, 1877-11-29
THE COURTS.

I41E CUUltlS.
Now Suits, Cnnfcsstons, Judgments, Bank.
rnptcle1. Eta.
Judge Williams yesterday decided tho caso Of /
1,ridgct Fox and others agatnst Elizabeth and |
Frank Long. It appeared from the cvidcnrc |
tim. Patrick Ecan for somc ttmo before his |
death was insane. Ills hstcr, Bridget Fox, had |
charge Of him for icnE time, but. being Dc |
sirous Of removing to another place, induced |
Elizabeth Long, her sistcr, to tale her place. |
The latter d!d So, and, while Under her carc,
Egan gavo her el2,b00 IN cash, which was
taken out Of tho bank, and also decd
to his property on tfe southeast corner Of State
street and Feck court, worth about f0, 600.
Mira. Long thou took Egan to New York to gct |
him outsh1c tue Jurisdiction Of the court here,
but III luis absence cunservator wns appointed,
and lc filed bill to set astdo tho conveyance to
Mrs. Long on tue ground that Egan was insane |
when hc Inatle It, aud that II was obtained by
undue influence.
Tho trial occupied five wcnks and over eighty
wltucetcs wcre examined. Judge Williams Ic-
cItlcsi that Eoan at the time he niatiu the dcel
to Ills sstcr Elizabeth wab Insane, that lie did
not IN fact st4i, 1t nur authorize 1t to bc sghr4l
After thu decd WIS gtycn to Mrs. Long sll0 OBJ
tanned loan Of 5,U00 from the Scostfsl.Amcr-
tcan Mortgage Company. and tue Judge l.cld
that tic Company ehoul,t be protcctcd,as # had
acted Innnccnsly, ntla was not aware of tlo
irai'l nor EartY to II.
Yesterday 10 te1rs Of Eran's estate filed q
setting out the factx aeore Ovsn, utd stating
Tint Mrs. Lu,g's Interest III the property On
the corur ot Sfatc street at,l psek court would
mt bc sufficient 10 pay the 80, NJ ulortgage to
wiic!, She parcl Oh it,. sho ll.s, l,owoyer, i
ouesixtll istcrcst IN ot!,rr property Ut Ecan
wurth s.oN0 Thu colnplatnai.t@, therefore.
tsk that tho remainder taitu I'll tlic mortgage,
aitcr her siare in tho tnurigagcl proprrty IL
exhausted, may bu made ciaTuu o1i her III
tcrtet in tho ostrr property. end that sle may
lls restrained fron tspost'e OF her cetatc u'4-
til this ctalnl Is pail.
began ellt ~ ass,itnlsit ag.II,s. Slrs. Lung to
Az OLD cOADENNATtuN cAax.
J,3tlue Drunnnh1 yesterday decided the cnse
of TInI,t.ts VI. The City of Chicago This was
suit to recover u taianco Df t0j1 duo by tho
city ior strip Of lanil nbout 3x1So feet o,' tho
southeast corner 1i DuArhor'' anu monroe
iand was corlpnl,ed IN 1850, and the value tlseA
ut $;d, ,0oo. Charles j. Gregory was thcn the
0wnur OF the santt, subject to MI incunbrance Of
sl0,uoo. Tho city peIi urcgory s:0,Mu, aMl J..
irasing IL t ii, iuv.nIrancc ior sio,US q, ihe pro
et,brancu. and with II II csr;iacat. y
tnetnora,Ha1'um OF the ehy tha, IT,, $1,000, SS',
thea uas il iIlra NJ bill to eniorca tic
claim, either against tlle land or thu r!ty. Judge
Ufttnnonu held tiat tho complainant WaA tic
representative OF thu $4,000 lncnlnf'rancc, that
Tho pity eavu to urocorJ, stating tho amount
due, anil therefore rs such he WINS equitable
ownct OF tie youcllcr, anil should by paid tlo
sl0000. 1t waa also decided tliat l,e wus c1i~
titled to tntercst on this amount. That, inns-
murh Us tho city had no right to take possession
of tho property untlf tho money waa paI.is It
! wus different from M ordinary Gialn! against
tho city, aud that tug iattsr. notw'slls,tae
bound to nay tntcreat fronl tic tlhle It conia
lavo collected ths money out of aleelai assess'
tn,t, It WIS admitted that tilu city toul'l lnvo
collected tho asscss,'rnt !n lnft, ana Interest
| would @herpfpro bN computed tfoln JANUARY,
ri,s scutcAao L.pg.
i George NJ. BoSuc, Receiver Ut Tug Chtengo
Lilc-l,,susancc Company, flied . petition ,estes-
Company, ure twp poilcies " re.a6l!r1suco ~ lhe
Universal Lifa-Insurn.,ca Company o. NV
Yors, ono policy heinG f"T e5,0o, tue otlcr loF
IND thers is danger u It's heng put in tle
la,ls uf Receiver nnlcss Its liabilities cnti bc
largely reduced. The Company, In order 70
effect this, fas proposel t. rxluce &he pos,ea
bur 0f tho poliey-holdcra have already eo1scs!t-
cd to tlEs arrangement, and tho lsoccsyeF tuka
IL will be for this heat lAteresta Of h:s company
| u aEEcc TO tht seheHle. 1uuEe HH!4'"a aa'
lowed tho petition. ..-.
THE PROTECTION L11E;
III tho case Of tie lrotcctlon Life insurance
Company, Judge Williams YESTERDAY @ appty9y:s..l w.
capital stock of tho Stats National Hank ol
t Springfield to Dsytd !. L'tt!er for $a'o~'
iTEAss ,,
All tho courts aid clerks olllcca Will os
Walter I, Carter, recently convicted OF max
Ing nI,u passtng counterfeit money, yestcsda,
1ns,ycl far q new trial. ,,.
Thu condemnation cnsd Of laastcrltk d
Steiner vas concluded yesterday bcts'ro Judge
IioAgctt, and verdict rendered ~ layor OF tht
Government an1 for Il seizure OF this pFopefty
The charge was OF Illegally compromising
liquors.
Louis Cotn, charged win selling cigars Will
out a license, was found guilty.
judge Williams granted y decree OF divorce
! yesterday to Mary A. Harden from John i
liaylen, hlr Iesertion; and to Hannah WrtKh
from Hvptlnua Wright, on the tau's ground.