New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-05

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Deputy sheriff JudsOn Jarvis at the suit of the Atlantic
Great Powder Company, who charge him with CONVERT
ing to his own use $7OO collected by Nun Tor the PLAIN
tits. In default OF 81 800 bail Huber was lodged IN the
County jail.
In the Court of Appeals at Albany yesterday,
the following order was handed down:
Ororsd That this Court for the 1874 si
Capitol the City Albany the third Mools Of January
Died with the clerk on or before toe 5h DIS, Of January only
said
A second suit in the Supreme Court has
been bNgun by Pedro n. Merno, banker at London.
Eng to recover from Field. Penso & Co. OF Colon,
United States Of Colombia. t4324 Al in gold with inter
est in gold the equivalent Of f9l39 1885, 3D. sterling
money Great Britain and Ireland, advanced for the
accommodation OF defendants upon their bills OF ex-
change. The first suit begun on Nov H. 1885, was Tor
.66,G2i 03 in gold
The case tried on Wednesday before Judge
Mcneil in the Superior Court. in which A. l.. schermer
horn administrative, sued Benjamin G. Boss to
the value of United States bonds fol- S. at par value,
invested the French Burr Stone Company stock,
concluded yesterday The plaintiff succeeded IN show
ing that the defendants representations that the stock
paying 20 cent untrue and that IL only
worth 20 cents the market and had yielded no divi
deNds whatever. The jury accordingly found Tor the
plaintiff for the full amount $3.50.
Abraham K. Lawrence, counsel for the
washerwomen and scrubbers of the City Hall, appeared
before Judge LarIemore in the Court OF Common Pleas,
yesterday plead for the adoption OF emphatic
last four months OF 1862 Mr. Dean guarded the City
Treasury claiming that the appropriation for that year
exhausted, and admitting at the time that the
work done Judge Larremore finally directed
diets the plaintiffs Tor 1915 each. with interest and
costs.
The suit of Gardner against COckerl g.
Spauding for $1,000 damages has been tried before
Judge Sedgwick and jury in the superior Court Part
H. The defendants were contractors for the
work the building, at Fulton aud Nassau
sts and the plaintiff received injuries while passing
along Nassau-st from the falling Of brick his head.
The plaintiffs claim that the brick left negli
gently platform and fell OF as he passing, and
that the defendants liable. In the absence
proof, the Court directed to De entered
notice Of appeal TO the General Term by the plaintiff
was entered.
Testimony in the contested will case of
Catherine s. Valentine. deceased. heard yesterday
in the Surrogae's Court The testatrx old lady
who lived at No 147 East sxty-third-s and who made
a will Oct 49, leaving estate estimated to be worth
from 100000 10 slOOsOO TO her George Valentine,
whom she constituted sole executor, with tn
exception OF two children OF her de
daughter Jane Foot and Eliazer Foot To these
she left $4,000 each. Tue will contested by her
daughters Mrs Eliza Peck and Mrs. sarah NJ. Valentine
the grounds that the deceased incompetent to
make will, ana that undue influence exercised
over her by her two George aud Henry. The sub
soribDg witnesses to the wi DR. Sumner A. Mason and
Samuel 5. Briggs were examined y. H. Thayer for the
executor, and Niles Bagley for the contestants.