, 1876-04-18
THE COURTS.
(3roycr's Effort to Regain pos-
session Of tho Alclplti.
Record Of Judgments and New sults.-"
In Bankruptcy.
YHH ADKLruf.


Grover, late saturday night, hled a bill by his
attorneys, q. Il. uRrdsy aud Charisn W. Con-
stauttno, in Tho Circuit Court, asatnst Edwin O.
t,anplioro and Charlca W. RiBdou, asking for An
.ccouns md dissolution Of partnership. Tho
late tonr 1T which tito bill was filed prevented
synoraIs being published Ut the timo, and It may,
therefore. nat bs unintsrrstlnE to give Il now.
urovor atatos that lte hns bean 4 theatrical man
tpar for nineteen yeara In various ottlcs that
10 february, 1874. he procured n leasc
OK Akcna Tboatro. on tho corner OF
Wabash ascnns and coperohH et1eot. in
tL!s city. md gayo It the name
pf s,,e "Adepli," and gained great popularity
t)xIug to little accident to the southern part Of
Tho city July IA, lH74. ho waa obliged 10 move,
md together with J. 3. Wolfe, reutcd tho Post
onlco bhi!dina. on tho corner Of Monroe aud
Dosrborti streets, wl.ero l,o reopcncd tho thea
,ts In November. 1874, being Bbort Of money
10 mako tho neccspary improvements, he ansered
ioto partuor4hir With William W. Colo, by which
Tho Inttor waa to advance tho nccusaary lnonnys
lod ont to Air. La4phcro. OF Michigan, who
xas to bo represented lero by bis a1eut, c. w.
ll}xlon. 0rosot'a rights, ho claims, wcro fully
recognized, and II was argued lllas, though tho
nboIo lease q tho theatre Was IN co,e's hands. It
considered as still partner. and wns to have
tie colo management.
Tie busness was then uoalluuAd tst.lor the
n.mo Of Leonard Grover Z co., wita Z. ". Rig
don % Treasurer. About tue lut Of March
Grover nlegos lie, witt, the fnt couRept OF his
partner. started oil tour With tho " tinnrty
bumpsy" troupe, aud ono 4. Il. Sl.oImsne was
sent With him, By Lanpl.ure'H directions 81 tho
stter'a agent. During compainanta absenco
tne defendants took lilo management into thor
own hnt,tis, discharged so,no OF tho employees
conntermanded hts otdera. md in difrersot ways
failod To fulfill their engaeemcnts With him.
finally, 1t .g. charged, tic defendants. or thair
agents, broke iuto co,npla,nant's olllcc, took on
tic locks 10 tho d0orn. anA replaced thun1 By
now onos, 60 that ho could not gan nntranco on
Lis return. return with ',,; she travelling troupe; i
Il ., ofs' lrs .ossste5 sSssa hi In hS iom d'toDd o
into ths theatre, that thoy have changed tho
name OF tho tlrm, omitted Ills uarno from tho
hanab.s, md generally declined to nItuw him
kny Ahare OF benoit in tho Gua.neGs.
IN view Of all these circumstances Nrovor
asked for tho immediate appointment OF a To-
ccver. for NJ, injunction to prsyeut tbs dofond-
hnts from further interfering In tile nansgu-
mont Of tho theatre. aud for decree compelling
coivod anee their management Of 1t beaau. Tlo
Injunction vas graitod lltc Saturday night, and
. considerable trtcaa followed wl,nu tho pApers
wore Bcrved, seslt,ng in the sudden expulsion
Of one OF Mr.. Growers stsornoys from the thea-
trc
Yesterday afternoon. 1t 2 o'clock an ap,tcA-
ton was mado 10 Juugu Williams for = ruio Oh
the defondautn to show cAugs why they should
not be committed for coutempt IN unlawfnlly
efectug Mr.. Grover nnd hig attorney from the
building Saturday night.
Yho ailiday,tu OF Lnonn.d Grover, Leonard
Grover, Jr.. e.. W, Constantine, chsslou How
srd, aims Uncle ron," =. II. Grover, William
Togarty, and Uelos,E. Hall wero read in support
Of tho motion. nearly all TO tho et1aot that tho
defendants had Stated thai they did not caro- for
sho Injunction aud Should oxpel complainant
and THOSE with him from tile theatre, which ~ta
Accordingly do,se.
Bono argunons eusued, and finally 1udgo
William grantsl the ruIa to hhow carae rotu.n-
able Tomorrow ruotuiug, hut ucoiusd to appoius
i Ilocclyer nt tho present moment.
ptvoncla.
John Cass f,led bill yesterday ashine for u
diyo1cs from his VITO Cathartno on account OF
her llniyit,ial drunkenness.
Frcderika Derei.or also statea that Il Is iucon-
Bistcnt with safety to her pessou aud with do
mestio comfort aud qutet TO i've. longer With
her buotanti Ferlpaptj. ell bcceuse he win Get
drunk md hrnasn thfurH 10 t,iecen oecaslonSllv
knocking Aer down and pounding hor 10 kocp
VOL STOCKED, aud gho slso ranto Al iniiu,rtion
Ia p.nyens lin from Interfering Wits Il in tho
Snt11ro ...---
11kMa,
Nona of tho Courts. citier l+eterat or Stato.
vii bo in seusion to-day, Judge pIoJrctt Nil
mt bn in town. Tia Ircls,rr'n of,i.c wiil also
bo cogod Ibo .11tIrvs Of tho Circuit Court win
m6ot nj o a. IN THU morning To hcnr nj, ncrnet
caso inyolyiuv tho loralily Of lle isauo Of cor
U0c.tos Of iudobtetlncss by the city,
The various clcrks' oiiceo Mil bc opon ~
usunl.
In i'm caso of Hkanioy II. Ecxton VA. t.cnrv
1[ curtis. in which thv bilI I'm. fled fiit1nv f.r
An account and diyeoultou # pur,ncrship, m iu-
function vss isa,cu yostofdEy.
q. q. nonstY nT THAI rAsn rAse
G. G. Bonney ssya that thp amt nra,t,st Inn
about somn coal lands, 1uputloleu yunterday. ID
iu eubstapce q lIDcloue uroconJiuc, Witno,,t nny
Foundation Iu law, 1,,gtlco. or fac1 that, 70 iar
~ he Wa conc1inoj, tIero WA toycr moro
fatr and honest transaction, aud that tho main
featurea Of II have been we'll known to d uurnbor
OF noIsouB for nearly dozen voaru. Io uhnfcos
TINT tho euit IL now brought aB blacknlalIirc
operation. with tho bope That lapse OF tino and
l1as Of evidence mnr givo It pausib.lity, and ex-
tort sotte1neut, but that, fortunately, sufficient
proof stlli rauai.in to establish Tho tEi.s und ho
il not willing that such an atracl on his GOOD
nano,. III which ho takeg Il Just PRIDE should
paes unuotlced, ovcu for day.
,tNtrx1 aTArEa cou4rs