, 1876-03-18
a Now Point for Judge Drum
Tnond to Pass On,
The Value of a Runaway Wife As.
sessed at $1,000.
Voluntary and Involuntary Visitors Of
tho Bankruptcy Court.
Record Of Judgments and Now Suits.'-
The Diamond Case.


I Seymour at al. rs. Chnrlca a. Gregory. Two or
three years ago Mnrk r. Seymour and otle1s
Ind recovered Judgment In tho United statea
Circuit Court againht tho Plll'pa Il Colby Con-
| sttuct[ou Company for about sf00,000. A writ
! Of error waR sued out. nnd q bond given on tho
supesaedeas being granted BY thu Supromo
| Court. Tho jnlgmcnt Of tho Circuit Court was
affirmed, and tho rhcaont suit WIS then brought
on tho enpcrsedcas bond. 4 plea was 1lcd
! that tho Federal court had no 5nriBdfction, boz
CAUSE the plaintiffs and defendant wero both
residents OF tho ean1c Slate. h demurrer Hns
interposed to this pioa mud ssargued yesterday.
On tho part Of tho plaintiffs 1t was urged that
juriadIction WAS Acquired BY virtuc Of tho net OF
1875, cnlarg!og tho Jurisdiction OF ths Federal
coNrls; that, moreover, tho bond on which auit
was brought was ao iucdont to tho suit In which
Judgment was recovered. aud that the suit OH
thht bond waB only auxiliary. and Subsidiary to
that former ,nut and that tho Court having bo-
yond question acqutscd Jurisdiction In the
former suit, continued to lnvo 1t III tho ptosent
action.
On Tho paz. OF Tho defendant II Was claimed
that tho pfoaont ault was now and original Que,
involving uorol matters, ana that It stood by It.
self as regards jurisdiction. Tho bond waa not
. part Of tho former auit IN Tho Circuit Court,
bat In tho Supreme Court. Tho writ OF error
wns also nns suit, lko tho auit on tho bond.
The latter iuyolsed now parties. who woro
straneors to tho former suit, and not priyies
to tho Judgment, md tho Court could not
IN an auxiliary snit acquire 1urisdiotion
collateral undertaking to tho writ Of error on
contract OF surotyship. depending on common
law principles, aud must be detetmined in q now
suit begun ny new writ and service On now
dents Of IillaoIs il, should DO brousht in tho
State courts. MossrB. Sieener j. Whiton up
pearol for the plaintiffs and E. N. Abbott, Esq,
Of Boston, Mass. Judge Dixon Of milwaukee,.
and 1lesars. Dout i Black Of this city. for tho
defendant. Tho question was taken under sd-
y1semcnt BY tho Jndgo*
Abons ton dByB aR0 James A. Whitaker aud
G. Il. Parker filed petition to haYo tho compo-
aside. on the ground that It had boon obtained by
fraud, and yesterday Judge Bolgett made al
order allowing the order confirming tho conpo-
stIo9 to bo oponod 50 ~ 70 allow tho Petitioners
show that tho debt Of Do1oyer It
CO. Wan purchased by tho bankrupts or
With their moucy, Or to provo that
n ;,,. 3; Bradley, ,. for tho pnsposo Of
chased With tho money Of the haokrppta tho
claims Of ". D. Hamilton Il Co. and &. ".
uasse, and nttor tho purchase caused tho claims
to be assigned to Upton, Douteil = Waterman:
Maxwell, Wheeler Il Go. Was purchased. aud
that Elijah Shaw owned fifth intercat In 10
Acr6s OF lind which he concealed from bis cred-
1tots.
Tho petitioners were. however, orderod to pay
all costB Of the review, aud to deposit S200 In
court to socure tho payment Of such costs.
THOSE DIAMONDS.
Ths psnn n tho 19psEnnp su1s 2. s
and William Carman. was mado hnppy yesterday
morulug by receiving q verdict for tho value of
tho diamonds for Which Hho sued. In her affi-
davit for 1oployin, hhe sTorc that the ]ewole
measure Of danAgesin in caBo the diamonds tho1a-
Relyes cannot bo found.
