, 1873-12-27
THE COURTS.
A Rather Complicated Case.
Bankruptcy Itcnls..-Eow Suits-..11iscol.
1aneous Matters.


torday In tho Superior Court against Sonoca D..
kimbark I1o utatos that at nockford, III April.
1871. tho Rockford Central Railroad Company
innae contract with q. r. uo1llstcr and Seneca
D. Knbark for tho building Of tho Companya
road from Moudo.a to tho northern llno Of tho
state. Afterwards, ono Il. II. Tinker md James
T. Young purchased interests in tue con~
tracts. and becamo partn9rs' together.
It was agrood among tholn that M
partner should soil to au outside pnrty witll-
out tho consent OF tho remaining partnera. In
,geptombor, Young bought out tho interest Of
uolliator, mud the remaining partners cnrfiod on
tho contruct until thoy had douo work to tic
amount of about e120,000, for which they had
recoiyel Oh account abont 525, ,oog. They Ind
incurred debts for abor and right OF why, to tho
amount Of $4,000. At Tint tlnlo the contract
with ita privileges, and tho property Of the firm,
wcro worth about S75, ,0U0. In August, 1873,
Kim6arA cntorcd into negotiations with CON-
plalnAnt to sell this Interest, which l,e clanod
was ono.thitt for s24.205. Complainant, how:
osor, on looling over tho original contract, found
TINT kinlbnrk could not sell without his partners
consent, but ha allogod that ho lad Obtained
loling's consent and Ind good right to sell.
Mesviek, tAescupon. tooks MI assignment Ut
amount partly. In notes, aud alHo giving q decd
or cortatn PROPERTY in or ilcnr Chicago. Kimbark
agreed to ottaiu tho wrilton assent Of Young,
and did n,nae efforts to obtain 1t, but uilsuc-
AIorr4oh, when 10 folpl Kinbarls could not
got Youug's assent to tho assignment, usked 10
hayo tho contlac: resci1dcd, mud tho property
mud, notcs roturuod. uo also asccrtainod.
w h. 49,. a'1egss, tnas Hinbsrk ,, dig not own
pnrtnor, Tinker, WHO claimed onu-tlrd it,
forest In tho conr1ct. and he states TINT now
tho rartnors aro in difficulty about wlnt tho
amount Of their respective Hl,area may bo Wien
a. bad
boud il tho sum Of s2o0o0 to pay al debts Of
Kitnbark'a under tho contract, understanding
TINT there wcro but few. bnt has siueo learned
that one or micro arc in Judgment, mud TINT they
clargoy thut kimbark knew Of 1T, aud wtltfully
concon1od tho fnct. Complainant Htatos
that the rights uudor thu Gourmet wcro
Of considerable value, but are now worth little
or nothing, and that Kimbarli conveyed no ill.,
tercst. :: tomplanant, therefore, asts that tho
contract may be roscindod aud annullol, a,ll
that tho noto aud real cstato may bo rolnrned
nn1 rccongeycd,, and he offers to quit-cain. all
tig!ts liz 1nay have acquired rndor the pre-
Some timo ago petition In bankruptcy was
filed against Tuoinas Whitfield. 1t was bY
Houo mcups rusalorcd that 1t was druggist Oh
Wnbusu ayenllc, Int the purity Was i'll fact d
grocer on Archer avenue.
-, ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Judge Murphy will hear the submitted case Of
Niloy ugasnst Drake.
Judges Jameson mud Mclsoborta will hear mo-
Judge nioa4et! will bo in town to-day for
chamber bu8rhcaH.
UNITED srATEs COUNTS.
The Aldon Fruit-1rekorsing Company CONT
fncuccd an action against William II. Schuyler
for $4,000.
BANKRUPTCY ITEMS.
Bancroft g. Krauotz iod petition against e.
II. Parker l. L. u. Tiiton, hattors Mt No. O, Clark
,.Au ntr3~n 70 10 r
for goods sold auI delivered. 1hoy a!legc TINT
Parker s. Illton have maqb fraudulent clattel
mortgage to a'Now York ll1n, aud also n1ado Il
fraudulcnt sale OF part, of their property to tho
Downer l. le.n1a Brewing Company. 4 rule to
show cause for Jan, 2 wta iH6uel.
