, 1873-06-14
Peou1iarities of q Verdict as
Exomplifed in the Shana-
han-West Case.
Is Sewing-N1aChino Cabinet a Pa
tcnted Improvement
A Milwaukee Hotel-Keeper Called to
Account.
Heavy Land Suits---Banlkrupt
NOtes---Notcs to Attorneys.

shhnallan Went mado d motion boforo Judge
Dloagott, yesterday, for now trial.
Mr. Black, In arguing tho case for his clionts,
bold: Flrat-That tho petitioners could not flo
o petition to haye tho rospondenta adjudicatod
bAnhupta upon Boourod paper, 1t not being
claimed. as shown by tho pleadingB or on trial,
that tho security was inadequate, md no offer
being mado to surrender tho aecurlty. To Gus
tatn the petition tho debt Of tho petitioner muBt
bo provenbla under tho Bankruptcy act,
and It waa argued TINT undor SEQ. 20
OF that net = creditor could only
provo q secured claim by Burrondoring his secure
isy or showing TINT his security wns Inadequate.
Counsel citod, in support Of bis position Soc. 40
OF tho Bankrupt net, Avery and Johann 8
'. r. SO; eigeby and Willis D. r. 81;
and In 70 ". 3. Alexander D. Il. 45.
6ooond-That respondents wero mt liable 10
petitioners for tho note to plaintiffs upon which
bankruptcy proceedings wero based, because
there had boon, with consent Of tho po-
HtionoEa, discharge Of tho noto by OK
tension md acceptance Of new noso for
ono-hnh tho amount, and a draft drawn by peti-
Honers On the respondents for tho other half Of
said noto which draft respondents had prom
taed in writing to pay. Ttird-That. even II tho
noto was not discharged yet thore WIS IN agreo-
nont to extend tho note, by which petitioners
woro bound that, undor such agrcoment, pes1-
honera had received and held tho now note Of
the respondents for part Of tho old note,
md had drawn on respondents for tho
balance, md that tho petitioners could
only rcscnd t1eir agreement Of exton-
sion, and maintain their action against re-
apondonts upon tho old note, by placing tho re-
erondonts their now noto; which had novor been
done. Counsel cited Murphy Y. Lockwood, 21
ILL.,, GIL Murphy Y. MoYfokor, 4 Mclean, 252,
and other cagoa; Fourth--That no ndjudicatory
causo tho Jury did not thereby find respondents
guilty OF an offonBo under tho Bankrupt not. Tho
1anguago Of tho verdict was: t*We, the Jury,
find respondent guilty of suspension Of their COM
meTcai paper, but not gully Of tho other charges"
commercial papor must continue for noe loss
fourteen days and be unoxuuacd; tho t3mo OF
tho suspension was tho essence Of tho ofYonso,
and tho jury did not find that there Ind boon
in tho verdict anything from widcR that dofloon-
oy could bo supplied md that o Judgment upon
ouch q verdict and following its torus would not
BE- be valid, The counsel cited HIinokley '.
WHes Hxa ,a.t,e ailn9n 4a, 1sS o1d other o cases
excluding the evidence OF tho contonta OF q
letter received by respondents from ssottauer
Brothers agreeing to an extension of thoir n .te
against roBpondonta.
sisted that tho petition would lie upon tho &C.
cured clnim4 citing in support thereof G Bank
ruptcy, Reg. 1888, and further, that tho petition
whs not basod upon the secured papor alono,
TONERS ngainst respondents was unsecured.
He argued that thoro was no binding
or completed agreomont for Ill oxtonBion, nor
was thoro any discharge Of tho noto, but that
oYcn.n the particular note referred to had beeu
discharged, aa claimed, yet petitioners had thor
cnimB ngainst respondents exceeding tho amount
necessary to enable them to maintain tho poti-
ton that the verdict was sufficiently cloar and
that thore waa no orror or exclusion Of evidence
OF oontonts of tho letter from stotsauor Broth
ers.
Tho Court will announce Lis decision no Men
day morning next, at 10 o'clock.
sEW1Sa-MAoHISE PATENT SUIT.
ment case, Ross v. Woliingor ct al. was ycBtor-
day argued boforo Judge Dlodgott. We havo
already givcn tho complainant's side. The de-
fendant represented by George L. Chaplin and
George c. Bellows, Of counsel, III offoes contend
ing that tho patented improvements were not
new, aud did not entitlo complainant to protoc-
tion. Tho Improvement consists Of n cabinet
added to tho ordinary sewing-nachine to protect
it from dust. Tho Court took tho matter under
alyisemont.
SERIOUS CHARGE AaA1SsT HoTEL-KEEpER.
Charles J. Wicker, OF this city, begins suit in
the Circuit Court aghinst Oharlea D. Relyoa,
who, he charges, il justly indebted to him in the
Stances: Stan About tho % l6th e Of 1 oetoboi, ises at
Milwaukee,. Wis, whi1e complainant WIS guost
at tho NewhaIl House. he handed to defendant,
who kept tho house, tho au,n of e1,2s0 in cur
renoy bank-notcs, to be takon, by him to the
hotel Office for safo keeping; md now complain
ant charges that defendant took the money and
appropriated it 10 hA own uao, aud was guilty OF
larceny, aa bsiloe. OF tue said sum. To mako
sure Of Relyea's presence at tho day Of trinl,
complainant prays tint he may bo capoased and
held to bail.
SUITS TO ESTABLISH TITLE.
Elizabeth Boyer files her petition in tho Cir
cult Court against Philip, Edward, Mary, and
Jon somors Aoxsn!ler Reed, Jatnos welaen
and Elizabeth, her minor ohildron, Donnis
OBricnt Francis ). Williams, ]. n, Abbit, jacob
FainB. Ann Maria He1nis, Peter Dockondorf,
Catherine Elsor, Alexander Martin, md "all
| establishment and confirmation OF lor title to
the following lands, OF which her husband
Charles q. Boyer, was Boizod in foo simple at
tho time ho dioa inteatate, viz: That fraction
east quarter Of Soc II L., bounded
/ as follows: beginning at aouthoaat
corner OF the section, thenco north A-100 chntila
to south % foot stake, thomeo south 67A, wost
south line Of aection thonco east on section limo
| "a 50-100 chains to place OF beginning, contains
! Ing 7l-lo0 aoros; also. that fraction north of
| Calumet fooder Of woat half Of southeast quar-
u 1Oos 41 4s ot3 NJ 4ss LIZ 11s3 uoB!Ii1ub w
division corncr on north line Of southeast quar-
ter Of Sec. 10 At stake, thonco west along Gust
aud west centre line Of section 10 -100 chnins to
stake on north 10 feet limo Of focdor, thence
line 10 60-i0o chains to the north and south
division limo Of tho quartor-section
ut stake. tAonco north on tho divs-
ion limo 8 ohains to plRco Of beginning,
containing . 05-l00 aoros; a]go tho II OF n K
| OF Section H. Z, 81, N. r. II Z, bounded aa fol
lows; Beginning at stone at Il corner OH I
limo, thence north 40 chains to o ooruor Of Sec
ton II, thence weHt 20 chains to northwest
corner Of tract, thence sontl. M 40 ohains to east
cornor Of tract, thence cant OIL cunt and weat coll.
tre line OF soction, 90 clans to place Of bogin,
| ming, containing 10 acros.
Other similar suits woro com,noncel of tlloDamc
nature by tho aasno parties, Involving oyor 2Ol
noros Of land On botl Aidos Of the Illinois i
Michigan Canal.
| TROUBLE WITH JUSTICE.
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