, 1872-10-28
THE LAW COURTS.
NOTES or INTEREST.

the superior court, On Saturday- lie petltl0n8
the Court to appoint Receiver, and to take ac-
count Of the affairs, Of the New North Side
Planning Mill Company, to hand all the profits
to himself and other members Of the North Side
Planning Mill Company, and to declare the pro-
prietors Of the latter Company proprietors of
the former, and ascertain their exact interest
therein, and to compel g settlement Of the
affairs Of both Companies, as far as
they pecuniarily affect tho petitioner
and all others who may become parties to the
suit. Petitioner declares that the North Side
company was established by certain individuals,
whose names are given in full, for term Of ten
years. which is unexpired, with capital Of $780,
900, and Eve Directors, and that he took stock in
it, receiving certificates OF 81 shares at one time
and Il 92o3-1000 at another, the dividends on
which were always II to 20 per cent,
which stock has never been cancelled or lost, but
is now his unfettered property. In the October
fire, he says, the property Of the company was
destroyed, but he claims that the following
nssots are still to bo accounted for:
Cash in bank, S2,954.19; insurance
dividends, at least $4,000; accounts, mostly
good, $4,000, and salvage, $4,000, or q total Of
s2s,954 and that there were no liabilities, or It
there were, they wero 80 small US not to bo
ht1ku bdh4lE 1Ato dCEouutt 1T 16t4EsclLo tlaI
after the fire, meeting Of the stockholders took
place, at which it was resolved to rebuild, and
continue the business, which had been exceed
ingly valuable; and further that, II tho Com
pam, had resumed their business, instead Of be-
ing destroyed by the fire, would have immensely
benefited BY it, in consequence Of the immediate
and immense demand that ensued for all kinds Of
building material, particularly dressed lumber,
or window sashes, doors, frames, flooring, and
such like. He goes on to allege that the min
nfaa Af that mrnrtAnt r1paf9np fari1t1aTv
appeared, although pains were taken to have
the resolutions to which the meeting pledged it.
self carefully and correctly written down on the
fraudulently and deliberately concsaling them,
Or o. putting them away to avoid publicity.
number Of tie shareholders Of tho
old concern, fraudulently trading on the
business, and in reality usurping the goodwill Of
the establishment; organized new company,
called the New North Side Planning Hills Com
pany, which is nov doing the business that the
He shows tho loss ho and other proprietors have
thus been subjected to, and the ruinous stand
still ct which they have arrived, and insists that
the act OF 3 part OF the proprietors, in con-
aS together @ to staf T
was an act OF unlawful collusion which could
only result in the injury Of their partners. He
concludes with the prayer stated above. The
mentH about it which will materially affect many
business houses in this country.
Whenever legal gentlemen find names bungled
in new suits, and their OWL names omitted alto-
gother, they may bet the best hat they possess,
against nickel, that they are themselves to
blame. There are lawyers in this city whose
caigraphy it is not possible to decipher. Even
a printer or q law reporter, when reduced to
guess wrongly he viii prefer % guess not at all
Judge Gary, on Friday, jokingly referred to the
spider-creW1ing characters of some Of the gen.
t1emen Of the bar, BY threatening to insert in q
rule ordering the filing Of nov papers, that they
be "writtcn we'll enough to bo read,'' and the
lawyer who was addressed was senalble enough
to guffaw, and promise that the order should not
be requisite in future casea-
Mr. Jerome Danforth shook the dust of the
Superior Chancery Court off his feet, on Satur-
day, to exchange for TINT Of his fathers lime
kilns, and Mr.. Lauer takes his place this morn
Clerks in the Courts of this city, and his pro-
motion to a partnership with his father affords
pleasure to bis numerous friends. Mr. Lauer
has already earned golden opinions, as rising
Court Clerk, under the shadow Of Judge Jamie-
eon's desk.
ow and administrators of Peter Rink, WHO met
his death by falling of Halated street bridge,
into the river for ST, 600 damages, have returned
a verdict Of $4,000 damages. There was 4 mo-
ton by defendant fora new trial, Us g matter Of
course, and as tho case is now two years old,
Mrs. Rink must SUNNI: : u little more patience.
Slade Brothers On Saturday obtained m at
taehment against W. E. Remington for the sum
of $153.50 for oysters and other biyaIvu1ar mer-
chandiso.
The decree in the cause, Martin Y. Mendson OF.
a., (Chancery: Circuit Court) finds the owner
ship OF portion OF land on Michigan avenue,
described as the south 81 54-100 feet, of the
north 78 54100 feet, OF the cast $50 fee., of tho
north-oa1t quarter Of Sub-bock 8, in Kedzie,
Ayers & Buchana,l's subdivision OF Blocks 81
and 81 in tho west lelf Of Section 81, in Hattie
A. Martin, and that tho transfer in 1871 to Jesse
Adams was wrongly described in the record book
No. GIG, page 455, as to Jesse Adams, By clerical
error.
Mr.. Alfred Wil1ford, Clerk Of Judge Trees
Court, Was superseded on Saturday; It appears
that he has been in the practice OF writing up
the record books In the Court contrary to the
kind must be done outaide. Mr.. Wil1ford claims
that he was ignorant Of the rule. Tho reporters
will miss o clerk who WAS always courteous and
obliging.
Judge Williams (Oircuit Court chancery),
Judge Booth (Circuit Court, common law),
and Judge Wallace probate), did not sit On
Saturday and the law record is consequently
bare.
Judgment was entered in Judge Porter's
Court, on Saturday, confirming the verdict re-
turned by the jury against Mr. Wilder on the
suit Of Mr. Bouton, for 81, ,246.53, for iron matte
rial supplied for building purposes. Defendant
took an appeal, and the bond was fixed at
$4,000.
There was less business transacted in tho
United States and Cook County Courts, on Sat-
urday, than during any day since the summer
vacation, and none at all in bankruptcy, except
one stray order that got in out Of pure cussed-
mesa.
In this matter Of the Great Western Insurance
Company, a motion will he argued, at 2 p. NJ
to-day, to expunge the claim Of Bernard II. ".
ZaatroW-
Judgments we're rendered against the Com
mercial Insurance Company by Judge Rogers,
On Saturday, in four SUITS amounting to an ag-
gregate Of S13, ,876.63.
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THE SUPERIOR COURT.
LAw-IJudgs Porfer].
s272-Repub!ie Insurance M Company az = Williams;
MoHatt; verdict for plaintiff, damages 5000, and
motion for new tria1 by defendant. 2,566-Wardens
n1d uoe+r.7oo,. ~ a. AnspArIua rh11rch EnickHr-