, 1873-07-11
THE COURTS.
Another srit Against the Board Of
T'rado--Can tho Board Enact
Retroactive Laws?
Action Against Kendall County su-
pervisors---A Large Land
Suit.
Bankruptcy Matters---County Court
Items---The Courts in Brief.

"F'~J oo1A"
Items---The Courts in Brief.
1achaoy Lanslis ia!oa po'ition Tor manda-
mus III tho Clrclnt Court yesterday, entitled
Augustus L. Truman Y. Board Of Trade Of the
CITY of Chicaco. IN which nct;tionor ouha to In
rojn.t,+o, ~ ,,a.,,,. - 49,. .,as",".'. rn.s
o;r,nstaraa. m ~ ,'4 ,,o -. |no s. s T. io
clfensi4asaneeS Oh tno case, as aos forth IN tile
petition, arc NJ follows: Petitioner was aus-
pendod from tho Board of Trado OH the 23d of
NAV. 1B79. for fn;ure IN fu1fl oo,troct In hal
.,aaa Iii, or..,..u. r,t"..'a ~ a"s
n."so WIZ ~, N,uu'iS O. tiol.nlor: ING cohtl"os
WAS Tor tho de!lyoryto toln by plaintff Of wheat
at 81 IL por buHlel, waB 1nRtlo in Decemter, 1871
and tho da,o OF delivery was 1anunry. 1872 Wleat
odvourod q conIo M h,,a,,o1 ir tto },torior
,1,:"t' '.;.s ' ss"s' ~ utso' ~ @
"nlcn lo'.o "l'set plalhtlit Il caleuat'ona. llo
fo1iad that ho could not doliyor, anu Nichols L
cd, and charged petitioner with tic ditrorouco be-
t,ra.., .ha 80. .,.;.. .,,a .,,,..,,t 80. ~.
Tween tho contract price anu current ratos. ny
INC fnaos OF Inc noafd ol lrauo ~ that tlmo,
Nichols l. He)1mor were entitled, at any timo
during tho ensuing yoar, to hayo petitioner s,,s-
peudeil from tic Board Of Trade. uroyit1od lhov
"," 49, .,,,1;,.,;n,, ,;,,,;, .s 49, ,n MY
made tho al'pl'ca'loh within that titno. This
they ala not do' Darlng tho iall OF 1877,
little commotion amone tho Grain mor, nn1.omo
fcw wont rndor bai,,v tho noar7 oloroa ~, o,o-
~" ".A "''s'oi oA"4t 'au no"tu al'oice s11e oo-
yoal cln"se, alo 11'"oe IL ioGal lot partles VINO
had suffered from breach Of contract at my
srbBeouent tinlo to hRyo tho parties Bugpontled.
Nichols aud Hcllmor took advantage Of lila
alteration, and moved to suspend petitioner,
which was done. Tho petitioner thinks TINT.
inasnluch as his breach Of contract took place
before tho passing of this law; aud tho law cannot
Him. which remains to bo proved
pASKnurrcY MArrEna.
In tho mattor of Christopher Brose, an ineol-
vout Il. E. jenkins, Assignee, reports having
sold tho real estate OF bankrupt, together with
contirncd tic salo.
In tho matter of John Daomon. an jusol;ent.
tho Assignee was authorized to sell cortain nlol,,
orty at not less then sG27.5O
E7I1 tho matter of T.. Shanata!,, ct al, on mo-
ton Of Wcst Il Manning, by Mr. Blaok, thoir 60
licitor, proceedings ii, their petition for yoluu-
torv bankruptcy were STONED until further ortler
of the Court
In the tnattor Of james G, Stuart, m inso.vont.
George ". Campbell waA appointed Assignee,
bankrupt by default; warrant roturnablo before
G. Grant. Iogister. at Morris, On the 11th
August, 1873.
Grounes nn1 Frankot were adiut1icatod bank
rupts By default, warrant returuablo Il Aug.
1878.
In tho matter OF Reed and Dawson. tho denial
of bankruptcy was Withdrawn and jnaolyents
wore adjudlcatcd bankrupta by default, warrant
rot,lrnable before Register Hibbard II August,
1873. Emmanuel Earnshaw was appointed pro-
yisionnl Assignee Of this estate.
Clark ". Urton, Assignee of tho Great West
orn insurance Company f1los, with Register Hib-
bard, hiB monthly stateuont, showing balance
OH juno /, So, ,557.d2 receipts during tic month
of June, 81, 1,325; expenditure, 81, 1,7G5o9; balance
in Mechanics bunk in Juno 10, ia, ,8l243. The
Assignee also shows how ho compromised
9G,O75 worth of shareholders indobtoduoBB for
S1.325 cash, and 81, ,G50 in notes.
In tlle matter OF Theo. Stono's clnim against
tho Chicago Nows Printing Company, i, ".
l}ckor dopoBes that le was employed by said
Company Us City Collector Of subscriptions; that
ho found great difficulty III getting subscriptions.
the local canyassors bringing in a lot Of fraudu-
lent o1dora,- trick, however, Of the variety of
which deponent Thinks stono was incapable.
George ". laney, tho busincss manager Of tho
Company, also tostiaos 10 stouos oxortions,
which lie statos were well worth ;35 per week.
BIG LAND su1r.
Stephen ". Rawson fileB n bill in the Circuit
Court against Mary J: Clark, Wlliam 3. Davis,
John Davis, Charles B. SAWYER, Josiah Z, Lom-
bard, Joaeph B. Chandler, Eliza q. Davis Fanny
Clark Davis, Augusta Clark Cole, Charles ".
Cole, Davis W. Cark, Jessie Il. Clark, Katie
Mulliken, aud Edward Mullson. Complainant
Lombard wrongfully withhold from him tho legal
title OF the oast Il Of tho southeast II OF Section
%, 80, II. In ORDER that complainant may provo
Ills claim, he prays that the defendants be sum
moned to appear IN Court Of Chancory to make
answer to tho allegations Of complainant.
ACTION AGAINST KENDALL COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
Augustus W. Post, resident Of tho State Of
Now York. files bill, in the United States Cir
cult Court, against the Board Of Supervisors Of
Kendall County on railroal bonds, issued by
tho County of Kendall to tho Ottawa & Fox
River Valley Railroad Company. or bearer, paya-
bic three years after It's date. tho lat Of July,
1863, and bearing interest at 10 por cent. Conf
plainant suoH III an action Of debt, and claims
s2o, 900 damages.
COUNTY COUNT ITEMS.
Tho will OF Mary P. Dorn,an was proved and
letters tostemeutlry wore granted to Mary A..
Dorman, under an approved bond OF $4,000
Tho will Of Christian paeGch was proved and
letters testomentary woro granted to Frederick
paescl,, under approyed bofll Of 800. 600.
Bridget Tlayn was appointed administrative
Of the estate Of Phillip Flavin, deceased, unuor
IN approved bond Of $l1. AGO.
Tic will Of Johann schnee WAS proved, and
letters testamentary we're granted to Ann
Echneo, under IN approved bond Of $1,000