New-York tribune., 1880-03-10
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Judge Larremore, in the Common Pleas,
Chambers Yesterday appointed JohnW Bennett referee
n the divorce suit OF Andrew j. Allen against Margaret
j.. Allen.
Abraham Abulaphia, a tobacco manufac-
tur,r 10 NO I2G Cutou-s, arrested yesterday BY
special Revenue Agents Brooks and stnson. charged
win having IN his possession between 200 and 800
wa~hel revenue stamps for cigarette pacAagtS Com
missioner Osborn held bn iu $1,000 FOR examination
A one-horse car on the Grand Street Rail
road IN Brookyu in the Summer Of 1873 ran over aud
killed Emanuel, the m:ant son Of Louis Levy. The
father brought su,f 10 tine KINGS County supreme
Court 90 recover sJ 600 damages, rue case Was Tried
before Iudcc Cooke YESTERDAY ana the jury returned
verdict o. 500 tor lle plaintiff
The trial OF the suit Of Mrs. Wilhelmina
Herr agaiust tie Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company was concluded yesterday M the United States
Court 10 Brooklyn. The action was brought to recover
81 361 upon tho e of her late husband. Rudolph Herr,
lawyer ot Brooklyn, vho commute Sii,4ue lh loto
while insane The defence VAS thst Herrs suicide was
not caused by insanity bnt ~ ISmlI troubles ana ma
jealousy. The fury gave verdict Tor ihe peihA lor
tie iuu amount claimed.
The question of the cOnstituti0nality OF the
act approved March l. 1873 entitled an act TO protect
all cluzcns their civil and legal rights, so far as IL
relates to theatres places OF public amusement IN
the state of New-York, raised IN tho proceedings
against Sauue ID. singleton. an usher at the Grand
Opcra House, by william X DAVIS, oolored man, to
whom be refused admission. Judges BiAtchi0id ana
Cnoafr yesterday announced their inability 90 agree
and consent OF counsel sent tue ease To the United
states supreme Cont for decision
A verdict for $4,000 was obtained yester-
d,v IN The supreme Court before Justice Donohue, by
Alice McCosker against She Long island Railroad Com
pany for tne killing OF tho plaintiffs husband. John
McCosker on that road May 25. 1877. McCOsker was
killed IN coupling cars In the ward Of the defendant
comrany az iuniers POINT. ard The accident occurred.
A. vns alleged, tHrOugn the carelessness or the
yard nl1etor The Court held that the yard master was
e agent o the defendant and MT the coserYant OF the
deccdrut ANA accordingly sent tue case TO the jury
Judge Choate Yesterday handed down a de-
cison m the mattcr OF James X. Nichols. Application
WAS made 10 compel the defendant 10 execute the ne
cessary Instruments 10 enable tho assignee to make
available ~ an asset OF the bankrupt5 estate seat III
The stock Exchange held by him at the time OF the d.
inc of his pefiOn More tnan three years DefOre the
motion was made the bankrupt Was discharged and ne
,round that since hs discharge he was not subject TO
ihe summary jurisdiction OF the Court Judge CnOate
Gold- Tie objection wei taken and denies the notion
William Stietz was married to Juliana
Gohrng at Hudson, y. Y, on December 9, 1869 After
four months Mrs stctz left her husband and she has
never since lived with him. -Four years afterward
suetz BEGAN a suit in the Supreme Court, Second De
parimcut for divorce alleging that In 1870 she had
been guilty Of inndolty with Hermann Schmidt In
Eizabeth->t this CITY. decree OF absolute divorce
was GRANTED to snetz April 90 1877. and In March,
1873 he WAS married Elizabeth schwartz, az ClaVe-
rarx Columbia County. In December last application
y,s made To Judge Gilbert to open the Judgment anu
allow the defendant to present her delencr her co1h
sci declared that divorce proceedings were fraudu-
Iep and that the testimony on which the decree was
grnted was 'al.c On investigation Vnd repOTt by
Tefrree Judge Gilbert has granted the motion.