, 1872-12-04
THE LAW COURTS.
NOTES OF INTEREST.

'Jns1ce Tree, yesterday, heard elaborate argu-
o,,., for and against the change of venue
,nlied for by tue Knickerbocker Insurance
,-npan7 against the plaintiffs in the suits
-,;-s+ +, ,eu1. His Honor read from the peti-
IN he 8 aid it Vas petition setting forth that
.ai- trial could not take place because the peo-
20 Of the co unity were prejudiced; that this fact
-e+ c,7no In f11e knowledge of the officers of the
-.oanr on the Goth OF November; and fled On
i,ndav. the I'd of December, tho 90th being
- previous Saturday. The papers we're signed
y the Company by Henry Fuller. His Honor
saninca the nature OF the petition at length
re regret We are unable to follow, and referred
=, t1,o fact that the petitioners omitted to par
cnlarizo the State in which Cook County lay, q
rfal omission. since it might be in New York
tate. or any other State, for all the Court knew
, the contrary. He also referred to various
oizts in the petitions which jeopardizad them,
nd particularly to the fact that the seal Of the
onpany was not Oh them, which, he
rs Of opinion. without consulting authorities,
I'D consequently without giving that as one OF
- grounds of his decision, but merely IS an
SIMON. seemed to him to endanger the petit
one. He overru1ed the application in all cases
t,ore these objections existed.
Several insurance companies having resolved
submit to arbitration the question Of liability
nav the whole amount carried on the face Of
,cir policies. whether the property destroyed
oo,ntci to that sum or not, Judge Blodgett
~ 49, requested to make the award, and
asterday announced his decision. He spoke
:considerable length elaborstsiy reviewing
: +i,n 9olicies, and the whole of the circun-
encas NJ, surrounding the matte- in question
- "a ais Honor intiraated thEt his remarks
sro net for publication, that his award YVES not
tended in the nature OF Tuhng, aad that. in
~ eel nnisicn he had formed, he had been guided
.e ~ 1,Tirciples of equity and justice, rather
~ ,f.he s-ct letter of thel law, the law reporter
ro1nctart1v obliged to sacrifice few bushels
no+es on the fire Of obligation, and to confne
the bare deeon 5oa h9h h hd Tan antd TO- the he
-. -.,1nc Of the buildings destroyed, up to the
,,o,-1t insured, less the building materials or
wage remaining
r. a,pears that sets-oH OF policies against
.hte n bankrupt insurance companies are not
~ allowed without due exercise Of care in
fnr Their title TO that sort Of half preferential
at;t;6n in regard to the claims OF other credi-
os.T Tndee Blodgett yesterday delivered an
d;snosing Of one class OF sets-off in plain
..s ~. He tooE up the petition of Gray Y.
oiio Assignee, in the matter OF the Merchants
.srrance Company, and examined the nature OF
asI1a asa1an. The holders Of 8 policy in the COM
1e clane 1eue Grsy and Gaylord, two distinct per
~, s1,d a debt was owing to the company by
ons na GAYLORD, in order to assist Gray to get
Eas to the debt. agreed to the sacrifice Of bis
ero st,uI of the policy, provided the Company ad-
ft it as against their claim sgainst his part
ILL., T11ere was no nnutualty in such q transac-
.el. o1,d tLe Cou,. could not sanction it. The |
ton !sa1i;cation would be dismissed.
r,~s oatmaa, the mi1iner, whom the indisc1eet |
- souo apprentice sensatlOnal6ts would |
eal ,,de first-class larcenist, yesterday
:i.sa is.s;+.ad On the charge of receiving |
c9u,,'Gu aan property, the heavier charge Of lar
INV p having previously broken down. The 1ad{'s
a and be! of he4 reee apehss aa e eha