, 1873-07-15
A Southern Grandmother Prays for
tho Custody Of Her Dend
Daughters Child.
Arrest Of m Old Bankrupt..-A Recol-
lection Of Antc-Fire Times..-
Other Bankruptcy Nows.
A Crclulons W0mnn Gets q Verdict
Against Her Former Enslnyer
for S4,471.04.

Tho Town nf Jofferaon ol,tnined vortlict
against ffooorck noe'tchof 'ot the 'lo'as'on u
nh ordinance, md levied execution upon hogs In
h!7 possession on and TINT Of oatharino Doottehsr
Ills WIG. 1hn WHO p1ouBhs SUI "B"''ia' 'ns
town, md Wolf, Constable, in trespass, rocov-
arato property. Tho cnso WAS appealed BY the
%o"'. W Wv '4p.."'o 1t...."s I n's.sa ~ ~ a,'.
reyer'oa ny 'ostiee osooso' anu ronearane
Astor roho,ri,,o +ha ir,ono,nt v.. .nsr,n,5
Attoi 1onoa'S, '4'' '"a6n'o's "ha "'1."e"
ny crt o at til tie o sst form o. Tho
'l.,,"'s. o"p'y nv. .~,u, ~ s y, oalu 'nAc
"pvn ssuo .u| ns'",sa , saAs ~ sn'y, ue'ns
1;ol,,. - tro.,a.a Wal, o,,,t1,.. .,.., 80 49,
i.up'o III .fespas' WIN anotnor pafyi a1o tnas
p''.'''A ssAl"e' noo''on''' no "''.o" "ouio ne
ngainst tho natural poraon unless he intorferod
~, c.s,.,at,,a n.s','. .,'. " '.a... I 49,.
tic Court wont on to sny
II is genera, rulo that whom Sheriff or Constable
,,etaa 3nn"if rho na a trssn.aaor n t1,a nSan,fin,
~ ,rst III ,.,n Iront rcn,iest .Jxtsa etS ~ .i,t
are Joint trssa1soss win hi anu reanonsiole ior Al
on1 ~ ;nonnl ~ Tia si,nrW ~ Inin II ht w. ~
All I'm ooos n nno,or thia ia nfniant tniar9as ~
cmeo uu sau 10 soct hm to a. ason 50 aso II ho sont
H.. ~, ~ ~ e aar3 ,,u racaf,4, -, tbo mo,'. ~
o1 Vn Yart III ~ D 1e" n.ya Nawf. ncno ~
town. iroe.e tlo execution to be isalca but !. l.
general intcndacns Of tho law tlat every writ pro
seas is puF'claaoa 'sl,,ao ~ the pasty In whose
!xsos ; a., s7uGs .,,,,, "e nro now @ brought
naer tho @ township orgauisasion % laws ot ts ststo
ac e IN INV o. the be- wsys noea o ar anS
sst sss sses s = y; ss as
question Of intent is inyolvoa Although It was onco
sa Weos @ ~ o. sTessas Tov o oran
seton on e ! tHso rs i"r na onu ne against
a. IN tis ssto and Nov York that SIGH N action H
may 10 maintained agaat corporations as wcll a. ac
lions on the ca.e now feasancc. Tho st. Louis Al
Tho Mayer, etc., Of Now York, v. Bailey, 2 Dsnio, II.
49, and cases ha5s cit9d: A. Among the enumerated
Eowcra given TO towns uner tho township laws s that
rs ~ ~ re ~
orch town elnl be iutcrched. 2 Purp. Stat, 1,137
ill., i "e IL aered M "a s
or cause OF action shall exBt totween any towns this
Btato aud between any town, OF Individual, or corpo-
ration, such proceedings shall be had either law
such controversy and tho sane Shall be conducted III
the sano nannsr, a,l tho Judgment decree therein
ings of 4tsuilnr klul between Individuals aud corpo
raiiona.'
act, thas te town. havo tho power to exercise tic
sa,ie control ind do the acts for tho enforce
snt r.. s 1 sas x o9 Il
! Me arc 70 presume th.t one ho1 II tsis town.
covered tho l3th Of May, 1870, and the execution
PLACED iii the hansls Of the Constable the list
month"; What waa tho hasia Of tho Judgment does not
appear, nor IL 1t material. The property taken had
for aons tlmo before besn and still III the poaaos
husband OF appellee and treated by him his own
property, although appellee clamed it hers. They
fiych in TINT town. How 1t may we'll be
under these circumstances, that tho electors
Of tho town Mt their annual nooting IN
April bad directed tho Institution OF the suit
aganzt Frederick Duettcher also levy upon this very
proporty iu cnBe Judgment WAS recovered, and pro
vIdad fur indcmnfying tho officer. II would have
boen within the scou Of the powers Of the town to do
so. II no wa srn TO presume that It done, and
competent evidence given OF It upon the trial. such
ovidenco would a,,uain tl.e verdict.
The il within tile principle Of Allen '. the City
.T Decatnr, Is ILL.,, 332, which holds that municipal
cnrlnratsnn may DO hold liable fur trcapaas, aud the
Judgment nust bo nsRrmcd
MORE AA1LnoAp POWERS LITIGATION
rh, no,yor of n ra;,.a.a an,ra..,,, ~ 1;-,;4 !.
o po"oi ~ Aa'eoau company To umt
passenger tu cartnin period during which l,o
may s'lay oycr" on journov, rf+or .ccont;no
+l,o co,,non,,,a a., - =, ~, 49, "e'oPs'nh