, 1870-04-14
THELAW COURTS,
Verdict Against a Railroad Com
pany for Personal Injuries.
Arrangement OF Prisoners lit tic
Recorders Court.
Sam, Felker and Brother Indicted for
Alleged swindling.
The Rights OF 1Iecr.DrInkcrs IL,
Saloons.
HUPERIoI COUHT.

Edwnrd 5tufges ct MS +. John L. Adams ct ais
comrlstnants. exeeutora and Burv1vlng pattner Of
the nrm Of E i D. sturges 1 Co., lately doing
business At Mansfield, Ohio, nied the btu against
the memsrls Of The pastncrshlp Of Adaus i Puck
tnshsm and Charles IL ssurges for N account
III july, 1855, coupkinantA then doing business At
s!n1snehf, Ohio, sent by letter to Adams Buck
tnaham, tarke.B md commission merchants, Of
hundred shares ot the stock ct th
Ohio Life Insurance amt Trust Company, the sams
ic,ter containing depos!t Of funds to stand to
rcUplainRuts credit, and power Of attorney d.
Ecctcd u John Buckingham. one Of the Grm. em-
IMwcrtns him 10 transfer The shares aod sell them
when they could Obtain for them par value.
In August, 1851, the Ohio Trust Company failed,
and the stock BECAME at once worthless, "a It has
ever since l,cen. The question vas whether ther.
has ever been snch transfer u the ssosS M = :.
value, The defendants cl1irned that thrre wos no
such warrant, md tender%i two certificates Of
stock for one huns1red shares i appeared, IN cv.
eight hanafefS OF the stock, CT parts OF Il, but
these, defendants claimed, were only trans1ers to
brokers In the usual course Of the trade, wnere
shares are left for sale. In The absence o. 6ny
proof that that there exists any custom That re-
qutrc an absolute transfer In such case the Court
Jarneson} found II did NOT c1tst 10 tne matter
of The tender the Court held that broker to
whom certificates OF Shares arc entrusted bT the
awner, with written dreclons to sell under certain
circumstances, has no right 10 ttausfer the shares
~ A2444G "a Qttlt{ {lAllC3
OF his own name, hence there being liability, be
held that this certificate ls not the one which
waa remltted, and that they cannot be excused bF
Offering what Is yalrele@s IN place Of shat which,
II 1t had been deal, with according to inatrnc--
tons, wonld at almost any time hefore the com-
paus's failure been worth 10000 Decree
frum Charles u. slurxes, In whose hantts Is sum
OF about = COO COLLECTED on collateral securiues
put up ty defendants In another transaction.
VERDICT AfAYSET RAILROAD COMPANY.
Ferdinand ~in}nnf. A m1fCF. ffE.. T.. Thu Chf~
cago burlington j Quincy Railroad Company In
this case. sisted day or 1~o since as being on
With t5,tN0 damages. a number Of empty cara
Eere upon the t1acs Of the company tn Brown
street; near them stood the child aged ycars.
hjIlct Vi wood townrl the boy To drive him o0,
when. lodging the wood. hts feet caught il the
track. the cars hacked down upon htrn, and 20 hts
were sfltl that the STREET the ack to the contrary
nevertheless. IL 4 public highway. In which The
plaintiff had right to be. 30 that defenrian was
Eelutsa to Esc its track tn such way to Interfere
Is little as possible With the public, pslng, al the
same tine, diligence and care to avoid al acct
dcnts, and the samc care and judgment Il not re-
Salred Ss sSEees1 9 o. ':Jsas Ga child as woald
Il was proper for The Jury to consider whether tho
nlntntth was Of such tender aRe that he required
s aen ,ne and sa1se nd q es
rEtate, We're the parents exercising such prudence
md ease as to hts pers!n a. !at,!eloas paEcnta
Hhou!d eHerc1se sc, II the PAfCnts, knowing Oi
ted their child TO STRAY and wander ia the
stfret ls himself and upon the rosh, then they did
80 At their nwn peril. and were negligent, and ii
The child attempted to climb upon the defendants
car while It was In mntion, and In no doing came
to the hurt, then II Was Of his own negligence pre-
venting recovery.
JECTMEEr.
Maryin blanchard Z. Martin Hogan. Electt1cn
fnr Lot IT, e D. G!bson's subdivision Of Block H.
Cunal Trustcts' subdivision Of Section {, %, l,
east 3 r. II.
INSURANCE.
Elizabeth J. Norwood, representing tho estate O
JoLn NORWOOD. =. The Scx ENGLAND Mutua
l $l2,oea.
MEcHAEIS' LIEN.
Rubel i nru. =. Andrew Kunisnn ct ais. reii
ton to enforce mechanics lien, stated at s3l4, Of
| Lot 3, Block .3, Russell, Mathet Roberts Adj
| tim, With Improvements.
| JCNiXENT,
Peter ". Field ct ais. Y. Bennett P,etets. 70
81 q9i.23.