, 1873-02-12
THE LAW COURTS.
Condition Of the Fileman's Insurance
Company,
Notes from the Bankrupt Oourt...C Circuit
Court Calendar.

Notes HoM the uanKrupC U0uTt'"'Vlrcilt
Court Calendar.
Important to Trading Partners---
Wheat Corner Verdict.
Aselgnoo o. H. Horton yesterday reported to
the Court aa to tho present condition Of this
bankrupt Company. Tho figures giyon wore in-
complete, 30 far as a showing Of the atatc Of
ntfaira ia oonoornod, not oson presenting gon-
eral batance.Bhoet, by means Of which tho crod-
{to1a might form 8omo idea as to tho position OF
things. It Is the usual sort Of AsHignoe's ro-
port however, and II 1t satisfies tho Judge, must
satisfy tho creditors. Tho Assignee prays for
permission to sell tho outstanding accounts,
and to bo allowed to deduct tho outstanding
premiums when paying tho dividends. It iB un-
derstood,- although tho ordor of tho Court
mystoriously disappoarod, yesterday aftor-
noon, and mono Of tho reporters
wero able to find any trace Of it,-thnt
the Court directed tho snle Of accounts prayed.
Tho Assignee reported tint tho ro-inBurances
discovered since last report showed an increase
Of .e48, 81, making total OF $101, ,011.57
namely, the Gernanin, 415,88o,88; Equitable,
e1g,246.72; Home, s12, 7a0.60; Mutual Security,
4e,35354, and Yonhors, Of Now York, 96,271,45,
the whole Of which Ind beon settled in compu-
arco with tho orders Of tho Court. Attached to
the report wcre exhibits showing tho stnto Of I'M
settled accounts. Exhibit "a" showed tho gross
amount Of outstanding accounts to be $780,
ses.1e, thus made up nR: Cash collected, s9 5e5;22;
cancellsttonags 81 6225S and %nSoloetca bal
insurarces as giyenaboye. Exhibit %" showed
the amount Of premiums for deduction from
dividends to DO el,249.o8. Exhibit I'D" the
last, showed tho accounts to bo sold, as prayed
amounting TO- S1 ;a Tth
to st, 5,078.27. .....
D1sr11LEnY PER DEN CAPACITY TAX SUIT.
Herman Raster ex.oolleotor OF Internal Neve-
sasa f9s ye.sraag es 5 by e ss s
tillers. in assumpsit damages 96, 900, ,lnaor the
following circumstances. Ho collected on tho
per diem capacity tnx of tho plaintiffs dstllery,
under the act Of Congress- OF July 20, 1868, as.
follows:
For q dist1lllng days in February on 1920
For SHss y dstbss days in March ssobushes
For 6 dsas days April on bushels ss
For s7 dsas days May on issdo bushels
Of grain 1,7es.oo
Of grain. lUoo00
These amounts woro prodicated upon the pro-
duoing capacity Of tho distillery upon basis Of
the complainanta aver to be actually as follows !:
Dan, Bushels
March, ls7f per diem capacity
Mny, 1871, per diem capacity 500
june, per diem capacity. 900
July, per diem capacity... 5000
Making an aggregate e1ceBs charged Of $4,000
bushels In cash $2,610. which overohargo WIS
paid under protest, md tho complainnnts now
sock to recover
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
r. E. Jenkins yesterday sold, by lcayo Of
Court, tho stock Of the bankruptA. Willis Paine
to G. w. E. Partridge for 80 cents on tho dol
lar. The stock consisted Of laces, ribands. and
small articles OF that kind, most Of thom Of q
vory triding character, hundreds Of items fgur-
Ing at 81 and 50 each, making it difficult to soil.
Tho stock is valued at 81, ,223.21, and fixtures Ut
e21860.
Kraedt, Roel1o l. Co. yesterday petitioned for
The adjudication of Edward Boss, doing business
notes Of ss4484 and $650.92, and m unsettled
aecount amounting to $3.50. They asaort as acts
Of bankruptcy that the debtor Is selling off his
stock as rapidly as possible, for the purpose as
yond the roach Of bis creditors, A rulo to show
cause, and provisional warrant OF seizure, wore
TIE CIRCUIT COURT CALENDAR.
Owing to the increasing business in the Cir
quit Court, it is now found necessary, to make
up q calendar more frequently than once in three
or four months, tho calendar never being half
got through oven in that period. Whom moro
month nov being, expended in tho Courts
doubled. the calendars may bo kept in some
thing like reasonable order. 1t is heavy cost
to pay too, just for tho pleasure Of altering the
oss 1s Il ths Rc se Snis feT sn
out Of the public purse, instead OF a fow thou
eands out Of tho pockets Of litigants.
Tho Circuit Court calendar will not be mado
up Until March.
n1poRTAsT TO TRADING PARTNERS.
a jury before Judge Treo, yesterday, found
for Horny dreenebaum the sum Of $2291 go,
against Albert 8. Gage, on promfasory note
glyeh BY Gage to his partner, ,Webaterr. which
Greenebaum acquired from Webster. The note
was gven BY Gage for Webster's interest in the
goodwill OF tho millinery business Of Webster 4
Gage, which business was being closed up. The
defence was, TINT the agreement under which
1 ss ais Ssa res %as aae% o to eR to
cago to enter upon tho millinery busineHs; but
that, contrary to euch agreement, Immediately
after this settlement, he wont to New York, and
bis brothers came horo and commenced business
whoreupon, the defendant olnims, his liability
ceas6d.
SUING ron TIE 1oBs OF a HUSBAND.
The case Of Elfza Budinger against tho Mlohi.
gan Central Railroad Company was yesterday
damages by the death Of plaintiffs husband, re.
Bultiag from an engine running over him anG
nutting of both legs whilst ho was cleaning On
engine The deceased, who was "wiper," re.
ceiyed orders to cloan the engine and he wont
underneath the wheels to perform TINT duty,
when the engineer, by Some unfortunate mis-:
takc,' set the machinery i'll motion, the loconlo-
tive started, and tho mans legs wero crushed
before he could giyo m alarm. Tho caso ocou.
pied the whole Of the day, and a verdict has moi
yet beon reached.
4 "w1iEAr CORNER" VERDICT.
Spruance, Preston l. Go. yesterday obtained I
verdict against Wm. J. Tewkosbury and Hugh
Maher, tor transactions arising out Of tho when
corner Of August last. The plaintiffs, on tle
promise Of defendants to pay them tho amount
expended. bought for tho defendants 6,OO{
10000 bushels at s1.b0I, valued at s16, ,050
and :. .oo0 bushels ct s1.51, valued at $15. 100,
total Of 25, 900 buahels, valued at 937, ,G87. O.