New-York tribune., 1877-01-05
civil, NOTES.

In the suit of John Steward against the Phenix
Company of Brooklyn reported In yesterdays
TasSE the ary S a0 Goa o Ssi r. s
Two suits have been begun by Amanda w. Post
against her husband Charles Pos-one for divorce, the
other Tor u lent him Ia both Judge D0nSh m sy
ing fled, IL alleged, from the state
In suits brought up yesterday in Supreme Court
Special Term before Judge Lawrence by Saul Cohen and the
Episcopal Church Of Harlem TO vacae asses mens
for paving confirmed IN 1874
authorized 1862 the ground that the ordnance
authorizing the assessment was not properly Nv t
showed sufficient OF action. and dismissed The com
plants.
The case of the Children's Aid Society against
Noyes in which the plaintiffs contested the will OF Eliza
erscy ground OF undue influence and had Judgment
against them by the Surrogate ana afterwards by the tehea
Term Judge Donohne in Chambers YESTERDAY on
said ask for against the society t
or orey tS income Which Il year Judge
would consult with the Judges OF the General Ier
An appeal from the judgment for SO 600 obtained
by Lesley H. Weston against the NewYork Elevated Rail
road Company was argued yesterday before the Supreme
Court Term The plaintiff in February 1873 slipped
the Battery platform Of the defendant company
who, going to the cars and hurt himself badly He claimed
shat the company negligent IN not Cleaning It's platforms
and in shrinking the snowice collected on them win
Ss' ans a Gr sna @ h appeal that he did not show
properly careful and that the evidence d not sho" nc neg
lect Decision was reserved.
Counsel for the owners of 81 lots on Eighth-ave
between y.nnth and One yseeonGsts
applied to Judge Donoue in Supreme Court Chambers yes
teray for crorar review proceedings Of the Boards
OF Revision and Correction in passing and
pprovng for regulating and grading That or
ton of the These owners are assessed
$1,000 and they complain that so lar from deriving MY
%S sr 'SS sped 'f "
concealed attempt to set aside an py nu
that Commissioners the sole judges IN the matter
reserved its decision.
suit somewhat out of the ordinary run was be-
fore Judge Sedgwick Superior Court Trial Term yester
day. entitled Hiram Benner and William Pinkney aganst
oseh NJ Ducos and Frances H. Duclos his wife, The action
Is nominay submitted formal issues TO
Jury At sale in February 1875 Mr. Ducos BID
u some property His wifes father Mr. Benner
since dead money complete the purchase but
Mr. Ducos assigned his bid TO Mr. Pnney at his fahern
the de made out 10 Mr. Plnkney
At paper signed stating this deed TO De
mere BY way q motSase mo- the PrUps % 9en hs s s there
fore the deed mortgage on the oI'er se
Mr Benner in Which only his agent and that the
paper appealed 10 making 1t mortgage was oDlat D
enner through the complete confidence of his daughter ana
soninlaw in him. The case is still on
The two suits brought against the widow and
brother OF the late Judge by Mrs Patterson
claiming to and heir of Judge McCinn seeking
10 set aside reuary clauses Of his will the Other by MT
Gauo one of the of WILL to have determination
of the purposes wcame yesterday before Judge Law
renee in SUI Special Term for trial. An objection
was taken before counsel for Judge McCunns
though nominaly partition case was reay an
case involving qesto ons as b Mrs Patersos relationship
trial and that should therefore be sent TO the CIR
cult the other ease the only question was whether e
no alone asked that The cases be ADJOURNED
until @ @ s asc went over ExIidge Jones appeared for
fhe plantfs Macfarand for Mr. Gann and other def
ants in suit and Edward Mitchell for MIS- Nc