, 1859-05-26
TIE COURTS,


st TIM, or 1,n>. ,,.1
n Snnor;o, c.'.o. ~ -ae4Acsa.lS foa AeRpsR'
a. aapeiaoe court, before Judge Higgins.
be testimony in this case commenced ve.tc,d
morning. It hos ,1,o.av hao, 1s;I - 80
readers :, a. - ., AA4a pe'ose
le- ~, ~ 'ne PFottaeted cF,dence at the pr
M l,nfhary examination. The attendance at Il
be M. ,o.s - ~, ,E"' ouf feauers J"
Of uo' neea oe'nY reminded that Mclaughlin stans
cnarged With having displaced switch on Il
Galena Chicseo Union Railroad ,rba-o,v a.
4 / engineer of tho 7,,;, ,.. L;,1aa o' "
- >''@'A ""' Aal7o'
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d e1ncCir COURT or TIE u s., NORTHERN d.
10 T1Rcr or IL1Ixo1s,-l.. C. Prime Freer adm;n:,
trator l.. I,,:, w. -
| "o", - @"s ea'e'e VI Sefeml'
fHee' 'deceased,-bill in equity.
Horatio Set,n.our. It als.. ht;rx aod a>,;.<<, =
s Henry ,S4vmour. det<as,1- c,ss ;nv11r;n;
Il "'' Case, ihsol''ot
!, p'peftt u ! largo amount, came before Iii
Honor Judge Drummond, yesterday, upon
= demurrer to the bill filed apa;nst tha dafa,d
ants by the administrator of 3hc iate Iorone;at
Price, Ills Honor oyerruled thr demnr-ar t;;at
By defendants counsel. We apnend a snecinc,
statement of the facts in thc care as wo, ~, ~,
points ruised upon demurrer and The a. ene
Of the decision given orally.
In Nav, 1885. a contract w,s entcrad int. l..
tween Mr Price and Henry seymour nncest"- o w..
Of thu defendants. bv which It was oaracJ ~,
Seymour WIS to furnish Price with A. 0Nil to h..
invested by Lin, iu Iauds situated in f,l;no;. ~ ~ s
sliana and Ohio. in the name oS Scvn,o,r. ~.
Price Should deyote lis time i o,n1nr;a " tua;
t,is best iudomcnt in nnro}e.t ,..,.i J., a,nu ~,
near town sizes, or where towns Iould nrohsI
bly, be located, In pursuance NJ r ~.
and by the terms Of the agreement. III ? - g
!nour was to hnve seven per cent. interest Ii.
lowed him, including taxes md all eynens.x
paid him upon the investment, and at tie end
Of tive years, the lands were to be sold by Sry-
1nour. and the profits divided equally. Sew
money, and Prices to use his best judgement
>kill, and llis time in investing the sarne. iii,
contract wns recorded in 1851. Seymour ,j;r,I
IN 1857, testatc. Money was advanced frou
lime to time by the heirs Of Seymour, and Price
acted US agent for them until hin death ip 1854
Of laud, and sold about a0U acres for the ann of
10000. The lands were not sold at thc end oc
! live years as urreed on, or the Dbnre sun, >,
portion has been paid over to tue heirs of Ser.
! nour. The hill IL hrnu,ht he a. ,n.,..' =.
praying for an account and du"aGe an ;pi,1mct;ea
| against the heirs Of Seymour, to restrain them
| ffum aIenatiny the lands unsnlI an1 fr - ~
tue original contract The first objection
raised against the bill is that this court
!las no equitable jurisdiction in tl4is cas.
1t was originally filed in the State Court :nl
subsequently transferred to this Court under
tue act Of Congress. As to this point the Court
held that there was sufficient ground for eauita-
b'e jurisdiction. This depended upon the true
construction to be given to the contract, and US
!o that the Court thought that the estate Of Nr,
Iflee had an interest IN the lands which should
be protected by Court Of Equity, The mer.
nou-sale of the lands purchased by Mr.. Pricc mt
the end Of five years should not depriye Prices
estate from the benefits of that invextncn1
The land was in this district. Seymour's heir.
hold the legal title subject to he con,rar1 NJ
their ancestor and the interest ~ pr;ca ,r"s VI
interest iu the lapd not a naked iera r;oht ,ni VI
this interest Court Of Equity will nrntpct
The second objection raiss,1 wus th.t hv tbn I
terms Of the contract the whole should tefmin-
fore Il, Prize bus lost I'LL right. This was unjust
,rtna!.h;,, ~ was sa'a mat this was not
was joint interest," and 80 Understood i,x 'he' h'
parties. His Honor closed by ren,arkinr tint
there IVES sufficient equity upon the face Of tic
s.t;
uessrs co1eatry and Hon. 'vr conFnpn GFGHp3nant ~, mt
fendants ' A'A D0N' a. ''nknns '0f de-
cn14; Coz. Sun ron s1.,"n DAxAcss.--!sn.
