The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-10
THE COURTS.

SUPREME CouRT OF THE DISTRICT OF Co.
LuMBIA.--All the justices sat In banc yes
terday, for the trial Of appeal cases.
ATTORNEYS ADMITTED.
Edmund Burke, OF tho bar OF Michigan,
was admitted to practice at this bar, on the
motion Of Mr.. s. L. Phillips.
On the presentation by Mr.. Riddle, Of the
certificate Of J. c. Brent, James 8. Edwards
was admitted as an attorney and counsellor
In this court.
On the motion Of Mr.. F. P. Stanton, tho
application of Charles +. Stausbury for ad-
mission to this bar Is referred to the exam
lining committee.
Mary A. Mccormick VS.. ]. II. o'Brlen ct
al, and 0'Brien vs.. Dougherty. The first Is
n case Ia equity, the second at law, both re- |
latlng TO the same subject-matter as the
equity case.
The bill AYERS that In the year 1868, John
II. 0'Bricn promised to and with Mrs:
O'Brien, that II she would purchase parcel
Of ground, and have the same conveyed to
him, the said John ii. O'Brien, TO his own
use, that he, In consideration thereof, would
marry this complainant; and your oratrix
theroupon, In pursuance OF said promise and
agreement, advanced the sum Of tGl0 for
the purchase Of o parcel of ground, and did
purchase tho same, &c., and, under the
agreement above, tho same was conveyed 10
said O'Brien, &C., &c. That one Lewis
Grooves and wife, ut tho request OF your
Sratrix, conveyed the same to said 0'Brien,
&c.
Tho complainant AYERS that she advanced
the purchase money OF said ground In pursu-
ance Of said promise aud agreement Of mar.
conveyance, and after obtaining possession
Of said premises, refused to carry out his
part Of the agreement to marry her." &c.
The answer afllrms that 0'Brien offered to
marry her, but that she refused him, but de-
MES that her money bought the property.
II appears In evidence that the parties
lived together rs man and wife, dc bens ssse,
and that Mrs. McC., desiring to convert her
relation into legitimate one often besought
o'Brien to marry her. At one time he pro-
cured q license, but whom the time came for
marriage said he was only "fooling." At
other times he would agreo to marry, but
the widow thought that he was only fooling
again, and so sued flrst In ejectmcnt to re-
cover possession OF the property on II street
north, between North Capitol aud First
streets, which she alleged TO have been pur-
chased with her money, and afterwards In
equity to have the property reconyeyed to
her. In the ejectment suit Justice Wylie al
| lowed evidence that although the deed was
made In 0'Brlen's name, yet Mrs. McCor-
mick furnished the money; from which an
appeal was taken, tho jury having found for
the plaintiff. In the equity case Judge olin
made decree ordering a recouveyance OF
the property to Mrs. Nee; from which,
also, an appeal was taken. Both these ap.
peals were heard together, aud the case held
under adviscment.
Phoenix Life Insurance Company VS.. Bal
ley. This Is an appeal In an insurance case
In which there are two cases, the one at law
aud the other In equity. The Phoenix Com
pany seek to have the policy declared void
and cancelled, and Mrs. Bailey, upon whose
husbands life tho policy was granted, seek
to recover the amount insured. A motion
for continuance was oyerruled, but tht
case was afterwards postponed by consent Of
parties until the next term.
Dainese VS.. James ct al. This Is one o
many cases In which actions were brought
to enforce mechanics liens on real estat,
which had previously been incumbcrcd by Q
deed OF trust, and has been reported seyera
times. All tho cases follow the same order
affirming tho decree below.
Mccarthy VS.. O'Conner. The court mad
an order Diminishing the appeal.
ORPHANS CouRT-Judge PurcSH.-Thi
court was occupied as follows yesterday;
LAST WILLS.
The will of Mary p. Jackson, bcqueathinl
her estate to her brother and sister, was par
TALLY proven.
The will of Peter Saubscher was full
proven. The tcstator leaves his estate to hi
wife for life, aud then to his daughter.
LETTERS TEsTAMESTARY, ETC.
Levi l.. Tate gave bond In $4,000 as ad
, ministrator OF Sarah Moone, with Pete
Sweeney and P. Culinane as sureties.
Josiah Dent, Joshua Riley and Williar
E Laird, jr., qualified as executors OF Z. NJ
!. l.inthicum, giving bond 10 s200, 200, with
/. II. Laird, John G. Riley and Mrs. Mary Lii
i. thicum as sureties.
. Barbara Laubschcr gave bond Ia 81, 90
!, as cxccutrix Of her husband, with N. Acke
aud II. LauPman rs sureties.
Mary Upshaw gave Duud In $500 as admir-
e istratriX of her husband.
d James W. King gave bond In 5000 O
administrator OF Clara A. King, with Wn
!, II. Shock and VIM. DUNCAN as suretles.
Q Randolph Coyle, IT,, qualified as admin
:. traitor of Randolph Coyle, swing bond
VI as sureties.
u VIM. Cook gave bond in 5000 as admin
II traitor Of Thomas Cook, with F. A. Boswe
and John Cook as suretles.
II GUARDIANS.
~ Ann Joyce qualified as guardian OF III
ID children's estate, giving bond In $500, wilt
Charles Souissa and John A. Botcler as sur
= ties.
IIss winfrcd s. Harbaugh qualified as qua
!. dian OF the estate Of her children, giylr
bond In $500, with V. Iarbaugh and G.
% Gideon as suretles.
d A large number Of accounts were filed Of
"a approved.
II. :.
SUPREME Court OF THE UNITED STATES
Tuesday, November 0, lS69.-On motion
Mr.. Goodwin, Lewis l.. Coburn, ESQ.,,
Illinois, was admitted to practice as an Q
~ torney and counsellor Of this court.
n. On motion of Mr.. Gushing @. N. Abe
as esq. and N. Perry, esq, Of New Jersey, we
Il. admitted to practice as attorneys and cou
n sellers Of this court.
cd No. 206. Alonzo V. Blanchard ct a
,St plaintiffs In error, VS.. Antoinal Pullman
No. al. This case was argued by Mr.. s.
We Fisher, Of counsel for the defendants In crrt
n. and submitted on printed argument by n
Il, Lee, for the plaintiff In error.
m. No. POS. The President, &c, of the Chit
u" pee Bank, plaintiffs In error, VS.. The Seven
,o National Bank of Philadelphia. The arr
a ment Of this cause was commenced by \
r. 7. Dana, jr., of counsel for the plain
hc In error, and continued by Mr.. George P
~ nam for the defendant 10 error.
~ SUPREME CouRT-Residenees of The JuSiicei
w Mr. Chief Justice Chase, corner Sixth and
Gu streets,
all Mr., Justice Nelson, National Hotel.
las Mt, Justice Grier, National Hotel.
a., MIR, Justice Clifford, National Hotel,