Litchfield enquirer., 1871-03-02
IITcHFIELD.

IITCHFIELD. S
 The Superior Court closed its January Term. last week. The following cases have been decided : Fl s Heman Beach rs. E. 0. Garfield. .-Plf. recovers $79.S8.
 Lucius Bennett, ct al. Us. Nathan T. Mil ler.-Plfs. recover $290.5O.
 --Dan:el Benton vs 1He 16wn of Morris This case was argued on Friday by Messrs R. G. Gw7lim of Waterbury and Geo. H.. Watrous of New Haven, on behalf of the petitioners, and Messrs. B. W. Seymour and G. c. Woodruff on behalf of the res- pondents. The court was filled to oyer, flowing with spectators. but on the main question of proper posting of the notices the petitioners necessarily made rather weak showing. After the lapse of eight. cen months. and with the positive testi- mony of MT. Wagoner to the fact that he had duly posted the notices, no court would decide such notice invalid ex- cept on the very dearest evidence. which, if we are correctly informed, was not in this instance forthcoming. In his closing argument Mir. Watrous was forced to fall back on the argument that the company could not call in an in- stallment because they could not show that the entire million dollars of stock authoriz- ed by their charter had been subscribed. That his position is incorrect is not only evidenced by the contrary practice of near' ly every Connecticut railroad, but by an express decision of Judge Carpenter in a late case in which the Conn. Western R.R. Go. was party. Indeed, were MT. Wat rous' doctrine correct, all the railroads now building in Connecticut would have to stop construction, and more than half the old railroad charters of the State would be lia- ble to forfeiture. Decision expected this week. .f'4 "e. "a
 III. B. Graves vs S. ~. Bronson. This was an action of covenant to recover $2, 900 on covenant by the defendant to pay the plaintiff twenty per cent of all sums he should receive from the estate or heirs of Silas Bronson of New York. The chief ob. jection raised by the defendant to recov- cry arises from the wording of the. con- tract under which the plaintiff undertook to 'prosecute" the defendants 'claims as an heir at law" Inasmuch as the $15, 900 received by the defendant was by volunts. " gift of the heirs of MT. Bronson, his counsel claimed that the services rendered by MT. Graves were not under but outside of the written contract. In proof of this they relied on the plaintiffs declaration made to the heirs of Silas Bronson, that he was to receive no fees whatever for his ser- vices. The court, however, admitted the evidence offered under the contract. and rendered judgment for the full amount of the plaintiffs claim with interest.
 On Wednenesday evening, the 22d ult., Darius Chapter of Royal Arch Masons had their annual supper, and an excellent sup per it must have been, judging from the published bill of fare and the reports of guests. The editor hereof happened to be little more tired than hungry that night or he svonlaAslAdly hava auailaa himself nf the invitation profered him. Many of the responses to toasts are reported in the Sentinel, but an unexpected freak of mod esty has reduced one of the most eloquent, pathetic and sympathetic bursts of oratory of the occasion to the following brief mo- tice:- .-...-...
 The Press.-Thls was answered by s. B. John- son.
 The amount actually subscribed to- wrads building the Congregational church is about $1s, ,OOO. not $21,O ,OoO as stated in the Sentinel. If present subscriptions are followed up, however, by others propor- tionately liberal, there can be nod doubt of the success of tho undertaking.
 - The Library meeting, this (Thursday) evening, will commence at precisely. The sale will take the catalogue in course, and need not occupy over half an hour.
 We regret to hear that Col. Thomas Harney of this place died suddenly at Elizabeth City, N. O., on Sunday last. ..
 Stoddard alias Smith, the bigamist, has been sentenced to AZ years in State Prison. The extent of the law is five years, and the remission of that possible six months is generally regretted. q" a. The Rev. William Stephens Perry, D. D. has been elected Professor of His tory, in Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y.
 The Rev. Benj. W. Stone, D. D. for merly of this place. is now Rector of St. Luke's church, Branchport, N. Y. f, f
 WOLCOTTVILLE. a. F
 The sewing society of the Congregation