, 1873-12-05

More Insurance Company Reports
Bankruptcy llcms-.~Con.
demnaticn Cases.
Suit Against tho Alton 1eond on
Account or tho LolMOilt
Disaster.

nlcut oF tho Jury. Thoy wero locaod up ut about
! O'Clock Wednesday, afternoon, and abont
o'clools Tllurstlny nftcrnoon twonty-Boven hours
after tnir incarceration began, they returned
iuto court aud reported that thoY la1 not
agrcon md tlloro WAS no prospost TINT they
would ayscc. Tho Judge tllon discharged them.
THIS ends ono Of tho most hnld-fouglt mud
remarkable cascs tried here for n long tne.
Tho amount or evidence adduccd was enormous,
md the contest very coao, though, to tho credit
of both rartioa bo 1t said, 1t never was dshgurcl
" any ungont onanly or hasty language. Mr.
Storrs announces Ills determination to try tho
case agnin aa Soon 81 possible. The jury GU tic
first ballot stood niue for tile plnintlG Qlowcll) to
thFco for tho defendant, aud On tho last count
eleyon for tho plaintl1r TO Quo for defendant
THO caso Involves moro tllnn the e5,00D sued ior,
for Ind tho verdict boon for lilo defendant, it
would Writ ,,n1ly hland tlIo plnnfT as a crln,inn
and as llayirg deliberately committed arson, or
bscn accessory thereto. while a ycn!lct for tho
piai r.if inv1lvea, tn somo exteut, tho character
Of ,llu CnmrnnS for FUR dealing, and prompt-
tu1e III paying 1ts lnascs.
s51l, ,UGO ASKED FOR DAMAaEs.
Tho case of tho Pennsylvania y, hs!ltoad Com n
Alcrtu,. aud Samuel W.. Aletton, cxsniriso
livestock. t'ea!ers, logan In the UritoA Stutos
Circuit Court Yesterday. Tho suit ia brought to
recover :5oo, ,o0o for au alleged breach oi cor-
Of April, 1861, a covenant, Q, sealed
". Abortion mud Joseph Mephorros,, snco 'doad,
tho rcma!nng dofendants beiug Interested.
though not apparently p;arties,-by which pls.l'..
tilf agreed to leaso to thon! ltH stoch'yards and
ho.cl nj Enst Liberty, Allegheny County, pa., for
ten ycars, at y roma! Of $4,000 for tho tiiet
ami ss,ooo for lilo rrenlalnins eoven
ycnri which rcut. it IL claipkctl,
l. I'D, 900 utIdor its fair annual valuo In con-
Bi.ic,aslon Of this roduotion, defonlants wero to
might 10 delivered thenl lron Western railroads,
sss .n 'Ss ea1s @S a esi'' wers i sso :. 'ss 10
ua9 tlleir influence, Which was very great
ro.stcc i've HSSss doaers to p u ar asfs soe$ x pa Sfr
tin'a road. l. il claimed that the oontlnas was
given up in February. 1870, aud that dofoudas.B
havc brokcn tleir conyenaht, and hayc usoA
detrineut Of plaintiff, which las Leon Obliged 10
reduce its lAtcB. md lnH it claims, suffered lUaH
to the extent Of S500,U0U by huch failure Oh tho
part Of tho delendauts to keep tAcir engage
nlent.
Tho defendants, in their r1ona, a1lcgo that
they hnyc i'll nll rcHrccB complied with tho
agreement, and used Their lnhuouco III they bud
promised to to.
plnntitf. and Mcpsrs. Walkor, DoStcr l. Smith,
and D. Goodwin, Jr., for tho defendants. Tho
trial il expected to tuko two Or three woeks.
ONLY S'5u. GOO WANTED.
Duncan NlcIkao filed declaration In the
Circuit Court nsnlilst tho Lake Shore Il Micltt-
gan Southern Railroad, claiming s60, 000, 1lo
states that OH the 5th day Of Decombe-t 1872, vi
he WAS poacoaoly alking along Thirty-lrst
nlotiyo and train attacked hin and
knocked Lin so1ne distance, damaging
him ain mind, body, and jett
arm uis, left log, was ,alao broken,
fractured 11o c!aims that he was doctor, mud
laa bee, prevented moro or loss flom prnclicing
his profession Tor tho past eleven nont!la. lilo
thinks sc. 900 will compensate him Tor tae dnt1-
aEes suffered, nj he alleges it waa by tho tloE-
goueo OF tho defendaut III not causing bollto be
funy or whistle tlow!l, sud that The engine was
running at creator r@to Of speed ihan mlea
In hour.
THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY.
Thomas Dalkley Assignee Of tho Home.
makos tho following report Of the condition Of
his ward:
Balance Nov. 1.... $40 1ea 2a
$2o,e4s22
Expenditures. ,-......................... 24JC0
Total on hnrd. .".....-.,..........Soo,40a ,40aG2
THE oEnMANIA INSURANCE COMPANY.
William Vocke. tho Assignee Of tho above Com
rany, filed hia report with tho Register yosteE-
day, showing:
Balance Nov. 80 e57 20
= nm
h1penaea' aos'e'
n,,,rco a, h.ns ....... e. 1n4 n
r,,r 80 r,,,,ar ,,.. .sr,n
Mary e. alitchie, rs adnlns,ratrix Of the ea-
s,e,o y. a. - M o"san a act'uM ~
Iatuas 'ao.as ~ .uo no;flrI nnlo c urs asa'un. = .ne
aos o. Aaot ~ ,t;i1',, ra.s'a ~ W 'etosSn M
time Of tho collision tho 10th of August last,
er ~ ,,e. H. fatn tr, t.I n, ~ ,t TAI M
snt,s rnnranco or carolo tn tro 4, onIl'acu
st,, a:,nt,ar snd sfr nI;toho .uu sna hi'J r..
sues paht @ 10 1cts H. oepenoent n3na On not awo
1vhsrofnso sns, , oa'.a % Ak mn do m,oos - "s''
MORE cosnrwysr1ns 6sars.
rtcht cosea wero l,cr,,. vcser'lav IN TIN sn.
-,.rs no,rt ,v tio oiv - n"rortsIn tna sm-
10. far nron;nr nr ;mnrovinT thc f,iio,rn,
"ttrnat. nr o1tova ~
tor ononin,, m otav IN noc,, q in n,vr,c.s
A;1i:;i;on ~ r'h;caro cs;mo trd .inranoa "a ma
n't.nioii ~ G,uSa5ot ~ E a"Lc' 11 49,
Aos Slo"'H6 A'oA1 "~"" ~ ~H''