, 1879-03-22
THE COURTS.

AGCOFN VI .NGW SHetht fatC,-A
Fight usrF n FGIicr.
John Dronley.E Sons mil Thomas l., l.cedom
Il Co,, of PENNSYLVANIA, ilrd ILL yesterday IN
the unItcti Stotes Circuit Court against William
1.awrclrc, Lynlau Baldwin, AasoIl A. Higgins,
ic Secund Nntlunal Bauk Of Aurora, William
+. Dickinson, Ncbeeca ". Baldwin, Nellie +.
lilgulps. nustus W. l.oyeIoy, Charles s. Mixer.
sIsrllI of kane County, \. t. Graves, Deputy
ShcrttI, Sutnn e. jerks, mud Aulso t;corgc, to
Upset some alleged fraudulent judgments nnd
transfers, Tltc roMpainunts nre Judgment
crcIltbEs Of ". Lawrence Il Co., Of Aurorn,
composed Of Lawrence, Baldwin, alld Higgins,
Bromley sS suns having recovered a judgment
[ur s9,luD.Jl March Il, 1Ssvt in the
United StatGs CIrvGit Court s,l LceJoin
Il to. one tor .kIsZ5l IN The same ,lay
| Executions we're duly Issued and returned un.
sntshe.9. The n1pfatnan.s cbnrec tt,ut the firm
| of ". Lawrence .v Co. was organized in 1871,
ind had always dune It's business witt, thu sec-
o,d Satfnl,al Bank OF Anruru. Of whteh The
Menhess Ut 'sts siysn we'c stockholders, They
had uIso bofroweu lurge ut.o,lnt Of tile hnnk,
| Hh were entirely dependent uN 1t to 70 on. st,
thLi Hlenrver Tie bunk refused accommodations
tue tlrtn would have to ~ u,ler On the 9'th "f
January 1ast, according to eoinplanants' story,
| tllc b8nk officers catit To tile conclusion That
| 1.awrcIrc Il Co. mast fall. They told ie llrfn
| y! This decision lev days Dclurc thns, usnl Il
scheme was deyleet by which tie bark shnuh
10 SECURED and nltu the perkonaa friends ant
wives u she ,ncinhcrs Of tbe ilr.n. l,y tlls
arrangement, tlie individual ncnf,era Ut tl!.
lltm executed t!,rcc tntGnrnt notes Il. their
own Ilunes on which judgments By. confession
sts se's,sa np & u: : Il y ,eys; y q a n @
respectively. l'hc first .judeInrnt wus only
agnnst Lawrence. On tic sanle lay Kebcctaa
N. Baldwin. " !fc of 1.Yman baldwin, recovered
| Judgment by c,nfess.on iar $t5,a.t3 against lhe
l Nuk0n i0nks f1F n ,4lE. ii. SRIItp
| r. lf!gglus. vito uf Mason 4. ll!gns, ono for
sl,S54.T, altu ntainst liz tanlr tsn!. The ex.
certluns on the judgments III favor Of the hauk
were Issued ahant i o'clock In the morning Of
Jat.. q, u!nl those on the Judgments IN iavor
Ut se other PARTIES !atc lii the AFTERNOON of
Tue same dav,, 60. Us to give thu bank the
1rs. lien and tho OILERS the next. and
leave als the other creditors out III llc cold.
These Judgment uutps werc nll dated back 50
| as not to uppcur t0 be male thu day Judgment
WAS cntrre,l, The nc&t day alter tile levies
werr yt,a.e The firm excclstrl voluntary assign
meut o[ all tlc!r property to William i. Dlrksus
SUI. ul, lt took to>sessiot,. liz has since l,tn
| engaged IN converting The nssees into money,
md hnt paIl over $s,tDt' Or fore oihe bunk oil
uceount uf tue executions III its fayor.
/ The cotuplulnants charge that the notes fl
question were tnatlv by the partners individually,
aud not rs Il ttrBl, Atlu that tlie itiu nsscts arc
not bound until after The individual property
was, cxnausteui hut 'hat ill., .,,,iEu Notes .: mr.
