The New York herald., 1877-11-23


Judge Van vors, long pending SUI. orought BY tho
Bieecker Street and Christopher and Tenth Street
Railroad companies against the Mayor and the Central
crosstown Railroad Company The 'ac,so; this .isga
ton have already been fully published the trial viii
PROBABLY occupy severa. days.
John McEary has brought a suit against the city TO
recover $4,000 damages 10 his house :5olh street,
near Tenth avenue. caused oy The LEAKING oi the
hydranI The trial OF the case was begun yesterday
before Judge Barrett, Mr. Henry f. Deerng appearing
tor The paintin ana Assistant Corporation Counsel
Requier for the city
rhe interminaoic Walker divorce suit was brought
up N supreme Court Chambers, yesterday, before
Judge Lawrence, on Two notions-one for leave 20
die supplemental complaint and :ne other for
temporary alimony and counsel fee The papers were
taken the hrst motion. and in the other George W.
Van 5lycK WAS appointed referee.
Judge Lawrence yesterday granted the motion made
on Wednesday, IN behalf Of Mrs. Hassiacher 10 pun.
Ai;mony under an order OF the Court made In Septem
Der last.
A decision confirming The reierees report granting
az absolute divorce 10 Elizabeth L. Brewer, N ner
suit against her husband, Jonn s. Brewer, was yes-
.srday granted oy Judge speir They were married
In March, 1854, and had two children, one nineteen
and the other Twelve years OF age.
Ernest Captowiak was arrested yesterday and
conveyed to Ludlow Street Ja in default OF IS, 600
bail. The arrest was made on an order made by Judge
Lawrence, IN Supreme Court, Chambers the appll-
cation oil Mr. Herman Strel, the attorney OF Pauins
Echner Pauline sues TO recover $40 0O0 damages 10
sun Tor SANDER bused on alleged expressions by tho
defendant Affecting her moral Character Ii was stated
that suit OF similar character already cxlsta in
which the wife OF the defendant In this SUIT Is plaintiff
against the husband OF the plaintn In the same.
James Il Turner has commenced an action in tho
Supreme Court Tor separation from his wife Henrietta
ob the ground Of her alleged cruel and inhuman treat
ment Of HIM. In his petition Mr.. Turner states lnat
they were married February 16, 1858, at Christians
Farms Henrico county. Va ana that they have lived
with chasing him out OF the house with an axe Tho
facts have already been published Judge Lawrence
yesterday ordered reiercn;e 70 John q. Lamoerson
The case OF Mabel Leonard, the child actress, came
up yesterday before Judge Lawrence, In Supreme
Court Chambers on the order 70 show cause why tnc
injunction should not be made permanent restraining
Nj Frank Grard, her guardian, from permitting her
70 play on the stage at Tony pastor's. Owing 20 tho
smuggling trial the matter was adjourned until the
2Sth inst
The suit OF James o. Hodgsk.n against William J.
Curten aud f. NJ. Sntnsen on note Tor So. o00 and
interest from January l. 1870, GU three construction
mortgage bonds Of the Memphis, FL Paso and Pacific
Railroad, Was argued IN Supreme Court Chambers,
yesterday. PlanuT says tho trustees undcr the mort
gage certified that this mortgage was a Srst lion,
defence was that these bonds had been irrcgularly
issued; that plaintiff bought thcm Tor $3.50 each,
knowing the facts, and that no Is DOT bond Gdc
holder. Motion TO amend the answer made yes
Ierday, and Judge Lawrence reserved decision.
Mr.. Christopher Curran Was recently adJudged lu-
natic, and Mr. Harney appointed u committee OF his
person and estate. Mr.. Harney obtained yesterday
from Judge Lawrence permission to Uring suit against
Mary Smith. He states in his petition that while
Curran was lunatic Mary Smith induced him to sign
bill OF sale OF his hquor store No 20 Division street.
OF which he Is now IN possession that she fur
ther induced him TO draw S449 from the Dry Dock
Savings Bank ana $3.50 from the Blescker Saw
lngs Bank and ST. 240 from the Bowery Savings Bank
ana give the money 20 her together Win MS book Of
deposit on the Cttizcns' Savings Bank, showing Q
credit of ST. In favor Of Curran and that out OF
the moneys thus paid TO her sue has returned only
$780, aud refuses 70 give any account for the balance
Mr. Benjamin +. Tidd has brought suit against
George w. CHADWICK, l. A. Brown and Charles y.
Richardson TO recover $50 QUO damages Of
alleged fraud in exchanging $4,000 acres OF land n
West virginia Tor stock Of the Clayton Fire and Marine
Insurance Company, the par value OF which
41500, but its real value, alleged nothing 1t IS
stated tnat were made as 70 there
being no mortgage upon the land Tho defendants
put IN general denial The trial Of the case was be-
gun Yesterday, before Judge Donohue Colonel A. II.
