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Court Notes. John Olsen has been appointed admin$200. istrator of the estate of Anna Olsen; bond, Judge Benson signed judgment yesterday in favor of R. W. Barto against R. Dungwall et al. for $144.50 and $22 costs. A. L. Brown was yesterday appointed administrator of the estate of W. D. MoApril. Millin, who died at Cripple Creek last P. F. Dewey yesterday filed his official bond for $500 as justice of the peace at Sunnydale, his sureties being Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Dodds and Mr. and Mrs. James Caspers. Edward Wilson will have a hearing before Judge Moore this afternoon on the charge of insanity. He was lodged in Jail yesterday on complaint of Capt. G. W. Hogle, of the police department. C. M. Sheafe, as receiver of the Washington Savings bank, was directed yesterday by court order to issue to the Nevada Bank of San Francisco his certificate for $2,487.46, and pay the dividends thereon as soon as he has funds to do so. Sheriff Moyer went to Olympia yesterday, as predicted in the Post-Intelligencer several days ago. He has several matters of business there to look after, among them being the execution set for April 23, concerning which he will confer with Gov. Rogers. Sheriff's sale of real estate was confirmed yesterday in the case of Franklin Paine, receiver of the Walla Walla Savings bank VS. James McDonald et al. The property consisted of a variety of King county lands, sold May 10, 1895, to John W. McGhee for $3,705.95. P. V. Davis yesterday recovered judgment for $7,300 and interest against Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Denny on four promissory notes, executed as follows: March 22, 1893, $3,600; March 27, 1893, $3,000; March 27, 1893, $600; August 21, 1895, 100. Interest runs from the date of each note. The city filed ansyer yesterday in several suits in which the plaintiffs sought to recover money paid for street grade taxes. August Melhorn wanted $80.70, John Manion $191.10, and Adam Ihrig. jr., $124.67. The city's answer set up the affirmative defense that the money paid in each Instance had been used specifically for the improvement of the street on which Cie property lies. The Hay damage suit against the Oregon Improvement Co. went to the jury yesterday afternoon. The few fragments of testimony not already in were dulv put before the jury at an early hour yesterday. Will E. Humphrey made the opening speech for the plaintiff. He was followed by S. S. Piles for the defendant company, and John A. Humphries closed for the plan tiff. At a late hour in the evening Job. "e Jacobs Instructed the jury that the attor-eys had ngreed on a sealed verdict, which will probably be brought into court this morning. The Denny tide land contest, involving the title to all the water front property between Washington and Columbia streets, was concluded yesterday, and taken under advisement by Judge Moore.
