, 1874-06-02
TuE COURTS.

EGatcrt1t&Y.
Judge Williams gayo n tcciHion Of soma little
Importance yesterday morning in q case iuyolv-
Ing largo quantity Of lind lying on tho north
caat corner Of Western avonuo and Sixteenth,
atrocta Tho case was a bill in cllancory tllod by
J. q. Chamberlain against ". T. Ayers, AL
plsonso Hurtol, tho Chicago, Burlington l.
Quincy Railroad Company, J. NJ. Walker, II.
Waring, Caroline Goodman, and q. 3. Chamber
lain, auking for Partition Of tho nboyo
described premises. Tho Rairoad Company
flod All answer claiming tho whole tract undor
some condemnation proceedings begun In 1861,
which complainant alleges wore not regular.
Tho validity OF these proceedings waa tho puint
at issue. It was conceded TINT tho railroad
owned nn undivided oilo-luartor, having OBJ
demnatiors wore to obtain tho necessary ground
for stock-yyard which, however, was ultimately
located further south.
Judge Williams decided thut tho condemnation
proceedings wore irregular, anl tho road only
entitled to ita ono quarter, lirst becauso tho
record did not show that three tlisintercstcI
frae-ho1dors Ind been appointed as Commission
ers as required by tho Statute, and such u fact
could not DO shown a1lunao; second that tho
Court did not lK the limo or place OF tho first
meeting OF tho Commissioners 80 as to give Ill
opportunity to tho owucrB OF tho lG1d to
object, or give oyidouco us to the yaluo Of their
lands. An appeal. i is understood. will be
bon appeared for tho complainant, aud Nj. Hon.
| ~ Crawford for tho Company.
INSURANCE AGENT IN TROUBLE.
The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company f1ied
| n bill yoaterlay in tho Circuit Court agaist ono
Of its agents naluea 0ryillo N. GcClutoek. Tic
complainans statos that Oh tic 9Th OF January
nss en. It 'ngasoa ao,;ts tho 1sionasns az
indemnity in tho nun Of $4,000. On tho 81 Of
April now contract was made With AIcClintock
and one William II. Nickorsou, similar to tho
first arrangement, Tho Company now claimu
| aud that llc llaa collected largo amounts of
| money Rnd conyertol them to hs own use.
| The creator part Of Ills collections have boen
Invested i'll real estate. Among othor land, ho
Boulevard Addition 10 Washington Heights. Or
| the first five lota ho Inns decd, to tho latter
contract butneither aro on record; alao 10U acrsB
OF land in WiunebaEo County, In. Eesdos this, ho
OWNS stock in tho Automatic Grain Builder Com
Pany. Of Chicago, aud MI intcrost in job pross
in Goldsmith & Col rooms In Grcenehautnia
Building, besides various other tntorosts i'll slli-
dry patont riglta. hIcClintook has leased soy-
eral rooms in tho Caledonia building Oh wash
ipgton stroot. ostcnsibly for tho Comnauy, but
having the lcaho Ill his own tla,ne. These llo
thteatons to close md bar tho Company from
| ontorlng
Complainant according asks that 11colintoclt
may be restrained from destroying Or dispouing
Of his decd or contract to the Washington
Heights property; also from conveying
| any OF hts property. and from collecting my
further slrns of money under color Of I,is Agou-
cy. The injunction was granted by Judge Far-
well uudor bond for $4,000.
LAM IN THE JUSTICES COURTS.
A bill was tcd ia tho Circuit Court by i. G.
Daniel +. Dulkloy and $. 9. Hinsdalo, whioh, Il
true, shows rnther high-haud motllod Of using
tho law in Justico'H Court. MoCord says that
lie il tho owner of No. 800 South Doarborn
tonants. For somo months past s. s. b1il!or,
QUO OF the defendants. has boon disturbing tho
tenants by threads aud violence claiming to huyo
somo right to tho promises. He has boon aideu
nanlol Buckley, aud They togotller hayo latcliod
up III outrageous fraud. Sumo tlllo ago Atiior
filed u compliant boforo Justice Uinstla1e on
forcb'o entry and tletainor, alleging TINT ho was
tho owner Of tho above described promises. The
summons WAS rotarnod fndorsou:
Served the within. by delivering cory thcrcof to
one Of the fun>y Of the within nalnoa deios.lsuts
ss y o as0 of II M l, ,y
A Judgment by default rus rendered. and d
writ of possession given Armoa With this. Mill
lor, accompanied by conHl able mud ltwo othor
persons, won't to the complatunnt'H house, nb0ye
David Ooonoy while l.e was away, aid only his
wife and family at homo. Tho no1t day Oooncy
iindlng nothing further WaR done,, moved baok
agan, anl has since maintained .posaoaaion.
Mlllor mas pocH tnefe frequently, anu tufoetoil0u
10 throw him out again. Other tonants have
also boon throhtonod, but nono aa yet molcsted.
Complainant insists that no sorYicn una Ind
on oithor hinlself or any OF his tonautH in tho
aforementioned suits, aud, therefore. tho judg-
1nents arc void. Not only this, but, ~ o is i'll
formed, thara Ia no nueh ..Conntnb,o In CHI
cago Az John Worth, who pretended to
mike tho return. Miller IL insolyent,
and threatens to continue Ills annoyance, AMI
h[cCord therefore asks ii, injunction to re-
etrain him aul tha other defendants from any
further conspiracy or molehta.lon, 1t was
grantod by Judga Farwell.
NILI. EoIs ACCOUNT,
Abner O. Harding iloa bill yesterday In tho
Circuit Court agalnst a. ]. Sawyer and George
L. Harding. Complainant Btales TINT In No
vombor he antl tho tlorendauts Joined
toga:hes to purchase Lots aud a Of
1]nok 10. In HolIool Section Addition,
and tho oast 81 foot OF tile west GO feet Of Lot
., in Block y5, Of tho aamo section, he advance
Ing $4,000. that being enough to purchase tho
property, subjrot, however, to i1lo1mbsancos
amounting to S7J,oo0. Complainant wAs to re-
cciyo l0 per cent intoreBt, mud ono-hatf OF tho
profits, and nharo oue-l,alf tho loss. II any. lie
charges, however, that tho property waa to
DO hol but Tor short time. complsinatt al.
logcs that Ao Aau ln Tho past two years mud a
$4,000. Deomlug 1t advisable to Aeli
ia March laHt A0 applied to Hamvar