, 1873-01-21
THE LAW COURTS.
Two $4,000 Suits Brought Against
tho U, 8. Marshal.
Singular Laul C1se...A Lon;llng Real
Estate Agent tho Victim.
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Notes From All tho Oourta---Yester-
days Record Of New Suits.
United Statos Marshn1a and Shcrlt1s havo by
no meaua tho easiost bortha III tho world. Evory
few days. ono or tho other ie sued, oithor In
roplevn or trospass, aud 1t not unfroquontly
happen TINT ignorance OF aomo' propostorous
little technically, that no ono would 10 likely to
think Of, and tho legal intont OK which ia 30
difficult to tio1no that 1t requires tho united
energles Of sovoral counsel for several days to
settle It's exact scopo and meaning, serves to
trip them up to tho tuno OF i1oavy damages. Tho
latest blundcr, or whnt is claimed by tho
aggrieYcd party to DO d blunder, has result-
ed in two suits of $4,000 cnch being
brought, yostorday, ngainat United etatos
Marshal Campbell for trospass. Tho Ruita
arise out OF tho petition for bank
ruptoy of Lowis ". Caso, in which, 1t will DO
remembered, cllargea woro mndo that Caas had
frsudulontly sold his goods in Chicago to Jamos
Ba1tog, for considerably loss than raluo, and his
goods in Elgin to ono Miller, who ronlly acted
for Baxter and thcso statements wero accom-
panied with lengthy aflldavtts, showing tho
maunor In which Cana had aotod in colluHion
with Daxter and Miller to consnmmato tho sup
posed fraud; how goods to the value OF thou.
sands Of dollars had been removed from Casa'
atoro between Saturday night and Sunday
morning; how Daxtor and Miller wore converting
the property into cash rs speedily as possible
how Casa and Ills family had disappeared from
their restdonce in Eigin, and so FORTH altogether
q very black picture Of commercial doprnvity all
round. And now comes Jamos Baxter, swcaring
tbas tho goods represented to bo his arc hs'n ab-
away to tho same effect. And both "go" pious-
" for tho said Marshal, who is in possession Of
tie snid stocks by order OF tho Court, based on
said petition md alfldavita, claiming damages as
aforesaid to tho extent Of $40 900 for cach tres
those not initiatod in the manifold heau-
tioa Of tho Inv that nothing could DO
moro regular or proper than for tho Marshal to
obey llls warrant aud soizo property declared BY
authority to belong to tho bankrupt. "Hero is,"
nays tho warrant, ~ valuable collection Of goods,
Which Baxter, and Miller, and CnBs thought thoy
could easily parcel among themselves without
detection, but which really belonged to Caae and
for the creditors" THO Marshal does so; aud
goo tho result. Ti,oso plaintiffs havo IN iden-
and probably will insist, whom it comes to tho
proof in Court-that tho property. so seized Is
the estate. Head tho warrantl"' And 10 pulls
it FORTH "Dut," says tho Elgin man, "thia war
rant directs you to solza tho stook Of
shS sas hnt gont IT, ,o1 ga g;h ,o p al tas
which havo bought and paid for; 80 stop your
nonsense" And Baxter, in Chicago, aaYs tho
possible.
A SINGULAR LAND CASE.
A bill fled in tho Circuit Court, yesterday, 10
q practical sermon on the folly OF placing ono's
trust in meu, and OF transferring property With
out documentary evidence OF every stop taken
therein-provid,ng It Is truo. 70 be as brief IS
WAS undor an obligation to pay to George 9.
Prather, in October, 1866, tho sum Of el2500,
md in tho following month $4,000, for which
he gave. notcs, tho first payable in July, 1867
alter date, both being signed by Isaac II.
Waller as surety. In April, 1868, US tho
plaintiff now alleges, the arrangement for pay
ment BY notes was superseded BY m arrange
t. the ssstos Sn ts % gess' f
tHaiA.4; sA- tl.er, holdor, aud this Was nbout
being done, when it was found that tho tit1o in
Henry T.. Walker waa not perfect, and Dire f5esh 81
In the debtor contracting to make tho tit1o por-
7eot, and tho creditor to give up the notes to bo
cancelled upon his SO doing. Meanwhile, Abra:
ham 8. Prathor and john 9. prather had
assumed some interest i'll tho dobt, and wero
to bo parties to the conveyance. In pursu-
e1ortiona, completed the title, mud on
tho 18th July, 1863, executed tho
er, however, neglocting to return tic notes.
Later, George 9. prathof died, leaving Abraham
s. Prathor and J. T. Wilson, OF tho State Of
Pennsylvania, executors. Tho matter passed
insS ns, 19s9p 1n s recently o The
d Luf that thoy had boon entrusted by the OK
ecutora with the notes for collection, together
with q powor Of attorney upon which action
would be taken. Under thoso circumstances
tho nsunl Relief and an injunction
for thRt purpose was issued. II Is d peculiar
fact connected with this caso which We learnod
after tho above was written, that Ar. Walker
lands, some years later, for $75 600, not dream
ing that tho notes would over appear against
him. The land refcrred to is thus described:
Of D!oeka 49, 81, A, and part Of Block 4s, in Sec
ton 10, Township so, for tho frnt dobt and for
tho second debt the following: Lots to At,
Block d, in Walkar's Subdivision OF Blocks 33,
3d. Al, aid part Of Block d8, Of tho name section.
;, TIE IMPORTANCE OF 4 n1aHTLY-spELr NaME
Be sure you write names plainly" 10 an
axiom that should be written In every school
: book. James G. Brown and Harvey ". Brown,
after peaceful possession for thirty-avo yeara
Block lis, In School Section Addition to chicago, o.
which "part is bounded by about two pagah OF
description, now find their title in danger; cor
tainly under "cloud." In appealing to tho
that the land in question waB granted by tie
Unitod 8tatos to tie State OF Illinois for school
purposes in Township so, by tho State to Nor
gan L. Ohapley and Joseph Stanley, and by tho
latter to James Mlon, through whom the plain
tifa doriva their tito. It has recontly been dis
covered TINT thcro waa never any such person as
Joseph Stanley, but that the grantees wore Nor
gan l.. Chaplsy and Joseph Chandler, tho Inter
Of whom must have written bin namo 80 horribly
bad (tho bill does not affirm that that nobody
could mako it to bo anything but Stanley.
Lot the lawyers OF Chicago, who appear to tho
long.vexed reporters tho worat writer's In tho
world, take warning by the example Of Chandler,
graphy, sol number of respectable people by
tho earB, yeara after his lomise