Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-25
THE BENCH.

Judge EmmOns Passes upon n Me-
IrOPOIitan Police Cases-Deeree I'm
favor Of the City Of Nashville.
Decisions were rendered in the Supreme
Court yesterday as follows:
Nicholson, G. Jones, Puryis * Co.
VS.. Hobbs, Comptroller; decree reversed
and bill dismissed.
State and Watson, trustee, vs.. the Bank
| of Tennessee, crOss-bill Of NJ. & G. r. r.
Co.; decree affirmed.
Carrick, HOllins & Co. vs.. jacob; medi-
fed aud affirmed.
Scott vs.. Cheatham; affirmed.
Deaderick, J.-StOne vs.. McGregOr ct al;
affirmed and remanded.
McWiiliams ct al. vs.. Gwynn; modified
and affirmed.
Box vs.. McEelvie; judgment corrected
and affirmed.
White vs.. SchureT; decree affirmed.
Foster & son vs.. Mcdonnell; judgment
affirmed.
Hicks vs.. Russell; judgment affirmed.
Ditty, administrator, vs.. Mckinley;
judgment affirmed.
Rogers, executor, vs.. Southern; decree
modified and remanded.
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railroad Company rs. Cooke and vs.. Ed
wards; judgments modified and affirmed.
Payne vs.. Williams and wife, judgment
affirmed.
Mcfarland J.-Smith & Harding vs..
Brooks; decree affirmed.
Ferris, administrator, vs.. Eichbaum; de-
cree affirmed.
Stewart ct al. vs.. Porter; decree mOdi-
fed and affirmed.
Allen vs.. French; decree modified and
affirmed.
Turney, MACK vs.. Palmer; judgment
changed as to costs.
Morris vs.. Morris; remanded.
England vs.. England; judgment affirmed.
Vincent VS.. Vincent; decree reversed and
bill dismissed.
Bartlett vs.. COlcord & McAlpin ct al;
Judgment reversed and petition dismissed.
Gist vs.. Austin; decree affirmed.
DeBOw vs.. Bullock; petition dismissed.
Sneed, j. lark 4 Brown vs.. Penning-
ton; affirmed and decree here.
HinsOn VS.. Shelton ct al; reinstated on
docket.
Bentley vs.. First National Bank of Mas
sillOn, o., decree affirmed.
State, for use, vs.. Buck; decree reversed
and bill dismissed.
Frazier vs.. Allen; decree modified and
remanded.
Miller and Officer vs.. Johnson; judg-
ment affirmed.
State vs.. johnson; judgment reversed
and cause remauded.
Fishel & Bro. vs.. Stokes & Wood; judg-
ment affirmed.
Reynold vs.. DOland; decree reversed and
cause remanded.
Grips vs.. jenkins; decree modified and
remanded.
State vs.. Brewster; judgment affirmed.
Brown vs.. State; judgment affirmed.
Richey vs.. Gentry reversed and re-
manded.
Green, heirs, vs.. Rogers; judgment af-
frmed.
West, Daniel, & Wright vs.. Culp.; petit
ton dismissed
Broyles vs.. Fancher; judgment affirmed.
Rogers vs.. Dibrell; reversed and remand
ed.
johnson vs.. Holman; judgment affirmed.
The causes in the docket of the 9th
Judicial Circuit, commencing with GrUn-
dy county will be taken up by the first sec
ton Of the Supreme Court tomorrow
morning.
The secondsectiOn viii continued the con-
sideratiOn of causes on the docket Ofthe 9th
Circuit during the first three days Of the
present week, and on Thursday morning
viii take up the Davidson county law
docket.
In the following item published yeSteT-
day, Smith county was meant instead OF
Lincoln: "The cases from Lincoln county
have been reached by the second section
and called the first time. On Monday
morning the dockets will be peremptOrily
called"
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT
Before Judge Trigg: L. S. vs.. Logan
Mitchell, rescuing property; verdict not
In re F. NJ. Anderson, attachment for
contempt; prisoner discharged.
U. S. vs.. Alex. Hobbs, illicit distilling;
verdict not guilty.
o. S. vs.. David Norton, illicit distilling;
ontinued.
Defore Judge Emmons-In eight cases
the city Of Nashville for salaries Cf
Metropolitan policemen, the demurrers OF
defendant 0he city, we're sustained, and
the causes dismissed at the cost Of plain
tifs. The plaintiffs we're James RadfOrd,
Tbos. Kennedy, Geo. Morris, Felix Stew
an, W. h. Sloan, Thomas Ryan, David
Crockett and Levi Dell. Their allegation
was that they were appointed patrOlmen by
the Metropolitan Police Commissioners;
that they were duly sworn in and ready and
to serve the city in the capacity Of
patrolmen, and that the city illegally OBJ
tanned an injunction restraining them from
so acting. The amount claimed was about
The law docket Of the United States Cir
cult Court will be regularly called tO-mOr-
row morning before Judge Emmons, FEEDER
al Court building, down stairs.
L. r. CAMPBELL, CLERK.
PROBATE COURT-Mrs. Sarah Chad
wick appointed administrative Of Joseph
d. Chadwick, deceased.