, 1873-12-18
THE COURTS.
Gardner 6 Gould Adjudtcntod
Bnnlzrnpts.
Decision in tic Kniokorbocker Insurance
Company Case.
Tho Lamar Again.-.1saukruptcy 1totns'

Tho Lamar Ag1tn.-"Naukrnptcy l1o1als'
TIE xn1onEnrocKEn INSURANCE COMPANY
Judge Drs.mnlon1 gavo Ills decision in the caso
OF tho K,iotsorbockor INSURANCE Company,
against whom petition in bankruptcy hnd here
toforo been fiiol aud Il aljnlicatcd bankrupt.
The ouse was taken to tho Circuit Court, but
Judge Drummond yorneoh to hear 1t, holding he
had no mower, md It was thon carried to tho
Suprcme court, whore Tho ruling OF Judge
Dr,lmtnonl WAS rovorsod. Tho case wns thou
brought IN hoforo him, on revision Of tho do
caion Of tho District Court, which had a1judl-
catod tho Company bankrupta.
Tho question, the Judge eaid, WAS as to tho
effect Of the roturn Of certain small pronlitnas
which had boon paid on certnin policies, which
was alleged to DO p,ofs1o ontial payment to cor
tain creditors. Tho Court hold that, untlor tho
circumstances OF the caso, this did not couBti-
Euto Huch preforonce nR warranted Nh nd}udi-
cation OF bankruptcy. Tho decision Of tho
Court below was reversed, mud tho caso re-
mauded.
Tie a,,ma claimed to hayo leon pnid woro very
email, ono Of about "a md tho other g.. 1t
is probable that the petition will be amended 30
it It is not, the proceedings must bo dismissed.
THE slIASAuAN, wEBr a MANNING oAsE
Judge Drumnond gayo lis decision Yesterday
In tho cnso Ut Sdanahau. West l. Alnnnt'G. who
gctt, md writ Of error ~aa takon to tho Circuit
Court. The Judge eaid the only question was
as to tho effect Of t1o guarantee und indorsc-
tnent by Manning Of Shnnallan and West tB notes,
which woro offered iu evidence to show tho COM
paying. tho ea,nc at maturity. Manning
Ind nothing to do with tho consideration of
tho notes, mud tho Court held that THO decision
Of tho Court adjudicating Manning bankrupt.
within the truo meaning OF the Bankrupt law, as
1t was not such commercial paper that on it
debtor could be adjudicntcd bankrupt. Tho do
olsion. thorofoso, was oserfnoa' aud tho ease s'~
DILL ron BEpAnArE MAINTENANCE AGAINST JOEL
Joanna Wicker began an action against hor
husband. Joel Il. Wickcr, for separato n,ainten-
anos. ,sa Size staos Tint on the 4th day Of Doeem-
bpr, 1868, aho WIS mnrriel TO the Acfena-
aut. but TINT within ton days thereafter
ho took her to tho Barnes 1Iousa and
loft her, and haa ever slnco refused
to live with her. Ho Inns. however, paid her
refused to do it any longer, aud tho proprietor
took her sewing-machino III payment. ello wns
therefore obliged to lcaye, aud SO to q. private
houao, and sho ia now at No. II Morgan street.
there, but tlicro il still owing gao. Wicker has
only eivon hcr about 3l6 or $40 ainco hcr mar-
riago clothing, and sho Las been obliged to
earn money by her sowlng~maoaine. Wickor
encn heSps Lis ,9 h9rS's cnaosss aa ssr,sf gfS tn
he worth a15o,c0o. aud she asks that
she may hnyo separate maintenance
nnitable to Ills present condition OF life. An
affidavit WA nlBo filed, OH which to procure nn
order for aimony ..and solicitors fees, ponacnte
lito whiell eots out substantially tho same Facts
US tho bill.
rNJuxcr1oN AGAINST THE UNION Eaa-cAnRlER coI-
rANy.
Judge D|odgcs yesterday gave his decision on
tho question as t. granting MI injunction against
tho dofcndants il tho case of Billings against
tho Union .Esg-Carricr Company. Tho de-
foniants' doyicu, ho said, WAS q manifest i'll
snoe fri @ ess sasn sspg a no a o5eso a.
visions between tho eggs intcrlocaosl. whilo tho
plaintiffs did not. However, without de-
Gliding On theuuestion of infringement, tho Court
decided that M injunction SHOULD issuc under Il
bond Of $4,000 to pny all damages or costs.
This corporation, he said, might DO in existence
ono day md dissolved tho next, and it was litter
IL Irresponsible, and possessing no capitnl ox-
cept what was invested in ths baeinosa and. u1s-
give bonl.
AN AL1EdEp DISHONEST E,trLoYE.
NIclyine II, Hcovil aud John D. Peck flod a
bill yesterday in the Superior Court against q
former agent Of tLoirB, George ?. Brown, and
that, in 1879, Brown acted Us thoir agent
to sell Patent medicines On n Hatary
OF $l,8a0 year. When no eamo to bal,
nnce hs account, JIM. l. lS73, lts account
was found somewhat Short. LII July iast ncovll
g. Co. recovered Judgment for 50, "a OH nc
count Of this alleged defaicatlon. Drown, While
such agent bought Lots anu 0f lot M 8. b'ocs
z Of Hookweis Addltion, and built a house
thereon. 1t was OF sufficient y ya!me s 70 ennhle
Go. think It rather M strange that @ Brown should
have made Sl, ,60O go 20 lar. Ihe properly "af
tnkcn in Mrs. Browns name, but 1t ts charged
that this was only blind. And they ask that
Brown, may bo decrocd to hold tho prem
ises in trust for them, md Tor thG
repayment OF the money emoezzlea, ane l
also that no bo required to state whothor i ht
Of his wlio had any property or incomo oes,des
Ills salary, and generally a!l about tho spocnla
ton and tue way to buy 81, ,ooo homestead fo1
Sl,s0O., ALSO that al account may be had OF the
amount due them:
1s5oScrfoS AsFusEn.
Judge Moore l1H been 9ugurau for HGVern