, 1879-07-17
TIE COURTS.
Arc The County Abstract Books Open
to The Public 0ratis1
Important Commercial Decisions BY
Judges Rugers and Rlodgett.
rew Suits, Judgments, confeasions.
Baukruptoios, Etc.

.~,.x ,naru ants. c.onfaoa.onz.
NeW ou1ts' o""b .A~'
Bankruptcies ETC.
Judge Rogers yesterday decided Three cases
h.ard by him some time ago ant taken Under
aaVsesnons. 'ns Is,nasn.. . ~nnnan. ~ -,
the Amazon insurance somPan! Vs. a. W.
DrockwAy. Recorder Of Dceds, which came up
on demurrer to the answer It seems that tl.o
~, ..sl.i - tcan snmc for-clo.n,c .uifa .tnt
on "u'e" ~ p'su huaiS 1o'.eos'e a,' 1uNs' n ss"s
Its attorney, MI b'saell, 70 tac Iceordcrs
an i,olnr allowed to look at tbs abstract books
ulthous paving ,w.'en "as Isl felusea lne
company tnen hIsu per.lon loe maaea.nus .a s'us
uso Of the abstract books. A yofominous
snsxcr uo, t,,ct1 acttfnp IN Tho whole history
..t'ss,..ste,,s ...,,,.1n,< ~ a.. ,,r,,ln.e ~
the books. and the manner in which they were
used, md II ,Fas also charged that the books d!d
not Ut tho tImA show the chain Of title 10 tho
,a,s ~, ssttr,, tbn romnnnv var ,otcrcatcd, SO
TINT the NecorucF was u'dcr no oolpauo" ~
offer to allow Hlsscll to look at tic BOOKS.
demurrer vps flied to this answer and submit
fcd On written briefs,
The Judge said be had examined all the
.uthor,t,c. c,,ca. ond would oyerrue tho de-
murrcr The petitioner onls ASKED 10 % a.
lowed to examine tho abstract o9oks. ont ,lic
argument went to the wholo ioanuat!9n
Of Tho right Of the County comm's-
1toners to buy inc oooks ~ a.
lie never thought they ought 70 70 intY shc ~ ~
atraet dasnt @ M 70 ,n havs 1 au n ,c
powcr t1 buy The nonks, b1s me ttiins nag nceM
done. But. Il the County, accomplishment hau NJ
right to bnv them, t!ien ths netisohef con!a NOT
comrlain It slo as charged lof tlle uae o. thchi
The answer Btaisa tnat a. the time ne sat6rnGs @
applied to examine certain documents INC DOCKS
did not show the title 70 tne lots wa,cA u Wn1
oeslea ~ oos .a,v mp - ,hn nst,in, snT n ,rnc
Wss sc.'ne L. i. ~, noitnn 7. vn. annnHi,,
Mou!M ~ a, ~ ~ .ne shat i. ia ~, be~o ~"
!ot lc III. =" nnnrr.r .xn thnrnforc ho
intormatioh' Inc ocnuefes "o''o' tne'e'o'e' W
oVeFtuGu. ~. II, ,..a ,,,,. =, a,,t,,o ,xht,h ~
'' nsss n1tnI. I'M ~ bars ~" fscta nGrcci
~ lag y, mnn sta., ~ IN dsmrrar hs,. Sn,,'l
Pns ~ w. aeI the ".;in,, as ~ , r;~h, ~ ia
Io wanteu me aueaon os 10 tnc N. 1,gns h ~ US US
aa ~ nce :" ssitn, nnv nomnlirotions y. n
uei tSe fauts. It os'' "'SA''' A'' ~''~~''0' NO -
Ine "uupG ~ nd ~ T., W" .ho at,or st"nd
agsse as 10 .e aasss ann , !ek = ,"s snut'ef ''u'u
oa 'ne oluoF ose''u4.''s A"o os'."''s..
Tie case OF .he American Biographical Pub
fishing Company rs. Jau1os Ross Miller, though
Involving very. small amount, contained u
G1o sn Of e sSe 'GGss Sons nayssas "
small rxpunsc. THIS was suit to recover SIS,
tl1c price Of thrco copies OF eubscripttom>wurk
containing sketches Of tho liyes OF prominently
ueu OF tir State. Auy one was Il 'pron,lnvnt'1
wno would sake three copIcs OF the
work at S25 q copy. Alllier ycarnca to
ece hta bis face and biography In print, and
liz. price ior famo being 50 c1eeedinrlv reason.
able, Ls was quite Wiling to subscribe. Tic
contract Of subserption contained nothing about
part OF the consideration being the insertion OF
. biographical ske:rh md portrait OF the sub-
ecrlbcr, but there was q parol agreement to
that clfcct When tho work came out, 10 and
behold It contained neither the portrait nor
tic biography OF the eminent Miller. This was
elincd 10 be bled to ,Ee amount oi SIS when
the principal consideration for taking tho work
was wanting. The Company then SUED
him on the contract, and when
he offered to proye the whole agreement, Oh.
Ievtet strenuouslv to allowing him to vary
written agreement by parol testimony. The