New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-03
THE COURTs.
United States Circuit Court.

! United States vs.. steamer Rob Roy anC
+, cargo.-This case came up wednesday on
new point. This was the effect OF the dis
charge in bankruptcy to release the defend
ant and the s'ipulators On his oGnd, s;nss A. 5 >
| Mansfield having received his discharge II
bankruptcy, it is contended by Judge Camp
bell and W. H. Hunt, that judgment can no
be enforced against him or his securities or
the bond of $3.50, 900.
| The District Attorney, however. with
whom are Aessrs. Thomas Hunton and
Judge Whitaker. argued:
! l. That claim OF the United States Is not
released by discharge in bankruptcy.
not provable, is not affected by certificate
in bankruptcy.
| There were other grounds which were dis
| cussed at length and with great ability by
the opposing counsel.
Fourth District Court.
]. Strauss VS.. G. NJ. Wicklitfe In this
case, wherein defendant is charged with
having obtained from plaintiff large sum
of money on pledge of forged state war
rants, Judge Theard yesterday gave judg-
ment against Wickliffe and in favor of
Strauss, for ST. 600, with legal interest and
privilege on the money and property at
tached and costs.
Seventh District Court.
J. Straus VS.. Southern Bank.-This is a
suit for $4,000, the amount OF check
drawn by plaintiff in favor of G. N. Wick
life, and which plaintiff contends was i'm
properly paid by the bank after notice that
the check had been fraudulently obtained.
It will be remembered that this check was
given by Straus to Wicklitfe in part pay
ment of S7l 600 alleged to have been paid
by him to Wicklife for State warrants, a
large number of which are said to have
been fraudulent.
Eighth District Court.
In the cases of Butler, Spalding and
others, suing the city for damages on
account of wounds received by the plaintiffs
at the riots in Jefferson City, in 1868, were
postponed until Thursday next, the ninth
instant. Exceptions were filed in these
cases, to the effect that there was no cause
Of action.
Fourth District Court
Chandler VS.. Graham Il Madden.-This
was suit arising out of the publication OF
the New Orleans directory. Judge Theard
yesterday gave Judgment in favor of plain
titfs for $3.50 SO, with the legal interest and
costs of suit
The Siaughterhouse Gases.
The attorneys in these cases have sub
mitted to Judge Bradley the Slaughterhouse
Company's statement, claiming that the fees
of all live stock landed and slaughtered in
New Orleans for year, under the tariff in
the SlaughterLouse act, would amount to
S275 900, but made no discrimination be-
tween the live stock slaughtered by itself or
other parties. Imbau, Aycock IL Co. stated
that the fees which might have been re-
ouired of them under the act, from June l,
1869, to May 81, 1870, could not have
exceeded $780, giving in their statement
the exact number of cattle received by
them. The Live Stock Dealers aud Butchers
Association showed that, taking the last
fifteen days of April as basis, their fees for
saughtering would not exceed S65,0O0.
On reading these statements Judge Brad
ley remarked that as to the effect of the
writs as supersedeas, he did not feel it
proper for him to express decided opinion;
that the question must be left where the
law left it, and De decided by the proper
tribunal; that the bond of Imbau, Aycock
& Co. (s5000) was amply sufficient. but that
the bond OF the Live Stock Dealersi and
Butchers Association must be in.
creased from $4,000 to 100000, and
wrote out ar order to that effect; but
on being shown an authority in
sixth Wallace, declined 20 issue the
order, because by that decision the signing
of the citation vested all further control of
the case in the Supreme Court of the United
States. At the request Of the counsel for
sons for his decision, he said he would write
them out and give them to him yesterday
morning, and decide finally the question of
increasing the bond one way or the other.
Yesterday he informed the counsel for
the Slaug ghterhouse that he had not yet pre-
pared his opinion, but would deliver it this
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