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him, md IN that usu,.sl dlMEssed the suit. An
Apncnl Yas tnken tu tho AppellNlp Court.

= 1CtT.-- w nllF IL AVAI3s
him, md IN that psu,lul tlmfssei the suit. An |
appeal was taken to thu Appel1Nto Court.
nm UNGlArETUL FRIEND.
a rntilcr interesting easo was decided ycstcr'
tIsy morning BY Judge 1llodgctt, IN which |
Indy undertook to make friend Responsible for
The unforeseen result Of an net Of Kindness on |
bis patt. It sccms TINT Mrs. l.ocweutritt, tho |
plaintiff, In April, 1873, had about $5,00O TO
loan, am1 came down from Milwaukee, ,wlioro
shu lived, u max Mir. Henry a. kohn whether
she could do hotter here In Tho matter ot inter.
est. koln nppcarch 70 hhvo Eoud facilities for
buying paper, n,d she nakeu him 10 tnscst lsor
$4,000 III paprr hero. III consented, and went
l.oowcntllal TO bliv some Rood ncRot'ahle
aper, but wRs particular that It should be guy"
chgeA. The tank 'l.en ',al so'nc nn!ee Of =.
e. Waller, dtu In ninety dayst secured hv col.
] PROPERTY worth lien % ss.ooo 'rhe titls 10 tho
property had bccn examined by = prominent
lawyer, and rronoipsed to be clear. WnlleF
s ea 70 eensasled sss sd 1espon. eus e"
bought tiils piece of paper. payImy $4.b00, which
had beeu sent to lin, all advancing tic balance
from lls own poekut, mil notified Atrs. Loawc,l-
Ter were entirely gratuitous. An extension was
given by The bnlk tit tho cnd OF thu ntnrty days
10 Wntlcr. nnl Mrs. Locwentr'tt was n6tiletl.
huS !'rr knowledge uni co!seni. a. Waller could
hsxs ls but esiS sftor tic eG middle ' d ISL 10 "so s aa
| fault OH ILLS obligations, md subsequently wont
vaue, The Tito was found to 'be defective, Il
| GonE subject to two mortgages nude by Samuel
J. Walker n1A to taxes, 80 thut Mira. Loewcn.
triss's only hopa q getting any M Of hcr money
determined to bring suit nGatrst Mr.. kohn,
clnn,nE tiat ils had bcou guilty Of neglect Iii
| making the l0an.
Judge Dlodge.t, however, decided that Mr..
Kohn wns plaintiffs agent only for the purpose
| Of making t1e loAn for the first ninety days, mn!
tllat thereafter tho bank or It's Cashier was her
ngcnt IN the ,nattar. II WIS tue duty of t!e
| position the pnrttcs then were In order to DE-
eido whether Kuhn WINS guilty OF atcf! negligence
as would render him Liable. Hc lad actcd as q
Eratuftous haiEcc, md was only bound to cxer'
clse suct diligence as pr,.ient man would use
| III Ills own affairs. He wis not lawyer, uni
could nus be expected to cxatntnu the title him
self hut It was sufficient for him to tako tho aa
] tideate of ths sualciency Of the tltia Was
suillcent TO protect Kohn lii that respect. The
linn WIS II good Que for tho first ninety days at
least, a1.tl probably nven for twelve mouths, and
$4,000. Kohn could not therefore be held
| ltabe under the circumstances, and tho suit
would havo to be Dismissed.
ITEMS.
Dr.. Turpln, Receiver Of the Fidelity Savings
Bank, filed petition yeatcrday setting out tllut
lie owned the house and lot No. 1918 North
Clark street, appraised at $500. 1t is, how
ever, subject to a mortgage for $4,000. with In
terest at ~ per cuus 80 illat his equity is only
worth Sl,UUU. Lucy 4. Stevens has offered $500
cash for the equity, and. tho rate OF interest
is SO hlgl he aA not been able To get my butter
offer, though ho llas nude desperate Efforts. l,c
WIS authorized to sell at this ilguro to Lucy A.
