The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-11-07
DISTRICT COURT.

Regular Civil Term Convened and
Machinery of Law Set in Motion
in Large Number of suits-Ree'
orP of Business Transacted.
A regular civil term of district
court for the parish of Ascension
was convened Monday forenoon, with
Judge Charles T. Workman on the
bench and all officers present. Ses.
sions of the judicial body were held
Wednesday and &Hriday, also, and the
machinery of the law was set in
motion in an unusually large number
of suits, some of them involving large
amounts and presenting interesting
legal points that will have an I'M
| portant bearing on the jurisprudence
of the state. A record of business
transacted to date is contained in
the following summary:
| Defaults entered-L. V. Dominique
| VS.. City of Donaldsonville and Rob-
ert E. Dill, tax collector; U. A. Rous-
seau VS.. same Defendants; Chicago
Portrait Co. VS.. J. E. DeArmond;
Pierre Murray VS.. Sarah Castor; Leo.
Martin vs. Mary Younger; Emily Lo-
land VS.. C. w. Floyd; Joseph Per
kins VS.. Lydia Adams; A. Wilbert'' S
lsons' Lumber and Single Co. VS.. A.
D. Vega, Jr.;, George w. Blum ct
ais. VS.. O. S. Broussard ct ais; Will
| lie Acy VS.. w. H. Rapier; S. B. Bar
man VS.. Jacob Sheets; Wash Dayie
& Co. VS.. Vincent Deleo;i Peoples
Bank, in liquidation, VS.. Frank K.
Sims; same VS.. E. c. Wathen and
Emile LeBoeuf; same VS.. R. N.
Sims; Bank of Donaldsonville, in Ii
quotation, VS.. Julia Fevrier; same
VS.. Charles Maurin; same VS.. Coren-
tin Pons; same vs. Habib Shaheen;
same VS.. Mrs Lucille Terrio; same
vs. R. N and F. K. Simss same VS..
R.. N. Sims; same VS.. Louis Dehon,
K. and R. N. Sims; same VS.. Belle
Helene Cooperative Sugar Co.. same
vs.. Landry Bros. and Edmond Ri
chard; Eph Rosenberg vs.. E. c.
| Wathen.
Kess1er Bros. VS.. Peoples Bank of
| DonaldsonVille, in liquidation; judg-
ment for plaintiffs, recognizing them
as the owners of certain coupons de-
/ posted in the Peoples Bank for col
lection prior to the failure of that
institution; defendant ordered to pay
+all costs.
Bank of Donaldsonville, in liquid
alton, VS.. Louis Dehon; judgment for
plaintiffs for $34, 259.30, with interest
at 8 n cent per annum on the fol-
loWjbes amounts: $27, 800 from Jan.
II, @9g14; $4,000 from Dec. 1, 1918;
$4,000 from Nov. /, 1913, and s759.30
from Aug. Is, 1912.
B. V. Redmond & Son VS.. Charles
| Maurin; exceptions oVerruled; an
sWer filed.
Metropolitan Bank VS.. ]. NJ. Fer
rel; exception overruled; default en-
Hen Kenny VS.. Janyier Marchand
ct ais. ;Wmotion to dissolve Injunction
filed
Marcel Hebert VS.. Paul Decoteau;
fixed for Nov. II.
Davenport Locomotive Works vs.
Lemann Co., Ltd; motion filed by
counsel for plaintiffs, asking that
case be fixed for trial as early as
convenient, provided counsel on
case before the court and not before
a jury.
Augusta T. Tillman VS.. Gilbert Till
man; plaintiff granted absolute di-
voice.
F. L. Trepagnier VS.. Mary E.
Jones; preliminary judgment render
ed ordering defendant to return to
matrimonial domicile.
Metropolitan Bank VS.. Hotel Donald
son and J. E. Blum; exception with
drawn, answer filed, and case fixed
for Nov. 12
Metropolitan Bank VS.. Dominick
Casso and Joseph T. Cafiero; excep-
ton withdrawn, answer filed, and
case fixed for Nov 70.
Philip Carey Co. VS.. Donaldsonville
A-muz-u Company and R. l.. Stewart;
Judgment rendered sustaining excep-
ton of no cause of action as to A
muz-u Co.
Metropolitan Bank VS.. G. A. and
Joseph Gondran; exceptions of want
OF interest and no cause of action
filed and overruled; commission or
dered to take testimony in and out
OF state, returnable Nov. II: motion
granted ordering books of Peoples
Bank to be produced in open court;
case fixed for Nov. r.
Janvier Marchand ct ais. VS.. Amos
Nye ct ais; exceptions as to verifi-
cation of petition and no cause of
action, and rule to dissolve Injunction.
filed by counsel for defendant: ex
ceptlon OF no cause of action over
ruled.
An information charging larceny
was filed by District Attorney Gil
bert against Edward Sanford. The
accused being present in court, was
arraigned, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to six months in jail.
Court adjourned to Wednesday.