, 1872-12-14
THE LAW COURTS.

| "What is q lawful mar1iage?" is the subject
! Of an acrimonious inquiry in the County Court,
in the estate Of the late lamented Silas ". Port,
| whom, there is grave reason to suppose, went
| down to the grave in this supposed relat'7n OF
| husband to tho lady who now clair"- Ms proper
| ty as his widow, without ha' ing gwen thai rem
ton the sanction either OF the church or OF Inc
maqistracy. The matter came up by the serving
OF q citation on William Port, administrator, to
show Cause why he should not return the
widows award forthwith ; to which the adminis-
traitor put in an answer, averring that the relict
Of his brother was not his brothers. widow.
Wherefore, the question had to come up, for
| final settlement, whether Nellie Port Was Mrs.
dead mans plaything. No one pretended,
among all the witnesses, that Nellie ever con-
Quoted herself, to all outward appearance,
otherwise than q good. woman, and an honest
hae@assa to b. 70 proved 4s beyond that sh
| lived with him. and was spoken OF By him, and
known as, Mrs. Port, the wife of the deceased. It
was even proved that she had been introduced to
people bv Port himself as his wife, and the most
important witness against Nellie was reluctantly
| compelled to acknowledge that Port " some
| times said he was married to Nellie" The other
| side attempted to show, by the neighbors. that
was not lawfully married, and IN answer to the
| question Of the counsel, What did they call
lawful marriage 2" they one and all said it Was
q marriage in'the Church or before g Justice Of
! the Peace This the counsel boldly challenged,
| and the counsel on the other side took up the
| cudcels on behalf Of the Church and the JUS
| tices Of the Pence and there the law reporter
! left them, promising to look IN sometlme IN the
| course of to-day. The bond in this estate is
| 1000.
The contested will case, Hayden Y. Heald,
Yesterday came up before Judge Williams. Ell
len J. Hayden is the claimant, and Fannie G.
! HeaId, her married sister, and her husband, arc
the defendants. The facts claimed BY the com
| plaiuant are that Nelson Richard Hayden, her
brother, e bachelor, aged 80, Catherine Hayden,
| her mother, aged 58, and Lille E. Hayden, her
sister, unmarried, aged 18, we're drowned in the
laundering Of the Cambria, OFT the north coast
New York, on the 18th Of October, 1870, the
bachelor leaving property behind him amount
ing to about $4,000 personally, and Nos. 1927,
1o29, 1881 and 1888 Michigan avenue, and land in
gether valuable estate. On the S0th Of Au-
| gust 1870, the deceased brother had made
will bequesthing the property to his
mother during her life, and after her death to
| bio institutions; and the complainant holds that
| the Witnesses, of whom ahe Was one, signed the
will before tho testator, and that it was thus rem
dered invalid. On Feb. 6, 1871, J. 7. Scammon
received letters testamentary in tho estate since
which time he has managed the property, re-
ceiyed the rents, and assumed the control Of all
| connected Herewith. The arguments have not
| yet concluded
| In the course Of the trial, Thayer d Tobey
Furniture Company '. seeleye, one Of the River
the hotel, Mr. Lyman, for the complainant, took
IN opportunity to decfaim against the immoral
spectacle now to be Witnessed in all the Courts
II the city, Of otherwiso honest aud
pacities,s had hitherto been the synonym
Of integrity and truth, becoming foresworn and
unjust in their capacity as members OF large
corporations, end in that capacity defending
suits that could be defended no principle Of
Justice or equity. In this case he showed that
the plaintiff had in good faith furnished the
hotel on the guaranty OF good names: that the
furniture had been used and made money Of,
| ties constituting the Company shouldered the
responsibility from one to the other, and shell
tered themselves behind every available artifce
| known in law and every technically that ex-
perienca had taught to lawyers. The jury showed,
By their attention, that they appreciated these
remarks, and the case went over till this 1oorn-
ing.
Frederick Harding brings suit against the
Globo Insurance Company, damages 81 ,G9u N
case, in the Superior Court, alleging that ne Is
tho true owner Of five shares in the Company, OF
800 each, issued on the 21st March, 1871, TO
Samuel N. Pea6e, and by him assigned to the
plaintiff, which assignment the Companyrefuses
to recognize, to register, or to make good BY the
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charges that said Poase obtained the certificate
sold to him by fraud, but does not state how !;
also that the said certificate wag issued BY negi-
conce Of the Company's servants, but does not
say how, and the whole thing is very vague and
uncertain. except the fact that the plaintiff has
bought $500 Of stock in the Globe, which the
Globe will not recognize.
A violation Of the injunction in the suit Of
Hubbard y Thomas and wife being reported to
the Circuit Court, in chancery, Judge Williams
yesterday referred the matter to Butler, Master,
to take proof. The injunction in reference pro-
bibits tho cutting, removing, or selling OF wood
removing of ciste1ns and pumps. digging clay,
or otherwise interfering with the vest half Of
the northwest quarter Of the north half OF the
/ northwestern quarter Of the sonth quarter OF
Section IS, Town 38, north range IL, except the
northwest quarter Of tho northwest quarter OF
the northwest quarter OF the said section, being
about ninety acres.
Mr. Jenkins. Assignee OF Clark & Co., in bank
1uptcy, yesterday filed bill in the United States
Circuit Court, praying the Court to compel the
payment BY the GIundy County National Bank
Of the velue Of certain stock seized under con-
fession OF Judgment On note given by the bank
rupts, which, plaintiff claims, was taken in IN