Stevens, II no objections are filed In ten dnys.
corpus Tuesduy ngainst hts wifi. !da n. Austlo,
tu ges possession Of his little girl Ethel. The
case wis suppressed for service.
| In thu County Court, in the matter OF Joseph
G. Dodrfdgc, who was arreatcd at the suit Of
George W. Cooper, tic petition was dismissed
on the motion of potltioncr, thu judgment hav
lnG been paid. Mr.. Do!ridCe was arrested
through au entiro mtsapprcllcnston OF tlu lacts.
! In thu bankruptcy case OF AbERtn L. Brink,
leave was given to sell the assets ut private sale
Il. +. Je,1Eins was elected AssIgnco OF Ru-
An Assiguee will bc cllosau fos Philip Conlcy
at 1O q. IN. today.
NEW SUITS.
Tie Connecticut Mutuat Lifc-insurnnce Com.
pany gtcd bill Yesterday In the United States
District Court nguinst Hugh McFar'uno, Kutlt-
| teun McFarnuc, Charles md Mary ClcaVer,
| |ukAl HllA AlI@C4o3 w 4VAGElb40
rnga for $4,000 on O strip Of land, forty feet
'front.' of tho south end Of the cast TOO feet Of
Lot Is, in Block 81 Of School Section Addition,
situated uu the northwest corucr Of Caunl nnl
Harrison streets, frnnt!nE Oh Canal.
Superior Court to RECOVER $1,000 on tho Aiichl-
! gan Cuntral Hallway Company.
Chaelcs II. HtealG commenced q suit for 81, 600
against ph'l'p Goldman, and another for thc
Lavinia a. Herrlck, in her own right md as
brought suit to recover 95ooo damages against
MarshaIl Field mud Levi z. Letter for alleged
Elizabeth Lips sued Charles ". Miller for
$lo01,
b. d. Erwin sued John ". stearns and james
Forsyth for likr nMount,
+. ". Hiadckoper, J. n. Dennson, md T. W.
t,s Xaeto'si Trust Company 10 recover
Fre1 ilo!smnnn brought suit for g, 500 against
Christian KIlnge.
". i. Porter, Trustee, filed bill acatnsi
. John md NaIgarct Brenock to forccloso trust
deed for s3;oD OH Lot u, Block U, III Vernon
! rark Addition to Chicago.
Frederick 4. Winkcimnnn, Administrator Of
. . tle ustato OF Edward Sim0ns, commenced d
; suit IN tle Circuit Court for .$lu,0N dAa,n.ca
Raroai Co@pany. t!!e rittsSnss 9 clecnua.i (
st. I.ouis Railroad Company, tho Columbus
,, Chlcago Il ludalla Central lsallIoad Company
/, | tile t!lleaT0 u lthstcrn ielttiDaH NhtFOAu Com
pauy, nul! the CITY Ut Chicago.
Catherine U'l5rlnc salat Il petition yesterday
for suparatp maintenance ngatlEst llrr hshAilt
| JaMes Vl3rlnc. Hht was married III 1854, nit
!,g family by Keeping cows nntt soIng thu milk
!, liz has not done over 4 yGar's work enco tll1
narriage, cxccpt ut tincs to help hur taka car'
! | ot the cows, but las DEVOTED hts tlmo to abls
y Ing liIr until. stiuyt time ago, she WAS obgct
= to leave him Oil ACCOUNT Of tis cruelty. Sh
= owns inur lots the northeast cornor OF Twen
ty.eighttt and Laurel streuts which were bougll
n husbps ust na,'u pu I' aso L90 has
+ duiry Of thirteen COWS. James has sott
r. three Ut tlla cows sinco she left, an'
;. she asks tllat le may be cponcd from dtspos
:, !ng Of tho remaiosiur tat Thu title to tho fou
lots, or at leust two Ut them, may be conveyc'
). to her; that Eu may be compelled to sllppoF
I l,ur: aid that thu care OF tho children, or ut IN
u ratio OF thu two girls, may bu given to her.
y y In tie estate ot William hlocllenbra:k, dc
y ceased, letters Of administration wtFo isaued t.