New-York tribune., 1868-02-14

In tho Marine Court, before Judge cross,
vrlrick g. Marshall brought an action To fe9oEcI 1 stO
,a,n,r from Carl j. GOcller for SANDER inc oeIea
, diving an alteration with plaintiff used Oppro-
orious epithets, and also assaulted niin' Inc ui'' "
In the limited States District Court yes terday
,.,ticrs m bankruptcy filed by Andrew j. Ander-
sol, son o. obH a schultz Daniel W Caniied, Hastead
3 Fewe and Marcus 5 Woider Of this city Edward >.
icas Of Charleston ROclaud County, ana henry b"uSc
Of Poughkeepsie. Dutchess County.
In the City Court of Brooklyn. yesterday
Charles G.. Birch recovered s25 damages ir0in lne
Iard Railroad Company for injury done 90 ne fanV
cart by hciug struck by OF the cars OF that
II appeared from the evidence tal ne h9ts % tio r
been lett standing beside the railroad tCh ~ ~ ,sss
Eyh,u the car Of the defendants ~ endeaEolg 70 pS
ss and 2qTed 9S fS c rSp eSr To lcP and give no
iier 10 The driver OF the vehicle TO get OUT ol t9 Wy
ne negligence Of the driver Of the cart, In leaving MS
vehicle alone in the street. Verdict as above ,
Allen r. Seaman cOnlnenced SUIT IN the
lowing facts: Pier No &C. North River was leased IA
1854 70 the NcwYork Mail steamship COMPANY Dut ~
september 1864, the city, under clause ID te easo; Hou
taken possession OF the pier for the purpose OF repairing
T. IN front bf the pier were three piles so brokeI th ~
codld bc The tug samnel stanton coming ar hlE1
wafer ran on these piles lnrins her so "I itia ~ mia
n.93 pnt her IN repair and TINS sum tny hr11ii,
imcd 10 recover from the city The only question Ioa
gIspnted the liability Of the city under these
stances Judge Barrett decided thai 10 aud the jury
cave The paintin the full amount Of hi- cioin.
Surrogate Tucker Yesterday decided the long
contested will case Of Catharne Eekert lhe case is ono
Of peculiar interest. In February 1900 inc deceased
made a VIII leaving hcr property 10 suVNV 4"
urnbcr uf charitable societies, excluding all her rea-
ti,es although in humble circumstance, with the eX-
uon of two requests OF and one OF 5000 made 10
certain rruiivcs and she subsequently, IN ls63 made
fDfcl appointing new executor IN place OF lhe one
ulucd iu the will. The DeXtof KIN, whose names We're
omitted ~ WILL opposed the probate contcnding hat
c tltrIX was OF sound mind az the time OF ITS exc
ton and was controlled entirely 10y the executor named
nlt l her selection of the cgaces To sustain ms they
called several witnesses, among then some pocelht'
who testified that, Notwithstanding the tesiatuK
,lss,sseG large means, she had been i'm the habit
II Begging in the streets for years; that she
o, rd p and boarded little pieces Ot sticks, matches,
other yalueCss articles that she hcId long coNci
tons with herself alone, II she entertaining com
nly; mslsd her things and accused her best friends Of
stclire them; and that her property was ai managed
u,t er power of attorney by the person who decedth
will drawn that account was rendered 10 her ol
It, ld she kept in Ignorance OF the amount palo Dy
HIM for his board Another symptom Of insanity was
urge0 the fact that she tried To clear large pie OF
snow from the Sidewalk with feather dusicr Ihe Iesa
tecs In reply, cOntcnded that these acts were merely
erc suri,ieS; that she mseI but not insane ana
~ sustain this view, they produced eminent nedc. ttst
moly The Surrogate has Just rendered decision re-
i.ctinc the Will 4. Marks and Geo. W Nngae for the
c0uesiauts John J.. Parsons, hmerst Wight lr' 1cn-
lroeck q Van Orlen \. r. Cusbmau, j. r. Chamberlain,
Tracy & johnson, owen, Nash &GIoy fol TIE Will