New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-05-22
THE COURfS.
CIVIL.

In the l.. s. District Court, Judge Batch
ford has made order that exceptions TO Peadngs or
Commissioners reports VIII be heard on SatutdayS'
without being placed on the calendar, on proper nOce
In the Court of Common Pleas n suit was
brought by Edward r. Kimball TO Of Anthony
Hall portion the price paid by him IN 1864 on some OO
yards OF beaver CLOTH on the ground that te statesman
Warranted the cloth TO be all WOOL when in reality it
part and shoddy The defendants deny the war
rantee and say that the plaintiff bought In the usual way
and had the fullest opportunity examine the goods,
and therefore, they not liable that the terms OF he
sale were, that any objections must be made wiihn ~
days and In fact some small OlJecllons were MAUI s
allowed that the reason of this provision, known 10 he
plaintiff himself that the defendants were only
agents, and RENTED the money received by them 10
their principals al once and that by the custom Of the
trade IAN wool" means only the warp of WOOL when was
the fact The case II still on
In the Superior Court, Trial Term, the case
Of Monk against The Union Mutual Life Insurance Com
the benefit creditors of the estate of the late Engham
II Warner. and brings suit against the Company on
policy his life issued favor OF his son-inaw who
was one of creditors In the last OF his life Mr.
Warner obtained several policies Of which was PAID
and another contested upon the same grounds as the
one In this suit has been adHdged good The defenSe IN
this case Is that Mr. Warner misrepresented his physical
condition 10 the Company when procuring the insurance
bowels and concealed the fact that he had shortly t9e
his applying for had sickness Of such severity
as 10 lead physician OF of the companies 10 recon-
mend him bot to apply until he should be recovered Inc
case is sim on
The famous Belle Boyd made her appearance
before the Clerk ~ the Copyright Department OF the l.
; District Court for the southern District OF New-lork
wrote some time since entitled Belle Boyd in Prison
aud in Camp" for which work George Augustus sala
wrote the introduction. She said that MI Harding her
late husband from whon she u now uLSVIe1u, ooaaCu
manuscript copy OF the work before she had an Oppor
benefit and without her authority consent, 10 the
which Published IT, Her obtanment OF the copy
right will prevent the publisher from Issuing any
numbers Of the work without arranging with Belle,
and thus secure heT her legitimate share Oh te profits de
somewhat OF a nutter aud excitement ameng the
pants OF ths r. 3 Court buildings She is q dashing
oDk "a
email string Of bells around her neck
The case of Caldwell against the NewJersey
Steamboat Company growing out OF the disaster on the
ST. John in October 1865 mentioned yesterday was con
tmued in the Supreme Court before Judge CardOo The
fact Of the explosion the destruction Of the berth IN
which Mr.. Caldwell sleeping Ht was mentioned that
he applied for berth No no. on the right side Of the boat
whose occupant was ungured ana tnaI Deig ea 'HoA
No 49, IN the range whose occupants were more or less
injured, his fail into the boiling water which Hooded the
cabin his escape with me- his long Illness ana suneIg
and his permanent manning were proved ana not denied
The defendants however,. claimed that they hau
taken every prccauuon which human or foresight
could dictate TO prevent any snca accident st ts Doll
had been made by leading firm III the trade under
which, being by the pound and not by the boiler
left them no temptation TO be sIhg IN the alnouht oI
material placed in it that the makers had used iron duly
Inspected by the Government Inspectors that the boiler
had been duly and indeed with unusual care tested ana
inspected by other Government officers 10 test OF AZ
pounds 10 the square nch that they had been licensed To
carry steam at So pounds and IN fact mad never carried
even 80 pounds that the engineer was careful steady
man. duly licensed; and that In fine every preeauon had
been taken and the accident was of those ineyi
table which they should not be held responsible
The rupture In the boiler commenced AT the ange or
shoulder of the part which the hrebON is and ran back
toward the snokestack laying one portion the line
of rupture being the ryet ue but the edge Of the next
sheet The evidence showed that the general body of the
boiler was made OF q iron aud the hangCs OF CHI iron,
and several bOermakers testified that this was Their
universal practice and that they thought OF using
rc-boX for the hanges. The theory Of Of the
witnesses that the expansion and contraction OF the
chimney swaying and the effect Of the varyin
sure OF the steam produced bellows action, which
acting the iange weakened 1t 80 far that ultimately
il was unable 10 sustain even moderate pressure anil
burst 10 seemed difficult reconcile this with the fact
that the twin boiler on the other side sti strong
The case was not concluded.