;otrior Coartcf CAica.go, before Judge GoopRIcu
3FuEN n,F /
up Yesterdays suit brought By B. G. Thomp. r
instituted by r!antitf aganst defcndan; "I,e ~he
accrued boarding with The Thomneans 81 ns''r1 ~,
ost. Of tits city, The sctlon "e wss e;,ii p SUI: IT.
tor tor ree?veTy Of $1,000 damages from Dunhan,
Filming wth IL Mrs e III T5ompson sn ea4s
adultery being also alleged uguinst the nartie., |
The s hearing Of liz case Yesterday toef p1aee
ne,9re ,'e,,! Jury cmpannelicd, Judge Goodrich
auns the @ s tho gzs H.
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e.n Inon ann NJ t,. n 9asess % am skS
ding In New Iuls in scnnber s W. in ag,f tbe nea
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asw ny aTn aaaa 1nna RET wait
.nt IN W,1r la. III, @ enut uuts MET nef G'hate-
never heard hsr c5c ~ M ,s ~ h eseIsa ;h - as9d hh'
NAN an s,ns m ~ @ ~ i Ene E up Ana teft shr
whom rs,nc n ~ n;ytt - ~ e NHcte NV aef
ii. The Gon-e h. ,. M h, ~ f nnh h h ~ oexn iv.,
to hfr; ,.; he vas not jeslou. Ssfe5e: ' ~
T1nnn.r horin" 80 ~ =. tte Nntss kneT OF Mr.
nd liz hnxrr - !I1 ausaHe III net nahe.
za u1,on hef 4, eivc Il ~ 49, h, ~ T r. "ona !e.
-'. t",d " ~ ~ " "as o1ece0 ko l4e objection
7t.r.1ns" '-k,t neate''tns".l ~ ~ ~ |
viii Inny. TIT -; ti ~ no On SelY friendly terms
rh,t,1,, Il,nhs, H.; "1s.s ~ % ns ananE u Win Mrs
,.lr u,p,y thr nI,sT,v W. = n aaaH =; W w. to eeiHts
ary H. III, @ nt 1 iS WI i, nnveSea 70 Aei ny nthlM
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sau, him fi,nrh.u1 .os - III II sse UNI re III LOT
Inn ~, ~. @ ~ ~ ~! ~ oetose ne ~ruid NJ. have
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nc Mn ThnnrsM uN ~ s. sIe a.eknes atshd.
.rs.s aud arr nT lSUvsr1 In ' s ns n
n+ H.; ~ peslouss oat hts love ios H!u-r,
.a'srs n rs p ene iot tne o aIy one elss; II. hrF
lsu Wa pass, IL Il, ;ises md etar M"
IT. T. "a "a .us tes! tsae1Ay treset Tue prpposa to nse
,'s Tt @ % ~. .Au Ho~ ns jury 10 c1anhEeit was t.tr
u's9 e =. lhs tuu1s aalounrd.
y, a's - ~ - -. -.ra-Es:lte IN tEeaeo am aeqssant
\, Y, , %',m ~ y Tue !a1.es lunhan. Thompson aad Mr
@ h"Mson; ~ attI i1r I've year. s!rr NE child
- tr w = Thns. s, III Ssw lotk Do ,ot Anow
~, Ho,ao aa lataals VIII! the fa'nly; They lived
~. - olI! aha VIE: Eet tlen Il AT Irws
H. ~" @ LIZ tals ':om Hcs uf1sans sne tre years aiace
sG M.'n dGss shst s.Ft tstcm fscQutify have -
ti sIan ~ sa'Hns ana snxlhS ets with Mn. Thol,psou
sa.ca ~ se! ctse 10 'tr nun!am Lad hod Of hrs r
,tM,;.eoa; y n atoa; sxnt a, mouths ssnre; =
S PREVIOUS 10 As1 o1 September. objection !
n;'~,;Lnu!d n: icl VIA: month this took Place;
an.aa "nfar0 Il fsts At the time: heard conversation
sswssn s thnisam t'a a9d T.oMrea sout due .o