New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-06
Superior Court THURSDAY, June 5.
SPECIAL TERN
Before Judre Sandford.


Smith COddinst0n and Mary l., hts Cife,
against lanes Watson Wcbb-Apphcaton, to be acted
upon on saturday, requiring Mr.. Webb 10 surrender
some notes and letters sent by Mrs. {. then Miss
lnmanl TO Mr.. Nathaniel p. Willis previous To her
marriage, and subsequently, on application to Mr..
Willis by MeSSrs Webb ana Buchanan, At the request
OF the father OF Mrs. C., 70 was said, handed by Mr.
Willis, enclosed IN package, 10 Mr.. Webb, for the
purpose Of latter handing them 20 Mr. Inman. but
which It IS said, he never dldand there IS reason 10
believe the complaint alleges. that ne means TO
SAID notes or portion Of them, IN relation 10 con-
troyersy with Mr. Willis though having no right to
SAID letters, &c.
The matter grows out of an article published a
short time since IN the courier AMI Enquirer headed
" The London Times, the Day Book and the Home
journal"
The complaint alleges that complainant Mrs. c.
married Mr.. COddngtOn IN MAY, lsiI, she being then
between l. and Is years of age and removed IN 1915
with her husband 10 Railway, NJ, where she now
resides and has three children. In 1913, before her
marriage, a correspondence bV note or letter
carried on between herself and >lr Willis, without
the knowledge OF her parents. about the beginning
Of 1874 Il came to the knowledge Of her father who
requested It's discontnuance and the correspondence
vas immediately dropped, having continued ABOUT
two months thai She had been acquainted VITA Mr..
Willis bv seeing HIM al her fathers. and She also
acquainted with Mrs. Willis, who was cognizlnt OF
the correspondence that SAID core SpOn iencc COM
mcnCci from Sccln- % newspaper article OF Ill.
Nllls's, aifuDUtng The authorship OF WorN Oi mr.
ton 90 her. when She wrote him letter to tstvOW
It, and hc replied 90 the note. and the correspondence
WAS continued for The time stated. Nothng ln-
proper ever occurred between her ani Mr. W Ills.
She had been informed the article IN the COWIsr re-
lated 10 herself She denied that her father ever suS-
pected any improperly further than the lndiscrctlOn
OF her writing without her parents knowledge, nor
his death IN any manner 70 be ATTRIBUTED 10 u,
but was caused by an affection Of the heart, &c she
does not recOect what IN the letters but She fears
that they may be construed to her prejudice, parcu
larry as Mr.. Webb IN his paper, has proposed To
place one of the letters IN the hands OF VT Ge0rgc
Fraf.a hail hos
tends that he has right 20 the letters and she asks
that he may be required to deliver up sad letters,
together with any copies, &c, and also eDoinel
from showing or publishing sad letters OF any part
of them.
AfidaWts are also presented IN which t,wss stated
application was made by Mr.. Buckham to Mr. Webb,
before Mr. lnmans death FOR the papers, and he sad
he would look them up also after his death at the
request OF his widow with a Ike result ana also
within i short time by Nj SmaleS, when Nj Webb
said he would deliver them to plaintiffs OF Mr. > at
the proper time.
The afidavits Of Mrs Inman mother to Mrs. c.
and Sir Buckham go TO show that Mr. lnman hal
never suspected any improperly rs reSardel painth
The afiiavits are exparte. Mr. Webb has 20 days
in which TO answer IN the meantime, on Saturday
he is 10 show cause why the papers should not DC
placed IN tire hands OF receiver, ana tclhPoiH.y
injunction IS granted preventing Their DehS SHOWN 10
any person Oh published.
Before Judge Oakley.
ST. Joha, Taylor q Go. agt. Am. Mutu-
al Marine and Ere ms. C0.-To recover Insurance
on machinery &c, at No. and llague-sireet des-
troyed by the Hague-sreet explosion the defense to
which IS, that the loss was occasioned by careless
ness Of plaintiffs themselves IN using known I'M
perfect stoamboior. The Court charged that If
plaintiffs took ordinary care and did not exhibit a
reckless Indifference 10 the quality Of the boiler
thy were entitled to recover Verdict for plamiihs
IN amount
Before Judge Mason
Charles Reqdc agt. Anil0Hy Fiestcl.-
Action Of eiecucnt as to some lots At Harlem, al
ready referred TO- Verdict for plaintiff for the pre-
mises-yaue Of lots $500, and damage for detention
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