They claiu, further that Dickinson las no ta,wer
to pay any money over to tlIe bnnK, but only 10
pay It oul pro rata umong NIL tllc creditors. ns'1
they ask that the Judgments abovs mentioned
inay he set uslt'c us fraudulent. HAT Uicklsuts
| NAV be restrained from paying my tno.lcy I'll
such Judgments, mn! thAt the a1'airs o. tle frin
H,ay he wound up In The tsainls OF Il Court nlhl
| Receiver, hid the nsscts distributed PRO rat u
among all tlIr creditors.
| A SUIT OVER FENCE.
A bill wns nletl YESTERDAY IN tho snpcr!or
Court by WtIIoughby, lill & Co. ngaiust Law
renee s. Martin. Tie Chicago Jockey " TrotstnE
Club, s. X. Dow, md others, to compel The per
forl,anrc ol II contract. The co'nplasnants ssutg
that Oil the It'll. VI July, fs1s they n,alc
on agreement with Lawrence u a:ariIn BY
which thcytpTonlised to put ur fence nrn'tnd
Park ol. condition that they should hive tic
exclusive right Of using the fe.,ce for advertise
1nrnts cathrr u their own. aguarc.Dcalin4
Cluthlus House +" or Of any olhcr pcrsol's III
lin % were I to contribute si00 loward ils czpr,,se
years M "u mi, Il the cIus ee"sei s Quarters @
then, conpluinantE wrrc to have tllt riGht tG
rctauyo The fence; while II the Club kept tht
sane grounds tcn yours nI.d they used the feuct
Ill tllat ttnr, they agreed as the c,l of tln
term 10 turn 1t over free. of expense u
Lawrence Il Martin. Con'pla'nants illcn wei'l
ten feet high. as ugreed. but beloro they could
plaster IL with advertisements lin
rrn'inls wcro .rcused to, the Jockc,
Club, ind tic latter eoc!ly repadiates
the contract, nsd huye rEfls6ed to alow cum
nlainunts to use thu fences Mt al1. Complain
nnts charge Tint this susr right TO use she 1e'ee
around the trotting park 10 n very valuable n!,t
ntld that they hnve suffered ut lcart Sa,va
damages BY the lreacl, Hf tlIGf cn,ltrnGt. Tile,
ulso had sold lnrge portfnns Of the space :.
other parties, but were OBLIGED to tUse tn
amounts bY not bcius ab'o 70 kern t,e!r ayree
mcntt. Tie managers of the Club have hec,
t.I filttt3
sillEultY tllut ihe amounts received bear lit
comparison With t!lc yalilu VI tie rights, 'saI1
ought not 10 ba taken Into account IN csttElat
lIIs damages. ,.-...-.... ..-.
slIit Lawrence d Martin It'd not have 1easo II
the grounds n,,tt' 1es, 10 ttsat they would max
surl I'LL aGrecMcnt with c0nlplal'la11ts; y
others that no sllch cout,uct was 'Ilatte
actual Or constructive tnt1ce ut 1t, though
wus recorded A.,g. =, 1875, In tlle Recorder
. oicr. Complaluahts now Hsk that The III
Tenssants may be compelled 10 keep thrsF aErrt
sutIfn. or leasln thu tuncrs arp,ln.l the trnsttn
grounds, md tt,Ay br compelled tn pay I'll
tianIuucs they liuvo caused by thc'r brcaklng L
/ | the c0ntract.
UNITED STATES counrs.
The Goodyear Dental Fu1caulte Eotnpan
. lI!cd blu a::atnst Dr. Daniel D.. Frct'nan, {
III Aberdeen street, ~ prevent him using III
patcrt yuicanite without lireNs1'
yurEKloK Cuultr IN n!tlEF.
Eliza Il, Reeves sued Juhn and Harriet
Ta!t yesterday for $l,0oo.
clRCUIr COURT.
Martin Van Allen commenced a suit in trc
pass for Stu, ,U10 damages against squire DluEe
THE CALI. MONDAY.
JupoB pAuAuuSp-O General Iuaincss,
Tng ArrIlt.Arx CaunT-lo. l'uaGam "; Tr
ssysty NJ 4. h'nisasn W'i,st,s ~ ~ cSthx1.o Gs
60 Ul Goss & PhIlIlph Manufacturing Company v