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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1905

Page

26

Bank shareholder inspection rights upheld by Supreme Court ruling

J W Guthrie vs H L Harkness case affirmed that a stockholder in a national bank may inspect bank books. The Utah case involved Commercial National Bank of Ogden where Harkness owned one fifth. Justice Day concluded common law right prevails, not limited by Congress, and that denial was wrongful.

Utah Cout J. W. Guthrie H. L. Harkness United States Supreme Court Commercial National Bank Ogden Harkness Supreme Court of Justice Day Congress Courts of Justice

Are Weary of Wedlock Divorce Actions Filed

Proceedings for divorce were begun yesterday in the District Supreme Court. Blanche Belle Baldwin sues John Baldwin alleging nonsupport and asks to resume her maiden name. James H Semmes files for divorce from Agnes Semmes citing infidelity. Both marriages took place in Maryland in 1903 and 1899 respectively.

District Supreme Court Blanche Belle Baldwin John 7. Baldwin Baltimore Forest Glen

Ball Sues Washington Gas Tight for 10000 Damages

Annie G. Ball filed a $10,000 personal injury suit against Washington Gas Tight Company. She alleges an agent moved a bundle of pictures leaving it in a hall where she tripped and fell at her 412 Eleventh Street Northeast apartment. She claims permanent injury and great pain from the incident.

Toman Buaille Annie G. Ball Washington Gas Tight Company Tucker & Kenyon Eleventh Street

Want Case Advanced. Cherokee Nation Suit Hearing Asked

Solicitor Hoyt moved for an early hearing in the United States versus Cherokee Nation case over removal expenses to Indian Territory. The Court of Claims awarded about $4,000,000 against the United States, with the government appealing. Land suit Wisconsin v Hitchcock set for February hearing on school land claim of about 6,000 acres.

Hoyt Supreme Court of the United States United States Indian Territory Court of Claims Against Wisconsin Hitchcock Aitle Supreme Court

Miss Ida A Green Discusses Charity Work in Philadelphia

At Brookland Baptist Church Young People's meeting Miss Ida A Green spoke on charitable deeds in the city and future plans by the Associated Charities in Washington DC She shared Philadelphia home visits and work illustrations while Sarah P Lynch presided Rev John N Lawless preached In Gethsemane.

Miss Green Philadelphia Brookland Baptist Church Ida A. Green District of Columbia A Associated Charities Associated Charities Sarah P. Lynch John N. Lawless Gethsemane

Gas Explodes In Conduit on Wisconsin Avenue

An explosion occurred in an electrical conduit at Wisconsin avenue and P street northwest as gas accumulated. The asphalt within ten feet was torn up and a heavy iron cover was propelled into the air narrowly missing a nearby pedestrian. Richard Anderson, twenty-nine, of 1248 Tenth street northwest, riding a coal wagon at Twelfth and H streets southwest, fell and sustained a severe skull fracture. He received treatment at the Emergency Hospital.

Wisconsin Avenue P Street Richara Caderson Tenth Street Twelfth H Streets Pralus Sons Josephus WE Swift Atlanta Wes School Awd Louis Leverett Hooner Mount Vernon Seminary

Sailors Win in Suit in Supreme Court Reversal

The United States Supreme Court reversed the First Circuit in Booth v The Norwegian Bark Hirza Lines. The court held that abandonment by the master ended the voyage, despite later salvage and delivery efforts. Justices Harlan, Brown, McKenna, and Day dissented.

United States Supreme Court Eirza Lines Justice Holmes Supreme Court of the United States H. P. Booth Ehza Lines Circuit Court of Appeals First Circuit Boston Supreme Court Harlan, Brown, McKenni Day

Knox seeks certiorari in Hansen case to Supreme Court

Senator Knox filed for a writ of certiorari in the Pressed Steel Company v. Hansen dispute. John M. Hansen, former chief engineer, seeks Supreme Court review of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that favored Hansen's claims over the company’s asserted rights in inventions related to steel cars.

Knox Hansen Supreme Court of the United States Pressed Steel Company John M. Hansen Supreme Court Circuit Court of Appeals Third Circuit Steel Company Court of Appeals

Green to Furnish Bail for Trial in Washington Case

George E. Green a former New York state senator indicted in post office irregularities will appear here tomorrow morning to give bond for his appearance for trial The trial stems from a Supreme Court decision that he must be tried in Washington and marks the outcome of that ruling.

New York George E. Green United States Supreme Court Washington Spencerian Stiehl Spencerian Business College Washington, D.C 9Th St. N University School For Boys Eighteenth ST N. W West Point Annapolis Robert L. Preston ST. Rose’s Industrial School Staters of Charity Ita Esputa Daly & Son Sturdto Panish Language School N.Y Senor Gomar Prin 18Th Street Ol Iy Conn Virginia Mason Dorsey Laura Lee Dorsey Etty. Flynn S. W. Cor Berlitz School OF Languages A. Gerart Pring St. Louis Exposition Francis Mann A. M Iest Holy Cross Academy Mase Awe Pollock CLAS D. Cc Ette Prud'homme

Blount Verdict Upheld In Swayne Impeachment Context

The U S Supreme Court sustains the Sixth circuit ruling in Blount v Willam A Blount over Pensacola land title. Justice Day rejects disqualification claims against Judge Charles Swayne citing lack of adequate proof of his wife’s interest and insufficient sworn supporting material.

