Weekly journal-miner., 1918-03-06
A[|ENCAN BRING SUIT IN
 US. COURTS
JUDGE SWEENEY OF YAV. APAI SUPERIOR COURT HOLDS THAT FOREIGNER Is NOT BARRED FROM INSTITUTING ACTIONS.
(From Thursdays Daily)

committing any acts which would render him subjeet to arrest under the terms of the eseionage act.
 This is the substance of a ruling | handed down in the Superior court here yesterday afternoon by Judge John J. Sweeney, the ruling having been necessary because of the fact that the defendants in the action of Paul Loncar vs. the Monte Cristo i Mining Company had questioned the right of the plaintiff to commence ac, ton in court owing to the fact that he was an unnaturalized native of Austria. Loncar some time ago in stituted proceedings against the min ing corporation for the purpose of collecting damages for alleged per sonal injuries. The company in its answer set out the unique reply that owing to the fact that 1oncar was an Austrian he was without stand ing in the eyes of the courts of the United States. In rendering his de- cision of yesterday, Judge Sweeney cited extracts from a decision given in a similar case by Lord Reading, the recently-appointed British am bassador to the United States and formerly lord chief justice of Eng land. Lord Reading held that the mere fact that man was native of a country with which the mans adopted country was at war, was not sufficient grounds to cause him to | lose his right to institute court action i in an effort to secure redress for some alleged wrong which had been done him However, should it be proven that the alien had been en- gagged in any seditious actions, such as attempting to aid the governmen, of his native land during war time, or indulging in any other question able activities, bis right to appear in court would of course be automati. i cally forfeited.
 1 Judge Sweeney's decision will have | the effect of csatauing the case fn which the ruling was made, and over ruling the defendants motion that the case be dismissed
 Bootlegger Pleads Guilty ] l.. McClenahan, who was arrested 1 at Ash Fork on Monday while at> tempting to effect a landing with a suitcase filled with coffin varnish, was arraigned yesterday morning before ' Judge Sweeney, and entered plea of ! guilty to a charge of introducing liquor into the State. He will ap- . pear in court for sentence on Friday morning, March lst, at 10 o'clock. ' Winsor Pleads Not Guilty f B. F. Winsor, the Clarkdale smeltei guard, who was arraigned yester- i day morning on a murder charge, entered plea of not guilty when his case was called March Sth was fixed as the date of the opening of the trial and the court directed that the bond of S2,00O under which Winsor is held be continued until the conclusion of the trial
 i Bond Refunded
 :. The court issued an order direct. ing that the Sl00O cash bail bond which had been put up by Mrs. Milka l Lenuach, be refunded to the woman, the bootlcgging case which had been filed against her some time ago, hay T ing been recently dismissed upon mo. ton of the county attorney The de- fendant was a resident of Clarkdale
 Pittsburg- Jerome Case Heard | The greater part of yesterdays ses- sion was given over to the introduc- ton of testimony in the action of T. C. Snider, ct al vs. the Pittsburg' Jerome Copper Mining Company The mine firm is being sued by the contracting firm of SnideT & Cald- we'll for balance of Sl5,00O, which the plaintiffs allege is due for road which they built to the mine prop erty in the Verde district. The cas. will be submitted to Judge Sweeney on briefs, and a decision may be ex- pected at any time after the eXpira ton of 60 days.
 Suit on Note
 Il Jeanne J. Warren yesterday filed 4 suit against the. Baumann Mines Company, asking for the foreclosure of mortgage against the defendants property iu the Agus Fria district in Yavapai county The defendant cor poration gave tue plaintiff note for j Sl0,O00 in December, 1916, and is said to have defaulted payment of the principal and the 10 per cent interest. The company gave the plaintiff a mortgage on 26 mining claims and the improvements thereon to guaran' tee payment of the notes. Norris & Norris are representing the plaintiff.
 King Estate Settled
 Thomas w. King, administrator oi the estate of the late Anna E. King. yesterday filed his final accounts to- gether with his petition to the court for his discharge. The petition will come up for the courts attention on ! March 18th. According to the state