II. Dawson appearing tor tho plaintiffs and Messrs.
John L. Logan ana George f. Titus representing tho
defence.
There was tried yesterday before Judge Donohue q
suit brought by Louis tourvc upon draft Of
$4,000 made by J. Gregory Smith, Ex-Governor Of
Vermont. lourvlle that ne paid the Mercnants
Bank oi Montreal S3, 900 Tor II, where II had been
discounted W one Senecai of Montreal. The draft
was gwen In transaction connected with the Mon
treal Chambly ana Sorel Railway Company. Judge
Donohue reserved his decision.
John Maby was brought before United States Com
missioner Deuel. yesterday, charged with attempting to
pass lvedollar counterfeit D OF the Tamaqua Bank
The defendant offered the bill to the ticket at
the depot OF the Now Haven Railroad who refused to
take IT. SHORTY afterwsrd II brought back tho
ticket collector IRON the restaurant below be
changed and II was then found that defendant had
offered II there in payment Tor refreshments he was
arrested aud $2l5 IN good money was found upon him.
He said IN explanation that he supposed Tho ticket col
lcctor refused IL mere suspiclon aud that tried
70 negotiate II ut the restaurant without any belief
tnat It was counterfeit He was held in $500 Tor ex-
animation.
In the Court o. Common Pleas General Term,
yesterday, there was argued and decided on appeal
the SUIT or Shook Il Everard against Patrick Duny,
IL appeared tnat plaintiffs sued defendant TO recover
bill, and seized his property under an attachment
issued from the sixth District Court on the ground
tnat he was about TO dispose OF with intent TO de-
fraud his creditors motion was made TO have this
attachment vacated on the ground that II was not
sustained by the law and the facts TINS motion was
denied by Judge Kelly, and from that decision the de-
iendanrs attorney. Mr.. Herman Stefel took the
Present appeal 10 the Court OF Common Pleas Alter
argument the Court reversed the judgment OF the
Court below aud ordered the defendants property to
be restored to Aim
Gustave Frecdandcr sued the city to recover 500 900
damages Tor injuries received by him occasioned by
tail on an ice covered pavement In front OF No IA
Clinton place on the Sd oil March, 1873. Tne has
been trial Tor three days before Judge Robinson
the Court OF Common Pleas. The plaintiff repre-
scnted by Messrs Sernc, Hudson Slraus, ana tho
defendant by The Corporation Counsel, Mr.. Whitney,
and Dir. Charles Miller Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci, and Mr. John Fellowcs THIS is the arst case Of
this nature against the city that has been sub
mittcd 10 Jury. The complaints IN all the former
cases have been dismissed upon tho law Tue case
was before tried ia December 1875 and the jury dis
agreed standing eleven for tho plaintiff and one for
the defendant.
The hearing in the OF the child acrobat, little
George Martinetti, VINO was arrested on Wednesday
by Mr. Jenkins Superintendent OF the Society tor the
Prevention oi Cruelty ~ Cnoron, which was TO have
been heard yesterday IA Suprems Court, Chambers, be-
fore Judge Lawrence, was postponed until this morn
ing, In order 10 make return 10 the habeas corpus
ana the warrant OF arrest Little George aud uls
father and uncle aud the officers Of the Society
Tor the Prevention OF Cruelty Children present
IN court The young acrobat, who sat IN the midst OF
his attendants induigng III midday lunch. on tho
Cour being adjourned was remanded TO tho charge OF
the matron al Police Headquarters
The dispute between tho shcitering Arms and Chill
drens' Fold which has been before tho Court Tor .
number Of times during tue past few montns was up
again yesterday before Judge Lawrence, In supreme
Court, Chambers. This SUIT involves the names OF
many prominent persons rhe came up u o.
ton TO compel the referee TO whom, some lime last
spring, tho subject was referred who
were tho rightiui and proper officers
OF tho Fold, 10 mako HIS report. Judge Law
renee ordered that the report be made tho
2sth, and tho argument IN the case be heard the
Both whether the injunction TO prevent what "a
known the Shetcring Arms faction IRON ruling tho
Fold shall DO continued The contest between these
two bodies. according to the allegation grew out OF the
death Of trustee Of the Fold. After this anction
minority OF the trustees, headed by Dr.. Peters,
President OF the shetering Arms, Is alleged legs-
lated the legitimate trustees out OF office
troll Of tho Fold.
DECISIONS.
SUPREME coURr--cHAMBRRs.
BY Judge Lawrence.