, 1875-02-23
THE COURTS.
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THE COURTS.
!. wAsu1NuToS's BIRTHDAY.
Yesterday was advertised to DO the anniversary
Of Washiugton'a birthday mud, Rs a general
thing. It was roligiously observed by Government
otticiais and tho Judges generally. Tho court
rooms vcro for one day FREQ from the Bridge
por: odor which generally pciyatcs them, aud
wore al extra shade Of mournfulncsA in COM
menoratton Of tho shd anniyorsary. few dis
consulate jttymen, missing tho!r desired o. for
sleeping In lilo court.roorns. wandered slowly
through tho halls, and curiously peopsd into each
room In saarch Of some livGrsion. Even tho
lady telegrapl-operator aoemcd to 10 uulcr the
inilueuGe Of tue prevailing tendency TO homno-
loticc, aud sat abstractodly gazing II tho lals Of
the tolcgraph-npparAtuH, ~ II HaitluE ,nouonts-
rfly for q Summons.
Tle Ulorks Of tho Superior aud circuit Courts,
nerhsph by she mysterious but nui
to hasdlo money ,deftly, took In out
Which were accidentally left with them by thoso
astornoys wlsose gatrio4!sm was extinct, or At
parently ei.hor through I'LL omission to look Ut
llis calendar, or through sheer force of habit,
opoucd tlio day In u most vigorous manner,
especially dsllcattanalg 10 tho clerks mud report
erl., 1t 10 O'clock 10 G!idcd into tho COURTROOM
mildly ovur tho top Of them at Tue lawyers, and
oasting malicious glance At the reporters.
Without word of com1ncnt, after dihponing ot
: motion or tSo. lo opened fro With tho
case OF Bonto vs. stoyone, In which be
decdcd Homv exceptions to tho answer. Four
other casos then followed, In which will 10
found Interesting information for both fandlnb-
hore and old eats. Altlsurh It was not exactly
''rtofcssional" to deliver opinions on holiday,
aud although Jndgc Dlodeats works had enough
during The year to nmry 1nasify LIS onjoying tho
few l1oisIayh which fall TO bis lot, Vol blu ro-
,narfs yesterday woso too Important to be omit
tod. and oltlor coptouH abstracta or tho decisions
in full wtll DO found below.
THE COMMERCIAL taHuHAScE COMPANY.
-, omo q % tLo most important decisions Was - to
tho liability Of certait, Stockholders of tho defnuct
Commercial INSURANCE Company. It &proared
that tue Stockholders pnld 20 per cont at tllo
time thoy took tlcir stock, and at tho sinsa Of
Tue FRO by aubse1uent CALLS Ut the allowance Of
dividends: thcy had paid In al but Us pcr cent.
Shortly a.tor tho TITO, largo proportion Of tho
Stockholders either brought in policies issued to
thom originally or purchased poiicles from othor
PERSONS. caused them to 10 adjusted byt the Com
l,any, and obtained certificates Ct indebtedness
for the amount Of such inaobtcducss and at tho
sarno time, or subsequently, surrendered thoso
certificates to tie Treasurer At par. and took TIP
tho bto9k-notes Eivon BY them preyioasly. Ii
sumo OF tho caaes under consideration, tho
dafondants held po'icios to tho full amount Of
thotr stoctt-notcs in other cases for only part.
while IN stu others thoy bought policies to tho
aun W.. au'ona. ns..'p ~ tns'r notes. !s
z+octonat"s aA. " 49, - 'na csses WAS thae Inc
rsntisraJ ~ .neAs n'9ckAeiunfa were sur
t.nn,,on1 n;,,,aa nos ,alaoosouhoss OF the
r. nss,,,ona =, W 1. ~ tnese stqokholtosa
no doubt but that tho Company waa inH Ho!yc.t,
and that tue defendants know Of tue fact, and
Eo,ir,s;,,ts - II r. ~. ~. oan,a. H.
o.sa ~ tMo 'Aw' ,Heh' as lald down In tho
EimbsII tharcs thamsoa , u; tioas; ana M scammon W.
s,,rraro,s mi nu ~ uuuos Dus tnas ench
fr,,,S ~ ,-a,a,1 1 Hnt9 MAua. ana HMen
out canoc,,I ~ mGu W sse ase " the court wlt
MT H.uH'uEs ~ 'a". iae btocA-notea weTo
nanv "na '..o 10 '1 sapI'at ssoca OF tno Com.
}o 5c,-oStta.. St,a 10 s"pa h1ta Gust,lnnu Tor
NJ thn fnu,n,. anu W coaunon VIII tno o1itcora
f,on, ~ M1ns sno 1 1Sic'eauta "AnuToW thom
;,cfnnannta ,.orn ~ aae1 taat some OF tue
fnads nn aif,oeao,a 0'ao o''1coss ot 'ho company
Onto = iifjc,,lt nnos.to, .ro,, a.. ,,.hu,4. =,
1u tr., ,Snt, ias oeias h1cd ~ to to time
T. .aaan ".I - ~. t!oa' anoH4a 10 computed: Lit
H. t;,ma H. s"A' y snotsia 10 computed from
,..,o INV ~ .an.4 aa.o "to"Eint confereion was
tuno' t'n 1st ~ =, "g1t N u lilo casoh that waa
.s"s Nv ~ VI NoscMoeF' laH; The fact
mss. ~, .e tta ~, Gons.ags VI ~ %as vol1 ~ inIo:
acn "as .nu nano fr ~ t o uoekho!der ad
nolca being The same. snl Tho law ~ to dam.
nSes wab tue iull amount OF the money, counted
Mlth lhtescas 1roM tlo ttfnc Of sucA conversion.
Judgment was therefore rondeEod against J. L.
ARMOUR tor *!spDu and insoEcst from. Nov. /,
lal agalnss =. I. Lawrence for % 800, with
,hteteat rom tho same titno agaiuht David Bal.
la7l againss George II. WLoeloF for s3,6l0;
aNalnat J. r. Chapman for &lQ, zoo and against
Il. L. Stanton for l,00U, with interest IL each