, 1880-03-16
TILE COURTS.
cn,ther Postponement Of the Street.
Car License Cases,
a, WRIT o,er Chltago \ Iowa Railroad Stocks Re-
nlanacd 10 lha Slate Courts.
..v Suits, Divorces, Confessions, Judg-
ments, Etc.

LICENSING sTlsEET-CARS.
MIN suit OF nonresident shareholders of
,s.aa"",rcct.railway companies, II, Which hills
uo s,s A1cd TO cnloin the city from enforcing
w. H. orf,tnance OF March 1s. 1873, imposing n
u.ensa mo NJ $50 car, camo to the snrfnce Ill
y. United States Circuit Court yesterday
uus,ntnr A preliminary injunction. 1t will bo
NN.s,smhcrcd, was issllutl by Judge f,l0dgctt,
...di,o case finally argued upon dclnurrcrs be-
sra .1nlRes Dru1nfnontt md D!odRett III
sJ ss.n,an,bcr. 1878. The writ was granted
snan condition TINT the coinplalnants give
ssnI. In .ectlrp thB themselves to the city
I !" Sase the injunction should bo finally dis
m.nirnI. md the NMntlnt fixed upo1l was SUI
Es.Is1,f 10 cover the fees for 1878.
a. Iii. Tuthiil, representing the CITY, np.
.ssnI before Judge Drunltionu yesterday
EARNING md made motion to Increase :T,: ~ tilo
honifs il, order to coyor the fees for 18TH lllo
ttSdre however, saif t1.nl, i1lnsinltcll rs there
wss m allegation Of tho insolvency ct tile
t"Tpantes, .ni,tl the city ran no rlHk OF losi,K
;as4ilod 10 l,c Wild, he thought tho bniitls al
19ssdy ilIcd wcre sufficient to indemnify the
t;iv sruinst ntiy loss oil account 0l ZIG lssll,
M iag of tic ininrstio.l md, therefore, refused
Th FEt'jI juss d. ] ssa,sti incidentally TINT he would
1iher ih rot 20 on with tho Gasc. ;,
4WSiGGerculnr Mr.. Tutlitl replied TINT his
1,onor it'd spoken to him nj the original
hsarne, and III llnd thou snid us llcsAtd now,
thst ihe city nude no phjectiUn to MS sitting
n tio case aud deciding +; that It W1'llt!
make no difference II his iioh9r H. OWED VT, al
sn1ious to liayo him decide 1t. The matter
Sss Of great public Importance, lnrEe
tnlount Or money was nt stake III t,o litiEsl.
ijo,1. md such questions were Involved Tint
iho cnso would probably 20 70 tho Supreme
f;ollt Of the United States, however It was
decided here. The city desired to nave II
I,e shere might be no furtllor delay III having
tNs cnse brought before tic Supreme Court.
Tic Judge said he hnl spoken 70 Justice
Harlan several times, md expected nm llnfe
soou. wien i,e would l,nve further consli!ta
tion with hin, and It might bn possihio ulal
la (Justicc 1lnrluil) would take up the caSe
himself ol, the briefs already filed ard aGc!tlt
would, as 1t would rclIove lin (Jndge UrlilM
nond} OF some embarrassment. However
lie would sec TINT the case WIS decided u
lime TO permit It's being taken to tho mex
ierm Of The Supreme Court.
ii secnls that Judge DrnmnloId, While MOI
personally Interested III the companies. nns
IS trustee invested the money OF minors ,a u
onc. Ant besides, ii he has said, l,.the gentle
men Interested III tic companies, PARTICULAR!
II Tic West Division Company, aro old alli
Intimate friends Of Ills, nl!a hence ho fel
embarrassed about tho case. :, ,,,,, -.
The chances nre, however, tllat nc VII ue
eIdc It himself, nfter consultation win *ltts
flee lIarlan, III vi!sw Of tho insurance & OF Alr
anxious to have him do SO. II lio does, Y
result will bo known before Dccrmbor, rs tn
next term Of tile Supreme Court begins VI
No first Monday Of that month.