Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-29

the Fairfax County Court, III the case OF Charles
Taylor vs. Samuel Farnsworth, Judge r. H.
CockcriIlc delivered the following opinion:
The plaintiff in this case seeks the aid OF the
Court I" enforce 4 Judgment OF the November
Term, County Court. $50. against Farnsworth
in IN action Of IreSpaSs At the date Of the
Judgment the defendant was possessed and en-
titled to a tract OF land which it is contended
is liable to the Judgment. and the defendant
insists that he is not subject to the judgment
because he had filed his claim 10 the Home
stead Exemption out Of the land. Without in
curing into the constitutionality Of the Home
stead Inv. do not think this case. even it be
constitutional, is within its provisions. By the
lst section certain persons may hold exempt
| from levy or sale, on any demand Tor any debt
heretofore or hereafter contracted, his real and
personal property, &c. Now the only question
! is. was this recovery Of Taylor for debt con-
tracted before or after the passage of this act.
1t could not be for Taylor had no debt against
! Falnsworth, he had only claim for damages
arising from a Tort This did not constitute
him creditor for debt contracted, and is
consequently not embraced by the homestead
act. Taylor is therefore entitled to decree sub
ectin@ the land now in the possession Of Haz-
ard who purchased from Farnsworth after the
| iuhgmcnt. and with full notice. to the payment
Of his demand
Let decree ke eutered that unless Farms
worth Or some other person. shall pay plaintiff 5
| Judgment within ca days. that the land be sold
according 10 thu terms prescribed by statute.
| In reference 10 the second exception, the court
is unwilling TO pass upon the question whether
| farnswUlt or Farnsworth, was the same person,
without the aid Of verdict from jury. Let
therefore be an issue framed to be tried at the
bar of this Court, whether ). Faruswott, who
with ID. $. Finch, executed 4 note payable to
VIM Ferris for $50, interest from ID Novem
Der lSGG, was Samuel Furnsworth who sold the
tract Of land in the proceedings mentioned to
Robert r. Hazard. - F"~]ur Nr"S
\ SENSATION IN New HAvEN--A queer
story is told, which, ii true, will result in yexa
liulls lawsuits and financial loss to several New
Haven property owners. Ii Is said that some.
where in the neighberhOol Of III, I'LL Of the
land lying between Chapel and Court Streets
and Church and Orange, WAS leased by gen
tlrnmn named Ball to certain parties for i
period of one hundred years. Since that time
I'll il being now covered, and the property has
been sold and reSold. warranty deeds having
been giycn in every case. About ten years ago
4 DR.. Ball. Of Brooklyn. wrote to the heirs Of
the said to-bc lessor, many Of whom are now
Twin" in North GuillurI in regard to the mat
ter, informing them that the lease would soon
expire and that steps should be taken in order
to secure their rights. The doctor dying soon
after the matter was not pushed Tor time
but now. it is said, some Of the heirs OF the
ancient Ball are energetcally stirring to collect
the evidence and facts i'll the matter with a
view Of claiming the property. II this proves
to BE- TRUE. and the matter passes into the
hands Of lawyers. it will cause 4 shaking OF the
dry bones. for the property is probably worth
$3.U0u.nOU. including the Exchange building
the block of handsome dwellings overlooking
the Green, the Tontinc House, Governor Eng
lish's iron building and the New Haven Ma
tional Bank rditicr lm>idrS other valuable
structures.
ANTHRACITE Coal TRADE-l'hc Philadel-
phia Ledger of Monday says of the Pen nsyl-
yania coal trade The anthracite coal market
is cheerful, and the trade III all its several de-
partmc,i: has as healthtul IN outlook as we
remember to have seen it. There Is 4 good
demand for coal. and yet it i, not so much in
excess of the supply is to warrant an advance
in prices There is Steadincss in the market
tlIat renders business satisfactory consumers
seem pretty generally settled to the conclusion
that prices will not probably be lower this sea
SON End operators being willing sellers at cur
rent prices, the carrying companies and the
men at the mines Join cheertully in the work of
supplying the market The Lehgh region,
under IN active demand from the opening of
the sr;,sor. is producing coal largely. The
threatened stuppa@c Il fortnight ago at some Of
the mines in the Schuylkill region for want Of
water has passed, the recent rains having
brought the springs up TO such head as to
remove apprehension on that score through
Tor the rest Of the summer.
WASHINGTON ITEM: The Schuezcn trSti-
val of the Washington Fcrcin began yesterday
and has been so far quite success, there being
Il large crowd at the park.
There is Il considerable rise OF water in the
canal and the mills at Georgetown arc again
| running.
| There is more trouble about the pay IF the
members of the new Legislature.
| Daniel Steelyard, while pursuing runaway
team on Capitol Hill on Saturday: fell dead on
| the street.
:. p Brown Il Son have sold their interest
in the steamer Lady of the lake to George
Fl. Plant
VIM ). Lalnsulr, ol Georgia, clerk in the
office Of the sixth auditor Of the treasury. was
struck with para ySis. yesterday. while at his
desk IN the Postoffice Department. He resides
near Ecnwool aud wa sent to his home in
carriage.
\ DANGEROUS LOBBY. -Auoug the lobbles
tpaabc organized at the next session Of Con-
gre>s. perhaps the most formidable will be
! that Of the female suffrage gang, ia behalf Of
the Sixteenth Amendment They contempl ate
a vigorous campugu 1t is said that Mrs
iclnria Woodruff and other strong minded
WOMEN have taken :, tine house near the Capt.
tul, which they intend to fit up in an expen-
>iyr manncr, and make their headquarters.
The object. oi course, will be to influence men,
beers of the two Houses of Congress, and the
susceptibility Of the members TO female charms
is we'll understood in Washington. II these
wonrn are smart, they will leave the crazy,
w,hrrcd old ones who belong to their gang at
home, and fill their establishment with the
young anu attractive sisters who have bright
eyes anil rosy cheeks, as we'll as glib tongues
Rich. villa.