The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-10-21

The fall jury sess1on oI the Superi- or court convened on last Monday morning at 1000. o'clock when Bailiff c. w. Barnum formally opened court. Judge w. R. Chambers of Graham County is presiding owing to the dis qualification. of Judge Laine in sev- eral cases who in turn presided over the Superior court of Graham County in several cases during the absence of Judge Chambers.
 There was no shortage of jurors as the Sheriff succeeded in summon ing eighty-five of the one hundred and fifty names drawn on the 3rd inst, and the following jurors an swered the roll when called by the Clerk: c. B. Nonnamaker, F. N. Seifert Lem Tanning, R. M Kelly, 4. N. Livvix, George w Sutherlin, J. T. Bees, Chas. T. Tonkin, Luther
 Pringle, J. H. T. Cosper, T. P. Clar- endon, J. A. Nash. T. H. Butcher, N. c. Siegel F. M. Craig, c. M. Bishop, z. w. Wilson, Chas. Hill, E. H.
 Green, c. W. Frehse, G. E. Dichten- miller, Chas. M Shank, w. w Der ault, E. A. Spriggs, B. B. Martin, J. R Jones, c. B. Movers, Chas A.
 Davidson, w. E. McDowell, Waide
 Harris, Duncan Thomas, E. ". Rom ney, Sam Abraham, Sylvester Phil lips, R. B. Anderson, w. Gingles, Harry 0. White, F. T. Moore, Bate Cranberry, E. U. Beauchamn, George E. Arnett, w. H. Bell, w. c. Adams, Jas. A. Cosper Ed Reitzer, W. H. Smith, A. l.. Gravely, J. M. Frankel, F. A. Stowell, John Martin, W. w.
 Brooks F. E. Ross, Roy w Hagan,
 Eugene Schwab, John Sedgwick. O.
 G. O'Deu, F. l.. Adams, A. l.. Gooch
 w. T. Hall, l.. E. Didway, Charles { ConoYer. w G. Scott, Harland Walk
 CT H k. Gatlin, Pete Traynor, J. c. Wright, John M Webster, J. H. Car ter. Chas. H. Maddock, J. A. Hil- dreth, G. w. Hartman, J. s. Von
 Posch, A. J. Burgham, Henry Carr, i Alvin Warner, Jesse Simmons, H. F. ] Boyd, c. H. Moody. L. A Smith. C..
 s. Phillips, F. M. Ballis, c. E. Col i lins, James Bennetts, s. T. Green,
 and J. G. Hicks.
 Forfeits Bond
 ] The first case called was that of i the State of Arizona, vs. w. H. Moon. | Mir Moon not appearing in the court room when the case was called the i court ordered the Bailiff to call him { at the front entrance of the court 1 house and he reported to the court 1 that he received no response, where
 upon County Attorney Hooker moved l the court that the bonds of Five
 Hundred Dollars in each case against the defendant be forfeited which was
 entered. The bondsnen of the de
 fendant are J. H. T. Cosper, Dr. L.
 A. w. Burtch, H. D. Tanner and F. O. Martin.
 i Action to Quiet Title
 The case of The Morenci Inspira
 tion Copper Mining Company, vs. ]
 c. Bartlett and J. A Hagan was then
 taken up. This action was to quit the title to the Crown group of min
 ing claims located several miles
 West of Morenci. The plaintiff here
 in during tho progress of the tria
 non suited and the court ordered
 that the case proceed upon the cross Il complaint of the defendant, and after
 all evidence had been introduced, the
 cours iastructed the iurv to bring 1T 2 verdict for the defendants on mo
 tior of L. Kearney, the attorney fol
 said defendants.
 Loya vs. Hicks } On Tuesday the case of Refugic
 Loya. vs. J. G. Hicks was tried. Int
 plaintiff in this action seeking to re , cover the sum of S2,35O.O0 for the al f legged breach of a contract entered , into by himself and the defendant whereby plaintiff was to farm the , 1 ranch of the defendant on Eagl' : Creek The plaintiff alleges that afte : he had done considerable work il r breaking ground and getting read, s for seeding the defendant evicted hin causing the loss in the above named
 sum which he would have realized il
 the next two years had the defendan
 not evicted him. The jury, after de : liberating for several hours. re . turned a verdict for the plaintiff il al the sum of s1O0.00. The followin; l jurors sat on the ease: E. A. Spriggs I F. M. Craig, w. w. Brooks, F. T e5 Moore, Chas. Conover, Duncan Tho " mas. Lem Tanning, T. H. FulcheI , A. H. Durham, Chas. M. Shank. f W. Hartman and l.. A. Smith. f Garcia Awarded S3,5oo.oo Damares r On Wednesday the case of Rafae V Garcia, vs. The Arizona Copper Con | pany, Ltd, was called. The plaintiff j. herein asking damages in the sum O d S2O.0O00O for injuries received b! l. him while employed as a machin
 miner in one of the company's mine q at MOrenci. when a cavein occure l, partly covering up the plaintiff an I. badly mangling and breaking tn Q plaintiffs left leg. The trial of tn q case consumed the entire day an
 was stubbornly contested. F. Y
 Horton being the attorney for tn
 plaintiff and H. A. Elliott represen |. i1g the defendant company. I'm S case was submitted to the jury abou e 800 o'clock and reported a verdiC