, 1873-05-23
THE COURTS.
Action by n Do1uded Credftor-~An
Undesirable Partner.
:Snit Against tho Merchants Dispatch
Transportation Company.--Bnnk.
rlptoy Notes.--Tho Courts
In Driof,

Robert ". Robinson, accusos George f. 11ol- |
Vlllo Of cheating him in a noat outrageous man.
nor, and flcs Lis bill against him III tho Superior
Court, getting out capias for his hrreht and do"
tontion. Complainant avors that DO holds doc
un1ons III which Mr.. Melville acknowledges to DO
indebted to him In tho sum Of e950. This docrl-
mont complainant cashed, laboring under tho
solusion, fostcrod by plausible .stories by de-
fendant that defendant WAS tho owncr Of fourteen
lumber wagons, = span Of ponioB and pole
buggy, q ohesnut stallion, Rnd garioty OF other
horses and vehicles; aud that defendant was, on
the 1st OF May, 1nRs., to reeolve, from party to
whom he had sold throe Desplatnes lots, tho
sum Of 5000. As Melville has no property What
ever, complainant socks to have his body seized
by tho law, and whatever satisfaction can DO had
In the oaao extracted thorofrom.
An UNpEs1nAnLE PANTHER.
Frank T.. higgins flos his bill in the Circuit
Court against bernard II. Talbot. Complainant
is a. pork-paoker and admitted defendant a.
partner in consideration Of tho payment Of
$4,000. Tho oo-partners decsdcd to kcop houao
In common, under tho shme roof, Nov, COM
plainant, whose family is small, erica out that
defendant is bringing al1 his own aud his wifea
relations to 1.-Two on tho profits Of tho packing"
elect Of tho Republican party ho could not moro
assiduously farm out his family At othors' OK,
pensc that 10 il 30 pleased with tho way ho
hsB foistod his relations to fatton upon COM
p!ainant's business that he declines to dissolve
the co-partnership, and alHo refuses TO pay up
tho unsettled indebtedness arising from hla pur..
chase. Complainant, therefore, makes the usual
the appointment Of a Receiver.
ACT1tlN AHhiNHT THE MERCHANTS pfSrATCH.
F. +. d. Wolcott, Amos r. Smith, benjamin
'. Page, and William epragno, doing buslneab
undor the firm nnmo Of Wolcott, Smith d Co.,
chants Dispatch Transportation Company.
Complainanta esBort that On the 20th ot Jun
ua1y, 1878, they shipped by defondnnt. as com.
mon carrier, ono largc and one email case OF
veyed from tho City Of Now York to Chicago.
On arrival here tho glass was found to be broken
to pieces; and complainants sock to recover tho
amount Of the damage caused BY such breakage'
Henry B. Allen files bis petition In the supc-
rior Court for the removal Of a cloud upon his
title to the n. so feet Of Lot ., Block J., john
s son's e gybii7!sion q e Of 8: F. se1; It., 9.
12th March, 1879, he mado O contract with James
Fl. Gage for the aale of Baid roaf estate for
$4,000, clause Of the contract covenanting that,
In case Gago failed to make any OF tho payments,
tho contract should. at complaEants option, be
annu1led that defendant raised some objection
to complainant's title to tho land, which canBed
an annn1lment OF the contract, whorsupon de-
tendant, for tho purpose OF annoying, and ex-
torting money from, complainant, had the con-
tract recorded u upon tho record Of Cook County.
In tho hope Of having this cloud removed from
his property, complainant prays that defendant
may bo summoned to appoar and mako answer In
q court Of equity.
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
In the mattor OF Joseph E. Wight ct a., bank
rupte, an order. waa yesterday entered that the
provisional Assignee be authorized to sell in Job
lots at private sale, but at not leaB than the in
ventorial value, without Bpeclhl order Of tho
Court.
In tho matter Of Aphonso Mandol, bank
tupt, it is ordered that Mrs. Mandol, bankrupt's
wife, and Auguste 1laudel submit to examina-
tion before Register Hubbard, on tho 24th May,
instant
In The mattor Of Carleton Il Bugbeo, insolv-
ents, meeting of tho creditors was yesterday
held, whom r. E. jenkins was appointed AS
algpee.
At meeting Of the creditors Of F. Il. Vator, q
dividend Of l5 per cent WAS declared
THE COURTS coNDESsED-Azw BUTTS.
The Germania Bank of Chicago file q bill IN
Lincoln damages, 81 900.
Joel q. Wicker yesterday filed tho bill in his
libel suit against the Iute7-0cedn for $500. 600.
The particular allegations contained therein we're
published Ia TIE TRIBUNE Bome two months
Bince, and need not now DO repeated.
II. Clay Gone yesterday fled In the Oircuit
Court praeelpo. Ia trespass on tho case, against
Franklin 8. Woodward, Matthew P. Bradley, and
John N: Fletcher yesterday filed, in the Cir
N. woodruff damages, 81, 1000.
Conrad MeitzeI Hles his bill, in plea Of tres:
Andrew J. Pennell, whom he ehargeH with hav-
ing, on tho 20th inst, soized hlm in his homo,
No Al Michigan avenue assaulted him, ind
hauled him od. through, the public streets, to
charged after = ten~hours' imprisonment, with
out any examination. In consideration OF which
hardshlps complainant sues to recover 81 900
damagea. - -
father, files Lis bill against lis oily Of Chicago
to recover s5t 900 damages, arising from bis bay-
ing fallen off tho Wabash avenue sidewalk; op-
posto No. 258, where 1t was loft in a dangerous
condition. Complainant suffered severe injuries
from his fall, broakipg leg and injuring hia
chest
Tuesday ne1t will be tho last day for. fling
trial notices for the June torn Of the Superior
Court. Notices Of caseB begun before tho fire
should bc marked "a" Both calandars will b.
called
Homer N. Hibbard was yesterday appointed
executor Of tho estate Of Eliza Dauphin, under.
bond Of $8. 200, to be approved. Nancy camod'
was yesterday appointed executrix OF tho estat.
Of Jano Camodo, under bond. to bo approved
OF $4,000.
Several insanity caseH woro disposed Of In the
County Court. aB folioWE: Arthur NefBon, not In
Sane; Frederick Furt, insane; Louis Aanul, in
nane.
Edward /. Upton, Assignee OF tho estate oi
Ernst Brnndt, . bankrupt, hloB a prpcipo in a.
sumpBit in tho United States Circuit Court
Against julius sehrieber damages, s7o0.
In the case Of the People or roI. Klokke Y
Wright, rule on respondent was yestarday Is
sued In the Criminal Court to Join or demur b,
10 o'clock this morning.
Vincent Parker was tried at the Orimina
Court yesterday on charge Of Rtealing clock
and vas eont tho County Jail for three weeks.
NEW SUITS.
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