, 1877-05-01
THE COURTS.
A Bill Against the Chicago & Cam
ada Southern Railway.
Some Decisions by Judge Drummond-~.
A Suit Against the City.
Record Of Judgments and New Suits...
Divorces Granted---Bankruptcy
Cases.

A bill was filed Saturday and supnressed for
service ,,v uenrv i smvrhe aoainst The cnca . /
organized ii, April, 1874, aud was authorized to
construct road from Chicago southerly to point
o'1 'ne M ~naeaso, ~ oansie s'neeunes n1toau ~
bee. -, 56' II, about tWenty~one miles long;
also to borrow money for such purpose and give q
eoso nm dIy;iai, ,,to eh,ro. ~ c1no aach Hnt
wv, a.'.@s1 4u.o o"'
only SIX shares were ever subscribed iof. 1hJnhe,
1874, $50 bonds for 800 each, bearing per cent
interest in gold, were Issued to pay for building the
road and wcre secnred he died of truet tn com
aru WIZ ~, .s ~ ~ cos
The authority to do this WIS given BY virtue
of resolution OF the stockholders at
a oco+;nc ho1a fo- 4hor rrrnoco ~
A'"Sta5 "se ~ 'us pA4p9'e' ~
which more than two-thirds In amount Of
the stock subscribed was represented and voted in
favor OF the resolution. The whole tssue of bonds
- Nv" oa.o'a.au5 4u0 aap"o, Anu 'n.e. t 10 n"s
only been paid on st1ty"slx Of them, leaving 2o4
On which there has been total default The hold
~ t~.an,ssaa .1 49, +rn..aa +ha.ata-s
.,a ueIu IN @Ao .ns .,.. 49,.
over on account Of this failure to pay the interest
on the bonds Mr. E. Walker appears as solicitor
for the trustee.
FRENCH, SHAW co.
Judpe Drnmuond Yesterday decided the petition
for reyiew in the case Of the bankrupts, French,
Shaw l. Co. This was a petition for review from
the District Court for the purpose OF setting aside
the composition which the bankrupts had
offered to their creditors. and WHICH
ground OF the objection to it was that $. a.
French, one Of the bankrupts, had been guilty Of
Improper conduct preceding tho composition With
a view to bring it about and had used the means
OF the firm through Others to make purchases OF
the claims against the bankrups in order to obtain
creditors enough to carry the composition. It WAS
alleged that at the first meeting Of the creditors
there were not enough In number or amount to
make composition successful. The Judge did
not decide that there had been any money OF
French or OF the firm actually used in the purchase
Of the claims against the firm, but there
was no doubt that French had schemcd and in
triguea to cause the purchase to be made SO that
the composition could be carried. and was in so
doing particularly In The execution of the note for
which he went as surety on the purchase OF the De
Golyer claim, guilty OF very Objectionable conduct
proper arguments with his creditors to persuade
Them to aeree to the composition. provided no mis-
statements were made and no facts we're sup
The Judge, however, thought, on the whole, al
though the conduct OF French was very objection
ablc. nnd although there seemed to be something
peculiar in III business relations with
Todd one Of the chief purchasers
OF claims against the bank:upts. that sill it
for the be* interests Of the creditors that ts CON-
therefore affirmed the order OF the District Court.
THE SCHOONER cARL1soFoRD.
% Sa Ths
which was IN action lor salvage, Judge D1nmn,ond'
without giving opinion, lntlMated that hc.shontd
II oppomonR m Ito the Court m
lans for services they had performed IN SAVING the
vessel.
AN EQUITABLE BAsKngrTcf DECISION.
Cole 4 Pouleroy, Assiynees Of the extensive boot
and shoe house OF lyman, Page & Co, VS.. The
rn fa,ie in 1SIi and aflcr their failure they de-
oos;ted ther COLLECTIONS ns fast as they were made
With the First National Bank. with which they
ind never dune business BEFORE for the purpose Of
eoually . dividing The MONEYS 10 received among all
their creuitors. The bank at that time, unknown
to them. held o note against them, and, when 1t
due the dsduetsd teo s @ th
bank was called on for the whole amount which
the firm had deposited, but it refused to pay more
than the renancr dne @ after the
suit This note had been given to tF'e pcniten1lary
nj Joliet, Of which Elmer Wafnbnr:i was then ar
Bank 49,. ;.,oa ,s rim ct,tc
Judge Blodgett held that inAsmncn as tne statc =;
would have preference 10 be na,d n M OUT o.
the bankfnpts funa1 thnt ne woaa t"a, ,h
indorscr, the State would nave oeen cMtsuSu ,o -
have held This saved the proving o. 1G e.al IN
6y tue STATE anu sn'' 0s Tue o'nA as14A'e 'A'
FRANK sTuKGEs co.
In the case of the application Of Frank Sturges
& Co., bankrupta, an application to cxpun2e
the claim Of Matthieson L. 1lcgeler for about
81, O00, Judge Blodsctt granted the application
and allowed the clnim to bc e9punsca. ihe .,i,
Of Frank Sturgcs i Co., after the rrcat ire, settled
ut "a cents on the do]nr with all their creditors.
They, however, subsequently pau some IN in!i,
and Matthicsun s. Heggler when they went into
bankruptcy filed IL claim against the estate for the
remaining so per cent clnimlug that under their
contract OF settlement they were entitled to the
remainder If auy other creditors were paid in full,
Judge D]odgett, however, decided that tle con-
trnct or settlement by Sturges T. Co. did not
authorize Matthicson Is 1fcgyer to make any
further claim to attempt to recover tie remain
ing 50 per cent.
SUIT AGATNsT TIE clTT.
Judge Rogers was yesterday engaged In trying
the suit Of Arnold j. Preston against the city Of
down m old frame building on the east side Of La
sale street. lust south OF the Board Of Trade some
time ago. II was condemned by Michael Bailey as
l;uiiding Inspector, and razed- The city, on the
other hunl, claimed they owned It and had right
to tear it down. The suit is still In progress but
will be concluded to-day.
DIVORCES. .......
: Michael Sorec1ian fled his bill yesterday, COM
nlninfu, that his wife, Julia, Is too muscular
woman Ia euit MIN, az he has found to his sorrow
after twenty three years experience. On one oc-
casion sue tapped him on the head with the cover
oT IN e,rht- gallon milk~can, and ut another time
y,a ,,,tt..d hin, tyro- Mound iron weight Tn