THE rnIoE or 4 WIFE.
4 cssa has been on trial for the last fow days,
brought BY Edward McGnn to recover damages
fot tho seduction Of Ills wife br 1ra 3. Eddy. It
appeared that Mira. McGuh was t3ptritualist,
AND that jp her opinion Eddy Hns her sfluity.
At least, so lott her ll18band, and has boon liy-
Thoro WAS n Largo amount Of contradictory owl
dence introduced In the caao md this Is the Bec-
ond trial. On tho formor trial, last October,
tho Jury failed to agree. but yesterday thoy
brought IN I verdict for tho large sum OF
s7B0o The usual motion was made for new
trial.
Martha Anne Armstrong filed Il bill charging
and asking for = divorce. she SAYS abs haa
proof positive to Bhov TINT when he uarriad her
ho had wifc living in Indiana.
items. .
Judge Drumtnond Htli heas an indisnh rail-
Judge Hopkins Will continue his call to-day
~ usual, commencing at No. 1Ut.
Judges Gary Booth, Jameson. and Fnrwell
viii hear motions to-day, Judges Moore and
Williams will attend to divorce uaassess, and
Jrdgo Rogers will take up motions for now
trials.
UNITED 81ATEs COURTS.
Nonry @. Mostham aid Thomas and Mary A.
Burns tiled a bill against the Chicago Duriag-
ton i Quincy 1sail1oaa Company, J. 9. nees.
and others, asking for 4 paitttion OF tho 8. u
Of the y. ". Il al The n F. II Of Bcc. 20, 90. II.
y. D. Foster commenced suit In alcotmont
against Warren PARTON to recoYer posse ssion OF
tic i. ". 4 Of soo Is. ii. 7.
A. Martin 1, Sykes began suit n debt TOR sl5-
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
Yesterday, % was b.tsnt; day IN Bankruptcy D,
tEss applicant was benjamin Hoibrook. Of Nor
wood Park, and manager Of the Marine Mills OF
Chicago. His secured dobta amount to $18,227,
and Tie unsecured to 9a8.5i9a5 No assesH ex-
I'LL MED1.sa. "A' A'' 'N'1''' 4'''''A'' 10 "'s'''s
Aa involuntary petition was also flied againet
Daniel T. L%Fieg BY tho following 20 Of
biz e1o1'toIs: y Si y GagP Ginning $3.so'
liam Miller s5.Go0; W. D. Langley, $4,000;
Ehrnst LoAu.an, 81, ,1n0 N. X, Farni.aha, sIG0:
II. u. Peabody, "a, 500 ; aud Jacob BmitL, eGGG.
Suspension OF payment Of commercial pnpor III
AlA n EANsGC2a "a AAlH ~ olOn EAAaG uAA1Eu
az wa8 fnRdo.
Robert Il. ormsby, a marble dealer At 6a7
State street, alel voluntary potisIou. IIta H.
abilities aro "a, 745.Ai. and assets s67A.12. Re-
fcrrod to Register 1IibbArI.
Lahtly, Nathan 7. Smith, = printer at PSI Wa
bash ayonue, Hent into Involuntary liquidation,
being urged thereto by tue perstatont c!amors
Of MardeE. Luse y Co., who Want 81. .89 from
him, 0eurgo u. Kano l. Co. claiming $4,000,
aud Il. Il. THAR. who wants s15u.2l. Dcstdes
failing to honor hla uosea at maturity, Smith
III charged with having made preferential sails
OF printtng-presa and materials to uolnies
riatt l. Co.. on tho 25tli Of November last. a
EuiB to show cauao March II was lsauod.
III tho caso Of Kont l. Keith an agtee-
mont Was made by which tho First National
Bank wis to surro'Alsr ccrtain property it
had selzcd under execution, but without ploiu-
dice to any lien 1t might have, and tho Assignee
when elected is to bring suit to sot aside the
lieu. An order waa alao made for a composition
moetIng to DO Gol March 81.
George ". Camphoil was yesterday appointed
Assguee OF Charles ". GRAY.
Tue trst dividend meeting In Tho case OF
AfnAn Chairman K Co. d EnUtnGnfl until mari