the
Southwestern and Northwestern Re-
porrers, comprising in all three hum
dred volumes, and making this Ii
brary a source of pride to the every
citizen of the county. These books
are for the use of the citizens of the
county, especially for the needs of
the county's legal department in
cluding the various Courts and the
prosecuting attorney. With this re-
cent addition, the library now con-
tains more than fifteen hundred
volumes, all of them embodying in
formation of the utmost Importance
to the conduct of legal procedure in
this county and state, making of the
library one that will meet the needs
of those who may have occasion for
its use.
The Southwestern Reporter en-
braces the reports of cases tried in
the states of Kentucky, Arkansas,
Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas The
fact that many of our laws are
modelled from the laws of these states
makes of necessity the information
contained in these reports.
The Northwestern Reporter in
-eludes the reports of cases tried in
the states of Nebraska, Iowa. Min
nessota, the Dakotas, and Michigan.
The county library depends in its
additions and maintenance upon
fund derived from the receipts of the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court, a law of the state requiring
that fifteen percent of the receipts
of this office be utilized for the Ii
brarys support. Considering that
the library is now of an admirable
extent, and that the receipts of the
future will continue, it is readily
seen that within few year1 the
county will possess a collection of
legal authorities that will meet every
emaginable lagal requirement.
Santa Cruz County Jurist to Preside
Next Week.
Because of the disqualification of
Judge Laine, the cases styled The
First National Bank of Clifton versus
the Clifton Armory company, ct al
and The Sierra de ORC Gold Mining
& Milling company versus The
week be heard in the Greenlee CoUn-
ty Superior Court before Judge w.
a. O'Connor, of the Superior Court
of Santa Cruz county. Judge o.
Connor will arrive in Clifton on the
afternoon of Sunday, and will begin
the hearing of these two cases on
the following day
The total number of marriage Ii
censes issued by Superior Court Clerk
Ben NJ. Crawford and his assistant
Ben Fehrman during the year 1913
is one hundred and siXty-siX Oct of
all the months of the year just end
ed witnessed the greatest proportion
of matrimonial activity in Green
lee county, as during that month
the number of licenses issued was
nineteen.
This week has, in that respect, kept
the Clerk busily engaged, as the Ii
censes issued to the following per-
sons will testify: Hardin Smith and
Miss Pearl Rhea, Herbert S. Clyde
and Miss Alma Mcdowell, c. B.
Basham and Mrs. Eva Nichols, P.
Segonia and Miss Sara Moran, JOS.
Scott and Miss E. Corona.
Chinaman Sues Italian
This week, through Attorney Quiat,
appeared Wong Vow, represented by
his guardian ad litem, Wong Lung
Gong, the plaintiff praying that the
Court declare null and void a GER
tain lease made by the plaintiff, who
at that time as now, was minor,
to Frank Salerno, an Italian mer-
chant of Clifton. The date of the
lease in question was December 1911,
the lease concerning the rental of
one-half of one brick building situa-
ted on lot No. 54, Town of Clifton,
the said lot belonging to the Arizona
Copper company. The plaintiff COM
plains that he at the time of the
making of the lease, which contained
a prpovision that it could be re-
newed at the end of two years, |
a minor, at that time being of the
age of sixteen years, and that he did |
not sign his signature in a
l e l m n er, n d
his age, was not aware that the real
value of the property in question
was considerably more than the
amount, $2100. which the lease stipu-
lated for the two years lately expired
The pprovision of the lease which
permitted the defendant to renew
the lease at the original price is OBJ
jectionable to the plaintiff, who
prays for the Courts permission to
eject the defendant from possession,
the latter apparently being determin-
ed to hold the plaintiff to the ori-
ginal contract price.
Potter Sues the D. C. M. Co.
Dell NJ. Potter versus the Detroit
Copper Mining company is the style
of a suit filed in the Superior Court
this week, the plaintiff praying for
damages in the sum of $4,000 90, al
eging that the defendant, through
the New England Copper company,
during the month of September,
1910, leased from the plaintiff the :