, 1873-04-09
THE COURTS.
Several Large Land Transactions Ap.
pear upon The Surface.
A Drunken Jury1nan Sont to Jail fol
Contempt Of Court.
Claim for $4,000 Attorney Fee-..A
Curious Will Case.

Curious with Case.
Bankruptcy and General Notes
from the Courts.
In the Superior Court, John Darlor and Froa-
or,ck Haskell bring suit In chancory against Al
bort and Buckingham sturgos Samuel j., Henry
! H., and JamcB II. Walker, and Henry Wal1or.
ThoY complain that in April, 1868, Albert and
Buckingham stnrgcs Wcro indebted to them In
$4,000, which ro,natnB got unpaid, and upon
which dobt thoy obtained judgment, In July,
1872, for tho sum Of .$lo,s2o.75, with costB,
which Judgment romnins wholly unpaid; that
defendants worc In April, 1868, largely engaged
in a gcncsel bapking aud railroad business, 1,n-
dor tho Btylo Of Solomon sturgos' Sons, md
owed largo Sims Of money to various parties;
TINT they had ut TINT tilno largo doalings with
| Samuel J. Walker, who was indebted to them In
tho sum Of about 100000 TINT IN arrangement
WAS mado, botwcon tho sturgesea aud their crod-
itors, whoroby Samuol j. Wnllor ngrced to so
euro the 6turgeseB lia indebtedness duo them,
end tley agreed to secure their creditors with
tho garao securities 30 giYon them by AYalkor
that, In pursuance Of auch arrangement, 3. ].
WntKer ca11Huu II. H. Walker to convoy James IT.
Walker tic following described land situated in
Cook County, via. tho oaat 80 acrcs Of tho cast
n OF tho north 120 aorcs OF tho northwest Il Of
Section Q, Township 38, North Range Il, Gust Of
sllo I'd principal meridian, excepting strip Of
! land sklrtng o railroad; that tho tranafor was
duly ofroctcd; that though tho decd thereof Is
absolute on itH faco James N. Walker Ia really
only tho trustee of tho land that tho agrooment
was that compliments and other creditors Of tho
sturgeses should have a frat lion on the prop
crty; TINT Samuel J. Walter Chains that tho
sturgeHos received tho decd Of conveyance In abb
goluto payment OF hla indobtedness to them,
and that tho land belongs to thcm subject
to rights Of their orodisors that a other credit
ors who wero occurred by the trust dood of the
peatedly applied to tho sturgosos and to 3. j.
Walker for payment Of their doht without Buc-
ceBs, and have applied intellectually to James N.
Walker to soll tito land for their benefit; that,
tioned, Horny II. Walker conveyed tho same
land to ono Henry Walker, Of Chicago, by a
trust docd, to socure promiaBory note for
s25, 900, which has been paid. but that tho trust
Decd has not boon discharged, md remains a
cloud on tho tito to snid promiscB. 10 tho end
that tho various doiondnnts may bo examined
with regard to tho caso: complainants petition
TINT an account bo taken Of What ia duo them,
aud that the Court will decroo the debt is to be
| paid.
TIE BRANDT MATTER.
Tho answer Of Frodoricka Brandt, wife of Ernnt
Brandt, bankrupt, to tho petition Of tho AsBignoo
asking tho Court to decfaro the Lot 1888, Mil
waukco ayenue, on which the bankrupts prom
ises Btnnd, and which wore transferred to Froi-
erickn by Ernst at timo whom he expected to
die. md when ho alleges himsolf to have heen
IN solvent state, vas, yeetordny, fllod by Ela l.
description OF tl-1tlo was moro olor1cal error,
J tho streot-numhor Of tho house having boon err
ronoouBly giyen as the number Of tho lot. AL
declarations In tho petition MS to her husbands
transfer sho touics in toto. Thus an iBsuo iB
raised, and tho vexod quoation will now shortly
come up for the final deeieion Of tho Court.
CLAIM ron 80, 600 ATTORNEY FEE.
cese :folSss oiney '. Dockon and pooblos. in in
which tho plaintiff, IN attorney, socks for tho
| modest little fee of $4,000. tho defendants
arc his nophows, and tho aons-ln-iaw OF q la.ely
| this old gentleman diod, the .poignaucy OF his
sons-in-law's grief WAC woofulfy Intensified by
tho facs that lo Ind not loft his odd throo hun
drod thousand dollars In manner which ploaaed
funds, they naturally looked to their *'unclo,"
! whose legal acnmon thoy retained by promising
HIM 5l0,U00 should he succeed In setting aside
tho obnoxious will. Sometime subsequently,
ailosdss. 10 To- was busy Attending to o tho wants
fenlants, n tolegram telling him to "Come i'm
modiatoly,' that is to sny, to Shawncotown. Ho
did not do 30, even whom second mesHage OF
| sift1ilar laconfo import arrived, aud uow urges
that both messages we're too vague md general
to warrant professional mans Ienyilg his busi-
| ness without further explanation. Bubseauont-
w. defendants compromised the litigation With
tho heirs 80 that plaintiffs sorvicoa yoro
not required, and lis claim for tho
s10,o 600 loo was ignored. Tho case was continued
until to-day.
Tng 1ucK-unEAsEn PATENT sutrs.
In tho Fuller. Tuck Croaser patont Infringe.
| mont suits, bofore Judges Drummoud and D1od-
gatt, on motion for temporary Injunction. tho
| court yestorlay refused tho motion. on tho
ground that there could only be IN infringe
| mont on the patent where tic mechanism
OF tho infringing tuck-creaBer NaB identical with
that OF these patents, as regards tho anplication
of tho powor of tile neodlo bar. The ol1iaon Of
tho Court was tho anno in tho casos Of both tho
| Fuller and tho Rose patentB
The complaipaut contcudcd that the eroaBo
wade IL, ii, oo, ,r4 - ,n. H..