The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-24
Regal 1mruLn1anMCn.

,s;.nI, and judges Read sh"rswood' and
This morning the following judgments we're
givon:--
Chief Justice Thompson
Hargreaves VS.. Rea. Error to the Common !
Pleas of Philadelphia. Judgment affirmed. |
Per curidm.
Angler w. Augier Error to the Common
Pleas of Philadelphia. This was divorce case
tried in the Common Pleas a year or so ago, in !
which the husband claimed divorce upon the
ground of desertion on the part of the wife, he |
complaining that she persistently refused Tor a |
long period to live with him in the apartments
he saw fit to engage for their accommodation. |
IL was in evidence, however, that he broke up |
their home during her absence at the sea shore.
and then took rooms at a boarding-house, ana
she declined to join him there because he had
already treated her with cold Indifference when
house keeping, and she feared he would
continue such behavior before strangers in a
clearinghouse, and having good GROUNDS
for such fear, she knew that life
under such circumstances would be burden
some and intolerable The trial below resulted
in judgment for the husband, granting the dl-
vorce on the ground OF desertlon by the wlle
The case then came before this court upon
writ of error, and was fully argued by counsel
on both sides After n full consideration. the
Court decided that the Judgment OF the Court
below was erroneous and therefore reversed 1t.
The opinion, delivered by the Chief Justice,
concluded by saying that the facts in the case
were such as should have required the Judge
below to dismiss the libellants application as
I'M
judgment, and dismissed the libellanss bill at
the costs of the libellant.
Read, JUSTICE
Court of Philadelphia. Judgment affirmed.
McGee, Hicks & Co. VS.. Raiguel ct all. Error
to the District Court Of Philadelphia. Judg-
ment reversed and ceRire de MORO awarded.
Weaver VS.. Ladd. Error to the District Court
of Philadelphia. Judgment affirmed.
Sharswood, Justice =
Yards appeal. Appeal from the decree of the
Orphans Court of Philadelphia This case
tested the validity of the charitable devises in
the will of DR.. George s. Hamill, which the
Court decided to be valid, affirming the decree
of the court below.
Mays vs. The Manufacturers National Bank
| of Philadelphia Error to the District Court OF
| Philadelphia. Judgment affirmed
Moore, ct al. VS.. The Green and Coates Streets
| Passenger Railway Company. Error to the
| District Court of Philadelphia. Judgment re-
versed and judgment given for defendant in the
Iivesey VS.. The City of Philadelphia. Error
| to the District Court of Philadelphia. Judgment
| affirmed.
Connolly VS.. Mexican. Error to the District
| Court of Philadelphia. Judgment reversed, and
| " I. d. n. awarded.
! BY Williams, Justice
Fuller vs.. Murphy. Error to the Common Pleas
| of Fayette county. Judgment affirmed.
Marshall Short vs. Philip IL. Stevenson. Error
to the Common Pleas of Allegheny county.
Judgment reversed, and prOcedeRdo awarded
The Columbia county list was taken up.
District Court. No. Judge stroud.
VIM. Genley VS.. Oliver Fales. An action on q
book account to recover for hauling stone for the
defendant The defense set up that plaintiffs
demand was exorbitant Jury out.
| Thomas Abrahams VS.. Alex. Potter. An ac-
tion to recover back money paid to defendant
for an interest in certain oil land. upon the
representation that the property was to be bought
for small price and sold for large proft it
being alleged that the tract was purchased, but
no sale of it was ever effected. On trial.
District Court, No. 2-Judge Hare.
Charles Matthews, Administrator, VS.. Thomas
Thomas. Verdict by agreement for plaintiff,
$3.50.
Isaac w. Hughes VS.. George w. Rankin. An
action promissory note, to recover against
defendant as an endorser. The defense alleged
that Mr. Rankin was induced to endorse by q
false representation that the principal was
man of means and able to meet the obligation
On trial.
Court of Common Pleas-Jndge Peirce.
Joseph Myers vs.. Martin Goodman. Al
action to recover for clothing furnished to dc
fendants son. On trial.
Court of Quarter SessIons-Iudge PaxsOn.
Prison cases were before the court to-day.
John Lukins was convicted of assault anC
battery upon Policeman Austin. On the 18th o
the month the officer arrested the prisoner a
Tventy-third and Wood streets for corner loung
ing and insulting ladies' and on the way to th
station-hOuse he struck the officer.
Robert Fulton, colored, was convicted of as
sauh and battery upon colored woman. Ih
latter testified that she found the prisoner thirst.
and hungry, and she took him in and gave hin
to eat and to drink, and after that he accuset
her of stealing money from him. and when sh
denied the charge he beat her. The prisone
pleaded drunkenness.
Abraham Trayers, colored, was convicted o
assault and battery upon another colored man
AS the latter was fastening up his house o
the night of the 18th, the prisoner, who wa
upon bad terms with him, walked up and Gu
him on the neck with razor
John Duffy boy, was convicted of riot i
creating disturbance and threatening to tea
down house at Twenty-ffth and Hamilto
streets, and to kill the occupant, an old man.
was said that he was one of set of bad boy
who infest that neighborhood who frequentl
pnako diAaultias