The New York herald., 1877-10-17
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.


John r. TiUsn, charged with assaulting Deputy Col
iector Flood, brought before United States Com.
missioner Shields yesterday and discharged.
In the suit of the Ninth Avenue Railroad Company
against the New YORK Elevated Railroad Company the
ORDER denying motion for reference to ascertain
The damages sustained by means of the Injunction
was yesterday hled in the Court OF Common Pleas.
Mrs. Eliza ). Campbell claims tnat her daughter,
Mary Lorisa aged eleven years. is Illegally detained
by Jessie Campbell at No. o5 wes. twenty nrs street.
She applied yesterday Tor writ OF habeus corpus in
the case, which was granted
In The suit for limited divorce on tho ground of
cruelty brought by Anneto Guliiot against her hus
band Modute Gdiot tho full facts OF which were pub
Isneu IN yesterday mornings HkRALD, Judge Robinson
yesterday denied the motion for alimony and couasol
In the suit brought by Mr. Folsom assignee, against
Lawrence Riley, to recover $25 900, alleged TO have
been empezzou from Fairfield rIask while IN their
employ clerk tried before Judge Van Brunt
SIS, 1853 49,
A mollon to strike out certain portions Of tho
amended complaint as redundant aud Irrelevant In the
suit OF Audrcas II. Gouraud against Constance G.
Trust others, the full facts oil which have already
beeu published IA The HERALD, was yesterday denied
by Judge Robinson, IN the Court OF Common Pleas.
Judge Donohue Yesterday directed tho discharge OF
JACOB Rathgaber, committed by police justice IN
default OF hnding security for the payment of "a
weekly for the support OF his mother The Judge
held there wero other brothers and police
magistrate has right TO impose this burden upon .
single brother.
erck Erbsmshi, 10 whom she married In July,
1875 At Albany with nuvng abandoned her and taking
NJ his abode with Lena Helm. at No. 7o2 Second
avenue Judge Donohuo yesterday ordered . refer
in the case to Nj. j. NJ. Levy TO determine the
issues in a SUIT brought Tor divorce.
Judge Robinson, OF tho Court Of Common Pleas
yesterday denied motion TO continue the Injunction
obtained At the instance OF Francis b. LOOMS against
the New York Warehouse and Security Company
and otuers restraining the defendants from prosecu
Ing suit ~ Massachu against LOOMS to
on note for $lo6, 1888 33 made tv the Alabama and
hat tai IA inhn hxyT Tx,n0
and others The injunction asked for on the
ground that the same was brought IN pursuance OF u
fraudulent COMBS nation and that the fraud
ulent In its inception and had been paid.
msmento of tho old ''Ringn times was furnished
in, Supreme Court Chambers on a motion to furnish
bill Of particulars in the brought By j. JARVIS
Jones and William &. Rogers successors OF Edward
JONES' TO recover So 2G2 ~ claimed 10 be due tor
stationery furnished TO tho CITY. Tho city puts in
counter claim, alleging that soino $2S5. 600 fraud
uently obtained from the city treasury In payment
oil stationery bills The motion to compel the
city to furnish bill of particulars OF such counter
claim. Judge Donohue denied the notion citing u
dec'son in the Tweed case precedent
John Cavanagh was killed some two years ago
through oeng run over by horses attached to wagon
Of Adams Express Company HIS willow brought suit
against the company Tor $4,000 damages. On trial Of
The case the complaint was dismissed ON the ground
tnat tne driver oi the vehicle not In the employ
OF the company, he having temporarily taken tho
regular drivers place, and that therefore the company
snould not be held liable. Tns case was argued yes.
terday appeal before the Supreme Court, General
Term, and all tho questions Of law involved both
sides discussed at length, alter which the Court
took the papers
Mrs. Anna Ross claims $40 900 from the New York
Gaslight Company, on account OF alleged damages TO
her house. No. II East Twenty first street. through
improper constructor, MS claimed, OF cisiern ad-
joining her house. used by the Gas Company de-
pository OF iQuid which, 1t was stated, pcrmealcd
tho house with noisome odors, rotted the wood
work, stained the walls, and only reduced tho
from 81, 600 10 $500 year, but maze It almost i'm
possible to retain tenant The came trial
Yesterday before Judge Van Brunt, holding Supreme
Court, circuit The defence general cnial, and
ascrbes the OF complaint to improper drainage
Mr. Samuel Classoy appears Tor the plaintiff, and AIR.
Edwin NJ. Felt Tor the defendants.