TRIAL NOTICES
in Tho Superior Court must lie filed by Tucsday.
Yesterday was tho lust day for sorvico. and fifty
nine suits wero fold, und tho damages claimed
aggregated about $5..15, ,00U.
SUPERIOR COUNT IN nR1EF.
George II. Dnuchy aud Thomas H. Orogo
brought suit for 81, QUO against Milton jerome.
T.: u =; odl MolllStor Co. sued hauch l. Werner
Tic Davenport National Danlt bccau suit in
assumpsit fol. S25. 600 ngainst Sparrow H. Nick
erBoJl, mud atlothor for like amount against
Adam Smith, pieraon D. Smith, aud William 7.
Wlndiato.
noraco Loring brought m action in assumpsit
for $40, o,0I0 against r. .. urd Il. II. Gardner.
EarIallaw. Worthy Il to. began I'LL action
agaiaAt ]. Q. Mason aud William Horuley for
= Campbell a BROS. sued nyrno L o'Drion for
john Tostor instituted proceedings against
Buckingham, StGrxeR IL Co. to recover S3O,000.
1luria L. Knight rucuyelcd Judgment by cou-
fossion against Donjamn +. uinman for $780,
56G.23.
L. N. and Nottio II. 1Ianllin o1stcred Judgment
by confession aga,nst Beujasniu L. Human for
$.5.27425.
Samuel D. S1unson, Jr., i: Co. flied Il petition
ngaiust Aaa4el liulco and Ills numerous credit
oTs ror mechanics liun to tbo umount OF
$l,G1s OIL lis premises on Wabash avenue. noar
JuUkaou bttpet
Alexander Miller commenced suit against Jocl
Il. Wipker aud Henry L. Miller. lnying dnmagoa
Field, Benedict d Co. brought suit agaiust
Franz 6chroilnr for 50, 900.
Il. D. Wood l. CO. begun suit for tho Elgin
Gas-Llght Company Tor s2,5Uo.
Charles II. Barker brought suit for $4,000
aguinst William i. Waller.
The Grundy County National Dauk sued Levi
L. Leac! FOR sS,U0O. ,..,.-
N. G. Porlsins and W. St. john Wolsoley auod
Stephen Palmer Tor 81 .00O.
Tho Third National Bulk brought suit against
Jelnos T. D. Elliott to recover 81 ZOO.
Granville /. 1ugraham, Calvlu It. Corlin, and
Horatio n. May begun uu urtiun for @l,5Uo
agaiast "; a. speneur :;4 :! ana a {: T. 4 Eitz
JamoB L Woouwald commenced Ill action
agais,at John 6amucls for ~ 100. and another
nRaiuAt Morris Smith aud Olata Smith for
$1,000.
Il. Kinney l. Co. begun suit in assumpsit for
$4,000 agaiust Frnnois A. Rudle. another
agulnat Azael Dorathy for hinilar amount, u
third for 35D,0 900 against Henry ~. Iiqkot,. Il
fourth agaiust Horny s. Iowle for SCI. .001, aud u
tifIh against Dryan llipot Tor s28, quo.
. Marin L. kinney Brought 2 suit IN assunlpBlt
against William IIansbr1ngh for $25,u00, and
another agaillat Horny Il. Picket tor $l2.0u0.
William J. TawAsbury commenced Ill action for
$1,000 against William L. Noble, David ". Jan-
lnsou, aia JoaopA koilz.
Peter Casey brought suit for $4,000 against
Gustav Hopping.
Daniel ". Moore and Jacob II. Alinlell oonl-
mcncod III action against lBaao Ti:Aor, laylng
damages ut s 200.
THO Chatham National Bank Of Now York
brought suit fur $1,000 agaiust Sparrow II.
NiekerFon.
a.. Wcehonmeyer began suit for $4,000
agaiust S. X. Nieserson.
Tho Genital National Dauls began M action
In asHnmpst nsainst uenry Shulcip anl Jumes
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