The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-03
NINETEEN DIVORCE
DEGREES GRANTED
Attorneys Discuss Arrange
ment Of Cases For Contin-
uous Operation Of Court

Nineteen divorce DEGREES were
granted at yesterday afternoon :
session of the civil term OF Ne"
Hanover superior court.
The cases included: Dora D. VII
son Palmer VS.. Leslie Lorenza Pal
mer; Anna F. Harrison VS.. +. L
HARRISON: Bertha Anna Dennings
VS.. James Dennings; ]. P. John
son vs.. Dorothy Louise Johnson
w. H. Cox, Jr., VS.. Varneene lrWlr
Cox. Inez Louis Davis VS.. D. M
Davis; Mike Mcdonald VS.. PAU,
inc Mcdonald.
Anne Stanley VS.. Claude H. Stan
ley; J. H. Gerckens VS.. Katie
HEM Gerckens; Ruby Goley
Brady VS.. N. w. Brady; Brlce
Floyd Salyer VS.. Thelma Mae Sal
yer; Leonard F. Kitchens VS.
Clemendena Cook Kitchens; Min
ME Lee Barton VS.. David Edward
Barton.
Margaret Dorothy Simmons VS..
Edward Carreen Simmons; Bessie
Ham Nelson VS.. Oliver Nelson;
Delma Winton Merritt VS.. Ceci
Hayes Merritt; Alma Gray Man
ess VS.. Robert Mason Names;
Marguerite M. Hunter VS.. W. Ora
ham Hunter; and Virgil R. Haney
VS.. Mary Snow Haney.
With 1,442 cases on the civil is
sue docket, New Hanover county
attorneys yesterday m ornln
argued long and loud as to VIVA
procedure should be followed tt
insure continuous operation of the
court while it is in session.
County officers were sworn in a
the opening of the term shortly aft
er II o'clock yesterday morning.
Then came calling of the calen
dar and the argument began.
Crux of the argument was a rul
ing set by the calendar COMMITTEE
for approval of the bar. The ruling
was that cases not reached on thu
day set will be continued for tn
term.
Numerous arguments were ad
vanced as to how the calendar shoult
be handled and finally there was
motion to dismiss the calendar com
mittee entirely.
A substitute motion was made
however, to retain the calendar com
mittee, adopt it's rule and follow
ruling of the supreme court, here
tofore ignored here, that when
case is placed on the calendar an
is then continued by consent of coun
sci on both sides, it shall be placef
at the bottom of the docket.
In calling the calendar for tn
first week the following action wa
taken: Housing Authority of tn
City of Wilmington VS.. X. G. Sic
bury and wife, set for trial Tues
day; Jerry A. Jones VS.. Rane
Chevrolet company, put on motto
docket; Mrs. Eva Lee Justice 70
) ct al VS.. Mauldin Motor company e
: al, set for trial Tuesday; Odel
George VS.. Seashore Transportation
company, open; T. S. Maultsby vs.
Seashore Transportation company
open; Dorothy Mintz VS.. The Worl'
Fire and Marine Insurance com
pany, continued; c. w. Davis ant
company VS.. Solomon Jenkins ct uX
open until second week; Edwar'
Trusdale VS.. Independent Oil com
; pany, Inc, set for trial; Alice Grady
Admrx. ct al VS.. Raymond Bell, Jr.
set for trial; w. N. Hapriss vs.. W
D. Hughes, trustee, ct al, set 70.
trial; Agnes Powell Gallop VS.. Par
ron Graham Gallop, continued; L
F. Herring VS.. American Home Fire
Assurance company, tentatively Sc
for trial; Ball Brothers company VS.
j. Alan Taylor, settled; Van Some
weld of Washington VS.. Jack Swcr
ct al, set for trial; Re Will of E. H
Morton, deceased, continued; Mar
garet l.. Burton VS.. l.. S. Saunders
ct al, continued to be set preemp
torily as first case for trial in Feb
ruary; In the matter of the will OIL
Margery Bate Dickinson, deceased
set peremptorily for trial as secont
case on first Monday of February
term.
The calendar for the second week
was not called.
On the motion docket the case Of
Royal Indemnity company VS.. Cliff
ton N. Phillips was set for hearing
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. The case o.
Lola Johnson VS.. Gate City Life In
surance company was stricken from
the motion docket.