New-York tribune., 1868-01-04
Law INTELLIGENCE.
THE CIVIL COURTS.


In the U. S. District Court, yesterday, petit
tOns In bankruptcy were filed by Abraham L. AckerInan
Samuel Little, and Alexander Darragh OF NeWDurgn
EphTam Bulls OF Cornwall Orange Co.; George Bran
dreth Of Sing Sing Wlett Griffin OF somers ana Charles
Geidng OF fremont Westchester Co; fehx A; tlnn OF
Pleasant Valley, Duchess Co.; Thomas V. j. N0aht OF
Kingston Ulster Co., and John ID. Wilson and Emanuel
Joseph OF this city.
In the United States Supreme Court the case
OF Marshall o. Roberts plaintiff iii error agt Henry M
Graham, was brought mp by writ OF error Graham IN
stnted action against Roberts for breach OF contract
Graham told that the Roberts line OF steamers was
the quickest route that there should be no deehqn
Panama and that the steamer Moses IayOr w0uu pe III
waiting 60 receive them the Pacific side 1hey were
detained II days at Panama Graham fell Ill OF ieyer
which has permanently affected his health ana MS WIZ
and child also became sick When transferred TO the
Moses Taylor the accommodations were insncent is mn
heard in the Circuit Court for the Northern De
trict OF California The Judge In summing up, charged
IN favor Of Graham and the jury awarded $1,000 % ahn t
Charging and the present action Is the result.
An Enoch Arden case has been decided IN
one OF the Courts at Rochester The gants were TWO
the Rebellion had agreed that who married
and who had enlisted should fall the one who remained
at home should marry the widow The soldier went TO
the war After while report that he killed in
battle and his wife mOurned for her lost husband lie dd
widow became the wife OF the husbands friend their
JOY was crowned by the birth OF handsome chiia'
short time ago the ongabsent soldier reappeare' ex-
planned the reason OF his long absence and claimed his
wife, The second husband 10th 10 surrender ls We
who the mother OF his child also; aud he declined 10
give her up The question TO which had the best right
to the woman submitted to legal tribunal and on
the last day OF 1867 the Court decided that the nrs mar
rage binding and the wife must pass TO the FORMER
husband.
Judge McCunn had before him, yesterday, q
whole batch OF wrs OF habeas corpus The first was that
OF Daniel Noble and Thomas Mullen, one OF whom had
been DISCHARGED but arrested on civil process, anu e
other on the DstricAttoneys accommodating mat he
he d.cbarged Tho next was the OF H. W. IIorke-
man. and IL Others. who were committed as disotdery
persons The complaint made against danceh
whose keeper gave bail TO await tral whe thS ies s
also arrested, were committed IN default & ol
ground that a commitment to the workhOuse was unau-
thOzcd, but could only be 10 the Cy OF County Jai,
and that as the commitment read 10 the wOrkhOuse III
utterly void He also claimed mat tne reIu 10 h h
ceyt0Tar entirely defective IN not returning te
proofs on which the eonin'sMS Mr Rl%St Mg claimed
that under the statute the afhdays on ME were pSe
eto part Of the return and tha IL wa iOr 1 & bsr
10 produce them Two o. TINS Datcl, VINO were & p.Is,
keepers in the house. were baed out Ihe oters "eie
remanGed until to-day
Carlos Frederici asks the aid Of the Superior
Court 10 recover his from the control of Dr. Atwood
This wOman's name was Marian De lavane Lamar, ana
she is daughter OF Gen Lamar, formerly president o.
Texas About month ago she was married ny BIT uat
laudet to the plaintiff. and they went 10 Df As"Oo1 =
The Doctor denies that he admitted the husband 70 s
hOuse The wife says. that having been married oy
fraud under tine influence of drugs she went 70 Tue DOC
tors house for protection Ine husband GENES - b .is
sprtuast has established undue influence over hel
has persuaded her that size Is suffering rom heart di
ease has told her that the spirit OF her lateI nas ~
nonfed him fAtwOOd her guardian, and Il using he III
uence thus acquired to Obtain berproperty ana Tor 9h
purposes and that the affidavit purportng TO DE naae y
her was signed without her knowing It's contents
Justice McCuDn learning that the woman was III D AT
woods mousse dispatched an officer tO bring her down
The husband was forbidden 10 with the ohcer but
the Doctor accompanied him, and after some time Mrs
F. was brought To the Court. The plaintih = counsel
asked that Dr. Atwood be directed to s where ne eO9d
be by the wife. as the counsel feared tle ia
ence Of the Doctor The Court declined TO make any
such order The only question the Court ruled IN tne
case was whether the wife restrained of her Dery;
ali ofher questions must he tried some other forum
THE wife who was very pale, in answer TO the udges
questions said distinctly that she was not restrained OF
her liberty and that te did not wish 10 return TO her
husband as she was weak She did not wish her nus
band bound to keep the peace The Court teh as
charged the writ.