The national Republican., 1867-01-26
The Courts.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PRiDAT, January Is, 1867
On motion Of Mr.. Attorney General Stanbery,
Francis H. Kales. esq. Of the State Of Illinois, was
admitted an attorney and counsellor Of this court.
On motion Of Mr.. s. W. Fuller, II. +. Mather,
esq, Of tho State Of Illinois, was admitted at.
torney and counsellor Of this court.
No. l7s. The steamboat Ad. Hine, plaintiff in
error, vs. Matthew R. Trevor. This cause was
submitted to the court on printed arguments by
Mr.. Grant, Of counsel for the plaintiff in error. and
by Mr.. ] p. Cook, Of counsel for the defendant In
error.
No. 35l. The Board Of Supervisors of Marshall
county. plaintiffs in error VS.. Robert Q. soheuck.
arguments by Mr. B. o. Cook, Of counsel for the
plaintiffs in error, and by Mr.. S. W. Fuller, Of
counsel for the defendant In error.
No. 4l2. KinEie Bates. plaintiff In error, vs..
William II. Brown. This cause was submitted to
the court on printed arguments by Mr.. Beckwith,
Fuller and Mr. Mathsr. Of counsel for the defend
ant In error.
No, iSS. Charles D. ssmpls, plaintiff in error.
vs. George Hager. The motion to dismiss this
cause vas argued by Mr. Wills In support Of the
same, and by Mr.. X. johnson in opposition thereto
No. 1872. Allen Robbins, executor, plaintiff In
error, vs.. The City Of Chicago The argument Of
this cause was commenced by Mr.. Kalss Of counsel
for the plaintiff In error, continued BY Mr.. An.
thony, OF counsel for the defendant in error, and
by Mr. Bsckwith for the plaintiff in error.
Adjourned to Monday morning at IL o'clock.
InsurAioe-The Interest Of Irnase-B IL M-
surabs for HIS Individual Bsnsft-IAs Hotcdrd
Fire Insurance Company, Plaintiff IN Error, ps.
| Granville NJ. ChaJG-In January, 1858, Seawl o.
Chase and William Chase, in accordance with q
previous vote Of the Union Congregational Parish
Of Portland, Maine, conveyed by deed Of warranty
to William Chase and four others a lot Of land,
with the buildings thereon, in rna for the Union
Congregational Church aud Parish. The grantees
accepted the trust. Upon the lot Of land stood the
Union church and on November rs, 1859, insur-
ance was effected, and several policies issued upon
that church, describing It as the Union Congrega.
4 tional brick and slated church.
Some Of those policies run to the Union Congre.
gationAl church, but the one now before the court
Issued by the plaintiffs In errors, whose company Ii
located at Lowell Mass, was taken out In the name
| Of William Chase, one of the trustees, and Wal
uorded thus The Howard Fire Insurance Compa.
ny ENSURE William Chase against loss or damage
| by are to the amount Of Ave thousand dollars on
tho Union Congregational brick and slated church"
&c. This policy was renewed from time to time,
and the premiums paid, Upon the destruction Of
the church the necessary proofs were furnished, oI
the Suticiency Of which no question Is made. The
| company then declined to pay on the ground
that Chase never had any insurable interest, and
that they never made any valid contract with him.
Suit was then brought, the plaintiff setting forth
In his complaint that on the day Of the hre he
twas the owner and POssessor In trust Of the Union
church" &c.
Upon the trial the court was requested to charge
the Jury that % the declaration was The sRiTs In