, 1873-05-10
The Evanston Express Row.
4 Receiver Appointed.
Alleged Sharp Practice $50 Trumpery
Quarrel Over the Ownership
Of Stock.
The Farrar-Paino Mortgage Redemption
Srit.-.Courts Conlcnsed--.Bank'
T. ,ruptcy--.New Suits.

county for claim presented by the city for e1'
penses incurred by detectives in attempting tc
arrest one Brown, a1as Barron, charged with
burglary, at the request of Judge Williams. has
decided that under tie statute it is optional with
the County Board to allow the same; that, mas
much as the County Board had no voice in incur
ring the expense, in effect they could do as they
pleased about paying it. Judge Williams, sitting
as Judge Of the Criminal Court, had recon-
mcndcd that the effort be made to arrest the
man: hence the expenditure. =
Ho also reported in tho following case L.. B
Dixon architect, claimed that he Ind d contract
with the old Board of Supervisors, by which he
IVES to have charge of the erection Of the hospl'
tai for the insane at Jefferson. Learning thai
the County Board contemplated adding wing
and an attic story to the came, so as to secure
Increased accommodations, he insisted that I'M
'de- that contract he had q right to snperintend
the additions, and receive 4 per cent Of the cost
thereof Us his compensation. The County Attor-
ney WE Of the opinion that the contract only
coy>red the original construction, and was not q
continuing contract for all timo to come, for any
improvements, repairs, or attentions that might
be made by subsequent Boards in other words,
he hadn't rot "life thing Of it,"
4 -1KuafPERv QUARREL.
John r. Coffey and Cornelius J. Coffey file O
bill Of complaint, In the Superior Court, against
William l1acloy Lomasney and Philip Cullen.
Complaints aver that on the 25th of July, 1879,
John H. Coffey and Philip Cullen purchased from
William j. and Michael j. Dee 490 shares OF the
capital stock of the s'Western Catholic Publish
ing Company paying therefor 3400 in cash and
note signed by John r. Coffey and the two de-
fendants that. by the understanding between
CoHev and Cullen, they we're to be the owners Of
the STOCK and Lomasney lad no interest what
ever in the purchase; that the Dees required
Lomanseys name on the. note,A and the
instrument Of transfer was drawn out in favor Of
Coney, Cullen, and LomaEney, but that although
the last name was inserted, it WIS always under
stood that Coffey and Cullen alone were the nctual
parties to the transfer; that the. instrument has
remained aud is now il possession Of Cullen,
who, with Coffey, paid nll the purchase money,
Lomasney paying nothing: he % agreeing that bat aa he
and subject to the control Of the other parties
that subsequently, john Il. CoFey sold to Cor
uelius Coffey, without any objection on the part
of Lomasney, 230 shares Of said stock; that
:: since the transfer last mentioned Lo
masney has denied the Cofeys tht
exercise of their rights us before expressed
and Inns attempted to- use complainants
interoet in said stock to bis own advantage; thai
within eight weeks past Lonasney offered tt
turn the whole thing over to John r.. CoGey il
he would secure him release from the note,
which offer Cofrey accepted, and has ever since
been ready and willing to accept, and made q
distinct offer 70 to do on the 5lh of May last,
which Lomasney declined; in order to have ali
which af1nirs settled up. complainants ask that
the matter may be brought to Court OF Equity,
aud in tho meantime they bare obtained all in
juctnlon restraining Lonaanoy from disposiug Of
any interest in said $50 shares of stock.
ALLEGED SHARP PRACTICE,
William Y. Johnston tilea his bill in chaucery
against William Eliot Furneas, whom he charges
with frau, and ayaiuat whom ho asks IN in
Junction. CunplaI1.aat6 teto ia tlat ". l..
