New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-18
A ATRANGE LAWSUIT.

A case tried during the week before Judge
Roosevelt of the Supreme Court, while it exhibits
human nature under some of its most disgusting
aspects, conveys, at the same time, some impor
tant moral lessons.
The plaintiff in this case was Carolina t. Quinn
by, at the time il was commenced wife, or at
least under legal bonds of marriage, from which,
however, within few weeks past she is said to
have been released BY the death of her husband.
She is still young, not above twenty-four, the
mother of three children and described as of great
personal beauty, modest demeanor, and very win
ming manners. She possess in her own right
property of near hundred thousand dollars, held
for her by trustee and should suit now going
on TO set aside the will of her grandfather succeed
by which will his property was given to certain
charitable uses-she will become entitled to up
ward of quarter of a million more.
The present suit secEs to have had its origin in
the following way: The plaintiff began at the age
of sixteen while at boarding school at Brooklyn,
with contracting runaway marriage with her late
husband, or one to which the family consented only
TO prevent it from becoming a runaway marriage.
She was the daughter Of Edward Thomson, and
became entitled under the will of her father to
the above mentioned estate, which was at first
held for her by her grandfather as trustee. After
the birth of her three children she left her husband
and went off with another man, with whom she ap-
pears to have lived for upward of year. she paying
all the bills, and spending money at furious rate.
The husband commenced a suit against the para
mour; but finally, to stop proceedings and to re-
lieve herself from the pecunisry desttution to
which she was reduced-her expenses far exceed
ing her incOme-she agreed TO come back and live
with her husband. There being vacancy in the
trusteeship Of the property, occasoned by the
death of her grandfather and the failure OF his
executor, Mr.. Mcbride, the defendant III this suit,
who was her uncle, agreed to act as her trustee,
and together with his family appears to have used
every effort to brin. her back to the paths OF
propriety.
Before long, however, she quarreled again with
her husband, and eloped with one Dolsen, who in
some capacity or other had become an inmate Of
her family, with whom she appears to have since
lived though indulging also at the same time in
very premiscuous dissipation. Her calls for money
on her uncle and trustee were urgent and fire.
quent, till having already advanced much more
than had yet become due, and perceiving the base
purposes TO which the money was put he declined
any longer to supply her extravaganza To
frichten him into submission the present suit was
commenced. twas an application for his removal
from the trusteeslip on the ground that he had
rade use Of his position to attempt 10 seduce her,
Withholding her money TO compel her to submit TO
his wishes; and the evidence relied upon TO estab-
lish this atrocous charge were the friendly notes
which the trustee had from time TO time addressed
to bis errng ward, partly in relation to business,
partly in hopes TO win her back to decency, with
which it Was attempted to intermingle two or three
slips OF paper which might afford some slight color
to the allegations OF the plaintiff but which were