The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-05-06
OH! LOOK WHAT'S HERE!
Gonzales Depot Case Subject OF An
other Court Ruling

other Court Ruling
Another chapter in the now famous
Gonzales depot case was written on
the gath proximo, when the supreme
court of Louisiana handed down a
decision denying the writ of prohibit
ton prayed for by Assistant Attorney
General w. NJ. Barrow, representing
the state railroad commission, the OBJ
iect of which was to restrain Judge
Rrunot of the district court of East
Baton Rouge from refusing to grant
the commission an appeal to the su-
preme court.
1t will be recalled that in November,
1914, the railroad commission order
ed William Edenborn, president of the
l.. r. & N. Co., to take down the name
'.Edenborn" from the depot at Con-
tales, and substitute therefor the or
iginal name of the village, as desired
by the residents of the community.
The order was to become effective
Jan. /, 1915.
Mr.. Edenborn filed suit in the dis
trict court of East Baton Rouge
March 10, 1915, attacking the order
and seeking to have it annulled. In
his petition he set forth that it was a
pity man could not name station
along his own railroad after himself
without outside interference.
The case came UP for trial at Baton
Rouge April 1, but the proceedings
were halted when Attorney Barrow
moved to have the suit dismissed on
the ground that prescription had set
in. Railroads have three months, UNI
der the law, in which to bring suits
contesting orders of the commission.
The assistant attorney general con-
tended that this period extends from
the time the order is issued, whereas
the railroad attorneys claimed that
the date on which the order becomes
effective marks the beginning OF the
three months time limit.
Judge Brunot dismissed the motion
to have the case thrown out OF court.
Attorney Barrow then entered an ap-
peal to the supreme court, which was
refused, whereupon he applied to the
latter tribunal for writ prohibit,
to restrain Judge Brunot from refus-
ing to grant the appeal. This writ
was in turn denied by the supreme
court, as stated above, and the cele-
brated case will now come up for trial
on it's merits before Judge Brllnot.
Vigilants to Give Four-Day Fair.
At a well-attended meeting of Vigil
ant Hose Company Tuesday night,
the following young men were ad-
mitted to membership in the organiza-
ton: Roland Binnings, Wallie Hig-
gason, Edwin Gros, Lee Fortier, Hill
Esnea1lt. Ihe addition of these
names to the roster increases the
membership Of the company to forty
one. The principal object Of the
meeting was to set date for the fair
which the company proposes to give
in order to obtain funds to meet the
payments on it's auto fire truck as
they become due. July /, 2, and 4,
Saturday to Tuesday, inelusive1
were selected as the dates for the en-
tertainment, and the following COM
mittee was appointed to make the
necessary arrangements: Gordon
Gisclard, E. L. Boudreaux, Leon Weis,
Morris Schneider, Leo Schoeny and
Joseph E, Thiac. In view of the
company's past efficient services, and
the substantial Improvement in the
fire-fghting facilities of the local de-
partment to accrue from the acquisi-
ton of a modern auto truck, the gal
liant Vigilants are confident the peo-
pie of the community will cooperate
with them to make their fair grand
success.