, 1877-12-24
Judge Booths Labors In Clearing the
Tochnioalitios from the Cass Of
Wright vs. the North
western Railroad.
The Case to Shortly Come to Trlnl on
Its Mcrlts...OtIlcr Conrt and
Bankruptcy Proceedings
Saturday.

destroyed In the great f}rc. They clalmcu that
The Company At the time OF the frc had storcu
in their depot \ largo quantity Of fntamn'ablc
oil, contrary 10 tho city ordinance, and that the
explosion OF thIs oil set their stables on fire and
destroyed thelr property, which otherwise they
would hare been able to save. Tho fourth special
plea was In effect the general issue, and the de-
murret thereto WAS sustained an that account.
The second plea set up that the plaintiffs at tho
time Of the f]rc, had stored In ther stable
large quantity Of bar nn,1 straw, contrary to
Lie city ordinance on the subject, and that the
burning OF this materially contributed to the
loss Of their property, and wns such an act Of
eontrlbutory negligence as prce1udcdthem from
recovering. Tho demurrer to this plea was on
Tie ground that II amounted 10 the general
Issue. The Judge held that though the qucs-
lion MAS not free from doubt rs to whether II
amounted 10 tho general issue. ret tc woll't
Because the plaintiffs were at tho time violating
positive law that they could not recover. The
question As to whether Il was contributosy ncg-
EfneG t3 M1; qns ps, for the fy H. .t.tno Of .
tions, and the demurrer thereto wns sustained.
This ends tho technical oblcctions to The plead
ints, and the ease stands for tr'a, on the qucs-
.io et Whether I'll tbs Goepy gy was in an{ nen
premises, 1ntl second whether the patntifYs lad
materially contributed thereto 30 us to preclude
them from recovering. The case Is an fntercst-
Ing one, involving over 100000. II will prob
'''' '' ''' ''' '''A. p1vonoxa, ausS;
It was rather rakinE up old aorcs for Jano
Feed to ask fur divorce Ut this late day, but
sno sa, ~ i.oas Enalar do ~ 1sts .na ivc
ns.t, hnr hm.ha ~ nns}i IaS3 s.brn H. icf. her:
and now, after twenty years living along. shc
asks for legal separation.
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case ot =; - ~ a5e!s Es' Ga..aEnan o. 70, was
10 notIine il in tic meantime n to iho pFeiuce Of
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w,u,.r q Wais,eas,1 n>oI FL, o,.r.a,r
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iioston.:and Jain iiisea 10 forecloso d tr1,st.
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r, ,ho o, ~ u naNsHErroa; LIME Mr.r0a;,,n r. ~,
Provisional Asslgnee. Marx KimSail, W. au.
tnorlzea to sel tnS fixtures aa o1isee i9rn'tnre,
seas 1sssGss vs. ssssd to fssp spsa tic
vesks:
cortto y. oaa rneattnw ~ uiii ho ho,d Inn
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Tho ncoting for election Of at, Assignee In
the case Of tho Lakeside Publishing Company
was adjourned to jan. IL, 1878. A composition
et ~ per cent Was offered anu accepted, payable
u tnteo eama' eaH nssaiSh hs 4. IA tatce' 1 aaa
t snpt o1srantccI ~ nonneicv' M VIZ Iva 4 "a o"""
Tha tluai Dividend meeting ii, inc case of
Joseph Kirkland was adjourned to o'clock to-
day.