New-York tribune., 1871-04-14
CIVIL NOTES.

The suit of Powers, adminstrator against
the Hudson River Railroad Company, reported on the
Gh inst, decided yesterday IN Ia'or OIL TIC p"n
for sjO1
Patrick Nolan, seeking to recover damages
from the Hudson River Railroad Tor injuries caused by
locomotive striking him, n7usUited yesterday. in
TN. supreme Court. before .IuJgc Van Brnt on tho
foud that no mad given the Company, SO, release
from any claim fOr damages, and mua Therefore, a.
preliminary e. asoJ tne release before nc could i''
cover any thing.
An action is brought in the Court OF Com
mon Pleas by Tboma, Brennan against the security Lie
Insurance and Annuity Company 10 recover 5000 in
surancc from George Schot the latter having wh the
written consent of The COMPANY, transferred ms poimy
to the plant Tire defense is that 6cAott obtained the
cg % AZ c @ ny at e lime ae"t the nsmnce
was effected. Case on
Judge Brady has granted an injunction
against the Indiana and Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany and othcr-, action brought against thom by
william II. L. Noble, restraining them from executing,
~ ~ "l & % t y inSr S - arI I"i, Central Ryffo5d
Company issued under tie mort gage O the said Com
ao is6 to the 0H''n i'u'' company o. ''" '0'A pm '''
William SChlessinger and others sue Samuel
Daily in the Court Of Common Pleas to recover the value
OF SC bales OF hops 500 pounds, alleging that they ship
ped the hops through Daily, who a commission mer
chant in the -fatcd City OF Boston to Ellis Hargaycs
Ui Liverpool the 2st of January 1870, with usUlc-
tos 10 TIC defendant TO insure The hops The defense Il
denial of tho instructions 10 insure, and mp
Daily was only acting as tho agent Of Elis IargNes,
and that the value Of tAe hops Is considerably OYefated
Case on.
The National Bank of Memphis sues Abra-
ham IA. CardOzD and others TO s3o5 upon tw0
drafts drawn upon the defendants by VIM J. Bardor at
Memphis, and discounted by the plaintiffs in December,
l5Gs In November preceding the defendants by letter
authorized Burdcr TO draw them at sight for $500
The letter written referred 70 certain cotton transac
tiCus In December another letter written, inUri-
ing Burdcr that h. power 10 draw conditional TIC
that "a
request Burder on tho fatn of the first letter On
motion tho Court dismissed tho complaint, holding that
the statute under which the action brought, AMI
which must bo strictly construed, required clear and
unconditional authority 10 draw, create liability
under IT, and that the letter il question alone not
sufficient.
The cases of Lewis Williams against the Me-
chancs' and Traders Frcmen's Fund, and Peoples Fire
Insurance Companies, in all OF which yerlcts have
heretofore rendered at the Circuit for the plaintiff
up yesterday before the General Term OF the Supreme
Court sitting in Brooklyn, appeal The policies which
had been issued to the plaintiff prohibited the storage or
upon the premises Insured OF inammablc mate
rial The paintii had received "a wound in the military
service during the late for the treatment Of which
his ply sicHn had prescribed daily application Of Pc
trOleum 10 the parts Affected This article for sach
kept by the plantH in stone jar In his The
premises subsequently destroyed by fire. IL was
80 claimed that tho destruction thereof orr dnated in
any way from this jar QI petroleum. 1t having been
found after the ire unt0uthed but the eOmpanlss seek
to avoid the payment OF the policies the gIOuii
solely, that the keeping OF this article on the premises
although not the cause OF the fire. violated the policies
which the companies had issueu On the trials at the
Circuit the Julges before whom they heard over
ruled this defense and these appeals arc from this
ruling Decision reserved.