Furness is the l1oldeg of Trust dosd. made by
complsiaaut. On Lot IT, e1cnpt The r. 60 fact
thereof. in Ellis f.. Addition to Chicago, togeth-
tr With all privileges and Aprartanat:usb thereto
telonging, gire1. s~ourity Iul 81, ,uU0 note,
.,:e nve ye>ss ffcal lath March. 1870, with 10
interest uolcs at IL per 1ont per Annn1, in favor
IT enc J.ue' i. Whiting, of Nav York, the con-
1sotes or u ius,ro fully tho property
zrcrtgaged, said property might u sold. Com
Jiaiunnt Ase.5 thAt. although he has in all re-
apects been punctua i'll his payments and effect
ed sufficient: insilrence, Furness, with view to
defraud him. has advertised the property for
sale, on tho 18th instant, stating that default
has been made both in the payment Of the inter
est notes and in obtaining insurance; that Fur
ness slyly intimated to complainant, with q view
that he might default in payment Of interest,
and thus lay the property open to sale, that be
held the note and that complainant should make
such interest payments to him, although he had
been in the habit Of paying in New York. Iii
complainant seeks to get even with defendant in
q court Of equity, and in the meantime obtained
q temporary Injunction to stay the sale OF the
property. The defendant; says le has a good
defense.
TIE EVANSTON ExPnEss ROW. -
Tho North Evanston Express Company un-
pleasantness, the particulars OF which, as get
forth in complainant's declaration, we're pub
.Ished in TIE TRIBUNE some days since, came up
in Judge Farwell's Court yesterday. It will be-
'remombercd that the Plaintiff: Rudolph Franck,
obtained an injunction restraining Lautrow J.
Clark from selling the property belonging to the
alleged eo-partnerHhp and running the e4-
press, and for the appointment OF a Receiver;
also restraining Henry G.. Handy from COL
tSSt,ng Leu @ dents due due to ,+ the copartnsr.
be taken. The case camoup On. the motion Of
Alr- Burgess, plaintiff 'scoun5e for tho appoint
ausnt Of q Receiver, and, after considerable warm
debate, the Court entered m order appointing
the defendant, CLARK, forthwith, on request, de-.
liver him all property in bis possession or under
l1is control, to hold. by virtue OF the chattel
mortgage mentioned in the bill Of complaint,
md that snid Receiver return to tha Court an
Of ds 81 RF9Ro 6z Ehfh t he ma may receive
pnrty. to the suit may be at liberty to apply for
further orders as to such Receiver !: 49,.
e. =: REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGE: .,r 8.
s.. The case. OF Farrar =. Paine, argued for the
past two days before Judge Williams, WAS yes
:lerday taken upder adyiscnent. This was bill
70 redeem mortgage made By John ". Sharp
. Joseph Gibbons IN 1856. Gibbons foreclosed
the mortgage, and made doed to one Gran
stone. Paine claims, through mesne, convey
rnces from Cranstone. Farrar claimed title, or
he right to redeem: By an attachment proceed-
:ng instituted by George F.. Caldwell against
'harp, tue mortgegor, Thereby Judgment
was recorded against Sharp: and levy
@sds s'; on the. equity Of ,;;redemption Of
SHARP, as moItgagor, after conditions
broken, and certificate Of salc was issued to
Caldwell, and by him assigned to one Eaton,
through whom Farrar claims. Complainant
claims to redeem on account Of defective fore
closure.by Gibbons. Defendant claims that the
complainant has no right to redeem; first. be-
cause an attachment will NOT lie on an equity of
redemption after conditions broken; SECOND.
that the Sheriff could not issue deed IN Ger.
ffcate Of sala after eleven years; aud third,
that tho" Court of Chanaery will not grant relief,
Bpaford, McDaid g. Wilson for Paine, and
Cloudy, Fuller + Smith for Fa1rar.
=. AcT1oS AGAINST crTr RAILROAD COMPANIES.
". l.. Hust, attorney, yesterday fled in the,
Circuit Court precipo, in q suit Of trespass on
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