, 1874-06-26
THE COURTS.
Mr.. Scnmmon's Cnso Comes Up
Again.


W1hcellnneOue 6uS1neabs
THE NEW nANHnurrUt LAW.
an important question was raisod yesterday
on tho Interpretation Of tho new bankrupt law,
In tho mattor Of ). Y. soam,non. by tho now
amondmont ono-tl,irl In vauo and ono.fourth
In number Of tho creditors must Join III bauk-
runsoy petition. This amendment was n,ado 10
tako ofreet III ali CASES commenced since Doc !,
1879, whom adjudication Inns not boon
onterod. A1r. Boamnon urged that tho
petitionug creditor must nmond ths petition 80
na to show That tho roquiAito number Ind jonod
before ho could bo roqurott to anBwor or file de-
nlal, hnd that II hc fnlod to do so, The petition
would bp dH.alsaed,
A geuornl discussion WIS then indngcd in to
bring ont tho various oplniuns Of the nenbors
Of tho bar. 5ntlge Dlbagott gavo no dcciston,
prolorriug to wntt nntil ho could consider tho
question at greater length. and It Ia OK
psotod 10 will give An opinion this
morning. Tho importans point Ia Ne to whether
the pctitloning creditor n,,,Bt obtain tho corsent
Of tho requisite numbor Of creditors ut first, or
only when tho debtor has f1led list Of creditors
mud obtained q rulo on him. II tho former opin-
ion is held, It in not Improbable that larso
number Of cascs will bo dismissed. On tho oth-
er hand If such gtew bo takon Of The matter, 1t
may bo thas tho tin,o In which to flo apottion s
passed.. or tho four mouths havo elapsed,
atd creditors thus bo prccluled from obtaining
their rights. Judge Biodeett has already, in two
caseB, mado a ordor, OIL u dobtor's filing lstof
his oroditotu, tint tho potitoning creditor should
tAun file Tho consent Of tho requisite number
OF creditors, md 1t would soem that this Is tho
tcstcr Practice.
rRATEnsAL ovAHnnI.
William s. Iligrahnul flied a bill yesterday in
the Circuit Court urdt1lst Lis brother. Granville
q ruo.nh,,, tor ~, .e.ou,+ f,o,,,,n,ro, ,t ototo.
a.. =. 1ocn :; ,n 49, .Ss.'. 49,, sas1
'nhe III 1ooo no ana 'uo ''eleh"ssa' "ent ''" 1c"i
estate speculation, then buying very largely.
Among their Investments was tho purchase uf
tract nj ,RnO noros IN 0nnl< Cnunty fron tia
brighton Land Company, which vas sold in lopa
tlaH four vonrs for ss1,o0o and another Of tho
r. * gec IN. M. IL cnutai,,jnc lid nurop. which
wns hnnuht fnr aa2 i}0O. II il nit11utud on Stnto
atrcet. 1,car Seyeuty-nlntl.. aud il now wotth
sTos,t aaSo ma. When fhn narties onterod
intn thn cm,ortnorsi,ir thoro, thn i3nfcmtiant
Turn,.3,n5 III .ho mnnnv and arrcotl
a. Ia cn,1,7 nat n;teni tn MI
~, hs;n.., Inv In wn,,,d ,iyo sha comn,,inomt
nnc.ha1T ta nat NJ otits # he woulJ nsa,et in tho
.nara-nn,a,,+ ~ rirn;ra rIa sto,n .Ircnt ,,ro,,.
NINA trhilo rntn,o}}nnut wng nhsnnt IN Nav yorl;
~ t'p1noaa ~ KIT rarf"a Comnlaimnnt n.
inros tiiat lis brother Las never until lately de-
Md h;s ;ntcrass in thia nncn Of nroporty Int
hnu n1wnra In va,io,,u svnvs rncot,niyc.'1 ii.
nIa;ma n5 a'""'c 'comn,ainnnt n1icrc,s he Ind n
wr;tton acraamn1t .how;nr ria fntrrost which
Manor as o"d s hy thn d
fsntIant. It il aakcd therefore, lint ali account
rtnv hc Ind. mud nnnnIninnnt'a interostn rncor.
nxsd mud Ills abaro Of the nrotlts be- g,zou @ hln
1rwrrrn s1.Tra r,,,mra
s, D, slayton began a suit for 81, 500 agatnst
". H. Woliinrton. ''' ''>' S4'De0 ''''-''l''
rLr 1rrarkin Tneurnnco con,,,nnv find ri hi,a
non;nsf Eurano r IInn.hnw aid nthara to fora-
ninse six tr5,st ,lcc,1a ror sa, hoD encl,.
o'''' ''~ "1' uaSKnupruY ITEMS.
Georao A. Clark tm { C.. IT. ti,od % a pottion against
". II. Foster. doing business ns w. f. Foster 4
y: qo;r "o;n, uus Il n notc Tor 81 15a modc
jnu. Q 1879 and iuo two roars nftor dato.
wlic1, Inn 1 MT baen mid, F,stor confessed tho
aot ci,arool and Nah adtudieatod mud warra1t
In tLo matter OF e, 3, Lincoln MI Order was
enarol fur nll ,,crsona Interested to nhow ca,,un
syI,y ,he hnnkr1,nt'. foI,r-story ml,idin,, and
i,ni,sntnl1 nioresE in tho InnJ. boinr lI,o suu,l
Fl fest OF tho north so roet Of sul,-iots and
Addition nloui1 not la aoId for a23. 900,
In Tie case Of Ii, e. IyIor OF al. the debtors
filed IiBt of creditors al,d nm order y.as entorol
thut tue creditor should gain tho consent OF onc-
third in ynlue aud opc-fourth in number Of the
creditors, or, III doIault, that the proceedings 10
1;srnnsed.
supEa1oR COURT IN BRIEF.
Frank II. Oflcor began snit n,n.ust tho 1lli-
nois Car Comuauy c1althiur 81 QUO,
Tho Clinton papor Company began action for
A2,OuO ncuiuBt Jacob Isauc, Albert. atd Dcnfa-
nil, Ferouthnl.
i. 3, Fuller sued II. E. Picket for 80, 800.
Adam Roth uuul George H. Siayon for s |. .00b,
aIorwin @ T Tabor T began suit it against tho Groat
WeHteru Telegraph Company to recover g., 200
for r services louderod ny Treasurer. ' ~ ~
Sarah Merritt began MI attachment suit
against nIurls Merritt In hone Of recovering
AT if}i fpr ,ynrk flnnn aa boltscltOeDor.
II Il Games comu,rncotl an ncttpu in ass1,Jnp-
ejf nroinat 4. &. aud o. Il. yuGver, claiming
o.t|09.
Ludwig WON sue0 u. D. Noeh a'lu u. L. Dot-
gan for II 900.
Eli Kinney k Co. began suit to roc0vor
alO. .0U(l of Georgo Barulott,
Ardrow Wnrlr annd Smit1, Xhitticr T., D.
rarratt al 17,,dn ~ Hnrro1t for al nm
o9rrett, attt EIu,e =. N.Y. I"'to1' ~, !us o.
Ia%e'H 4"e,s1cn nGu W. aSeuas ] n'uAanuut .n't