, 1875-01-30
PHILADELPHIA.


L hc 1]lF NNuE&F 2AttbREN-l1&l4f ms A1tAtt-
cd, sG,1H1, ssG.1D-satt Over Il Million
Doi:nrL' worth OF Esind.
t7Et'ta. D@tu:tch - Tie Chicago Trtanut.
PH1LADELPfrA, Pa, Jan, 49.-TliH morning
tile case Of Gibson ct al, holders Of Northern
Pacific Railway bonds. ~. the Irusteo aud Com
mittee OF Creditors Of Jay Cooks & Co., In bank.
rutcy, was before tha United States Circuit Court
In several Shapes. First, upon potition for leaye
to prove tho claims Of tho Northern Pacific lsaii-
way Company, and, in answer thereto seconti-
lyt upon motion for injunction to restrain
distribution OF tho stock of this cor
poration held by the bankrupt estate; and,
thirdly, upon demurrer to tho original
bill III equity fled for these petitioners, upon
which d preliminary injunction was grantod
few daya sice. Counsel not being prepared to
proceed with tie argument to-day, it was de-
ferEoa until some future time. Among tho
papers iled by the defendants. the foIxviug ex-
hIiit will DO found Of Hpecinl iutereet ut this
iinfa: Number Of claims pfoyed audited, and al-
lowed, i.91i amount Of claims proved. audited,
and aalowo1, s0,0Gl ,77G.09 number Of creditors
who have received t1etr dividends, EOS;
amount Of clairns upon which creditors Layo
received their dyi3onds, e., T52, 1901; amount
OF Dividends paid up to and including Jan. u,
1876, Gl37, ,G1a.i9; number Of claims unon which
distribution had beeu accepted up to mud includ-
ing Jan. 18, 224 amount OF claims OH which dis
t1Gution hatl been accepted up to and including
Jan. 2a. el,.77,pU9; amount 1t Northern Pacific
lsa!lroad bont!a belonging to tha bankrupt es-
tate, e.. .33J, els.
THIS morning tho Supreme Court, in banc,
Ilyon nEd James J. Dull W. William GGm6lo 81
a.; o!ror from Common lleas Of Columbia
County. Tho nomta Of tic case us presented
" tho Iiaintihs.in error appear 10 bo briefly
these: !n Eoyo'ninr. lIH3. . warrant was grant
cd ta Philip Mule, py .ho Commonwealth for
l'jo acfos Of land IL Zine Croro Township
iss s sS''' m 'os s"tS'z zss T"s aosss sa' asa sa
" pcre}scs. and patont issued therefor BIZ tho
Commonwealth to john Wilson uIoa payment
of tue porsilaso-,noney, Tho patent beiuE dated
Feb. q, l7V5. Tle painti1Ya-if-arror claim t.tlo
through conroyatsceA froul tho liera OF James
Wilson. Tho defonso SGT up tito under q sslo
by Sheriff IN tho October term OF 1881, under
mortsnge from Jamss Wilson to Charles Vol
stencrttft an otherB, dated Jntso II, 171i. Il
suit to cincto'ent wrh broNghk i'll soluykt Coul.-
tv mud removed by Atatnte to Co'uInoia County.
On tho trial defellduntB, 1t IL allogoa, did not
otfo: In evidence the original record Of tho
proceedings llpon the record, nor did they otrer
the mortgage itself but only certified copy OF
tlo record, bearlng dato hov. II, 1881. Not
w:thstaldiEg tl.e fact tiAs the I'rot!ouotary of
bchu;lktli County liad baeu autlasuael and was
in attendance with tho original rtcora, tho
plaintiffs objected to this cortiiiod copy On to
grounds first, that, ut tho tlatu Of tue recitod
mortgage from Wilson to Wolatoncrait md
others. the land belonged to THO Commonwealth;
TINT tho warrant WAS not descriptive Of n1,y land
end as that time was but . ehose.in-
action and not subject to mortgage
thai none Of tho rrcscriPts or original
writa upon wllch 5udgnlout was euseroa de-
scribcd this or any otAer land, and, therefore
tlscre could be uo valid sale nnlor my execution
lsauol thereon there bsn: no proof Of the re-
lieira Of the n,ortgager, they woro not bouod bY
il and, iinaily thirty-thrao yours having olepsed
bu1ween tho death u the nloslYager aud the be-
glnnlng OF proceedings thereon, ths presump-
heirs, 10 whom no notico of any proceedings had
honn given. Tho land lnvovad III thla lltj,at:on
Is saId to be nov worth upwards OF III, ,000, doc.