Justice Day Saye Swayne United States Charles Swayne Florida Senate Congress Supreme Court of the United States McGuire Willam A. Blount Pensacola Fla Justice Day Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit Blount

Supreme Court Refuses to Fast-Track Panama Canal Case

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to advance Warren B. Wilson of Chicago and his case against Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury. The suit seeks to enjoin payments for the Panama Canal construction, arguing the act authorizing it is unconstitutional.

Supreme Court Wilson Supreme Court of Warren B. Wilson Leslie M. Shaw Secretary of the Treasury Panama Canal Mr. Wilson Chicago

Fencing scandal letters end with stage duel twist

A confidential romance letter reveals a backstage fencing mishap and a staged duel at a theater involving Amy Wilmot and Herbert Ditmore. The narrator recounts a feather clipping incident, accidental prank, and a later onstage confrontation that could threaten an engagement and invite legal attention.

Dolors Mrs. Sprague Winter Crawford Herbert Howreary Stan Miss Wilmot Mr. Ditmore Amy Wilmot Joseph B. Bowles

Supreme Court Terms and Orders for October 1905

The Legal Record lists Supreme Court docket items with opinions by Justices Day and Holmes, cases from Florida to Utah, remands and reversals, numerous certiorari petitions, and a long roster of adjourned and scheduled orders. Also outlines district court entries and numerous property deeds and court actions in Washington DC showing assignments and transfers.

Immaculata Seminary Washington, D. C Wisconsin Avenue Tennallytown Sinners of Providence St. Mary-of-the-Waoads Ind Gunston Hall Florida Mike Ella Reese Thomas Glrele

Deeds of Trust Listings for Wyoming Terrace and Surrounds

Deeds of trust filed for Wyoming Terrace and nearby areas. Entries include Frank Lundergan et ux securing 15000 with American Security and Trust, six percent semiannual payments. Peter Krams et ax securing 1800 for Emma E. Kennedy. Edmund P. Bills securing 450. Joseph N. Gillis et al securing 1025. Collins Guerry Co securing 12000. John Beardmore et al securing 2900. Margaret J. Carter securing 1500 for Sophie Gosseling and others. Parties, amounts, terms, and lots vary across blocks and squares.

Bellevue Lillan A. Kraus Charlotte Preinkert Ernest C. Hazen Brookland John B. Hammond Margaret J. Carter South Carolina Avenue Sixth Seventh George M. Emmerich Et al Barney McKay Bloomingdale Joseph Abel Et Ax Alta K. Clark Columbia Heights Milton Mantz Emma Mantz Mount Pleasant Talbert William H. Hunter Taey W Peter J. Smith Nineteenth Street Madge W. Stearns Air George R Annette W. Bayley Square Baltimore Street Clarence F. Norment Iarry Wardman James W. Dyer EB Street Thirteenth Fourteenth Streets George P. Newton Miles J. Higgins LE Groit Park Frederic A. Dancey Mary C. Ford Dobbins Lewie B. Breuninger Wyoming Terrace Frank Lundergan American Stcurity and ‘Trust Company National Safe Deposit, Security and ‘Trust Company Crookland Peter Krams Wiliam Ambrose Charles J. Krams Emma E. Kennedy Edmund P Barry Farm Joseph N. Gillis Joseph H. Stewart Thomas Walker William K. Scott Collins Guerry Company Charles H. Davidge Edward E. Swan Homer Guerry John Beardmore Charles F. Benjamin Roger T. Mitchell Perpetual Building Association William G Henry H. Bergmann George M. Emmerich Sophie Gosseling David P

Legal notices of secured debts and divorces in Washington area

A collage of mortgage securities and equity suits lists numerous parties securing loans with varying amounts and terms, plus several divorce actions and damages claims. The notices mention John Hammond, Samuel Brosley, Christian Haurich, and Watson Clark among others, with dates and property parcels in Square and Dobbins additions. Off and On reprints from the Chicago Tribune end with a comic line about a Porous Plaster.

Weaver Frank A. Jones John B. Hammond Barney McKay Andrew Wilson Noel W. Barksdale Samuel M. Brosley Barney McKay Et al Frank D. Foster Willam J. Frizzell Samuel A. Drury Martin H. Schneider Leon ‘Tobriner Charles Meyer Christian Haurich Frank Wunderly Charles G. Allen MarUn T. Dryden Victor J. Koch Dobbins Washington James W.W. Dyer Washington Loan and Trust Company Equitable Cooperative Building Association Miles J. Higging Watson J. Newton E. Southard Parker George P. Newton Charles C. Clark William J. Fletcher Elmer Ramey Willam A. Gleseking Georgiana M. Raybold Jane Mangum George J. Raybold Samuel Cress William A. Gordon Watson I. Clark Mary Sullivan William A. MelGrann Joseph P. Roth Louise

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