, 1881-11-12
Four More Jurors Secured in the Stern
Murder Case, or Eight
in All.
The Testimony in The Firman Divorce Casa in, and
r.. Ill Ready for the falling
Match.
The Annual Report Of DR.. Turpan, the Fidelity
Bank Recever-How the Honey
Goes.
The Divorce Mill Running under Full
Head of Steam-6herWin
Gets q Cent.
SOME OLD FRIENDS.

SOME OLD FRIENDS
The Supreme Court has just 1ied opinions in
large number Of Cases, nnaong which are so1ne
old friends which have been working their way
through the Chicago courts For Instance. there
are several suits of Mr.. J. T. Scammon against
divers insurance companies to recover. for the
loss OF his property on Congress street in the
great fire.. The foreclosure sale was held to be
void because the mortSncee, foreign money
company, had not at the time any power to lend
money here, and Mr. Scamu1on. therefore, never
lost his ownership nor his right to the value Of
the buildings when burned.
Anotner Chicago suit was that ct the Rock
Smith, G. .. Farweii, William Aidrich, Phi
90 Erentn1 f'oxt> the Supreme Court ntirtniug
tho decision Of the courts below and holding
that they must pay their subscriptions so ctre-
&|ara VII %a0e TO the Lutte persuasive eo''0' Af'
Still another case waA that of the People ex rel.
Il. Il. Hurd against w.. T. johnson. County
for S-3u. The original order WIS lost. md q
duplicate issued. The origiuai. beng afterwards
viu.lsly paid the duplicate tIurd asked for a
mandumus to cosn1,cl payment. and the Supreme
Court held he could not recover.
The Supreme Court also affirmed ann.her case
in which Mary -Aun ke.gau attempted to get
Hsss Us he Mh Df lied n 1aspisa aa
worth about $4,000. She was bcaten a1l along
the line
Still another case was decided. involving
somewhat Interesting question. J. e. Shortail
owned land in Calumet. through which the Calu-
met kiyer ran. The Washington Ice Company
cut ICE the part OF the river through his land.
and he recovered Judgment fur the value OF
tho fce taken. The Appellate Court niiirtned it,
and the Supreme Court sny ''1ue TOO
In the OF the tn,cago Life-Insurance
Company KS. Auditor Nee.iles, the Supreme
Court ati'rrls the decree ut the court beluw for
q perpetual Injunction restralninx the cotnnany
Tucker-Clapp Company. III which the Directors
never paid Tor tl.t snull portion of thoir
stock, and the assets were depleted by the ab-
P. +. Oldcrsnaw rs. Knowles was Board OF
Trade casc, involving the leEality OF settlements
The margin OF his customer becoming ex-
hausled. The two points decided by the Ap-
peilate Court were that decision Of the Cunrt
IS binding upon the action Of the court
below. ut least in the cases: and, secondly,
u custom the Hoal Of Trn1e allowing conf
missiou-1uen exchange contracts or make
settlements Tor their customers in certain cases
can only be exercised When Tie commission
merchant rppears n one Case as the reuder and
OF particular commodity for the same tieliy-
cry. The contracts must be Identical in ali
spects except as To price. With this view the
In the case Of Ogle ". Turpn. Receiver. the
court agrees with the Appellate Court that upon
second appeal the court will not consider amy
questions which have been passed upon und
determined by it On former appeal; but ul
such questions are to be regarded US res adj
judicnta-
The promised decision of the Supreme Court
IN the case Of Pierce VS.. the E1ston s. Wheeling
Gravel Road Company also came TO light yester-
Hay. ano the Judgment Of custer rendered by
Judge Moran u few months ago WIS Affirmed.
The case was originally brought in the Cris1i
nal Court over Year ago. being HI action in the
company in question TO show by what authority
they continued 70 exact toll OF persons travel
Ing over the road 1t was set up in the hearing
and that the failure Of its owners
IT. repair it, uuder the law amounted to a for
question was one OF fact About fifty witnesses
were heard pro and con, and in the end it was
held that the evidence was conclusive that the
allegations were truc-that the road was in bad
repair: and that tho company had forfeited its
fr:anChise-and Judgment OF custer WAS rem
dered. An appeal was taken. aud the nndsnr Of
the lower court was set aside OIL certain tech
ntcal grounds. and the case re1nandcl. From
this time on matters dragged. but about three
former evidence, a similar conclusion was
court was affirmed.
road Ia question free. and to forever annul the
franchise OF the company. 1t is owned by Smell,
and IS continuation of Elston avenue from the
city limits TO tho Town OF Wheeling, and the
victory will be hailed With delight by every
body who has occlsfon to travel in that direc-
uo1. & rot & only Us bGcanse use me road hencefortn VIII
are that hereafter it will be kept iu a passable
condition at all seasons. The County -Attorncy
e1pecIs to receive copy of The decision today,
and notice will be served upon Mr.. Smell at the
earliest possible moment.
No action has yet been tnken In the case Of
the Niles Centre & Lincoln Avenue Toll Road,
but the Connty-Attprney says he will commence
similar proceedings against its owners iu few
days. and in view Of the decision In the Smell
road he thinks be will have no trounlc IN making
q free thorouShfare of it IN short time. All
he vii have to do aas in the c4se of the Elston s
is in bad condition, and that its owners have
refused to repair it, which will be easy task
Sufficient evidence, 1t is believed, is already at
hand.
: Another decision of some Importance. as af-
feeling church ana school property, made few
days ago, came 10 light yesterday. 1t wns in tho
case OF the Presbyterian Theolngcal Seminary,
OF this city. wherein it claimed thut certain
real estate be 7xtn2 to the seminary was cx-
empt from taIa -On, etc, on the ground that it
was devoted to educational purposes The Su-
prcme Court held that the exemption was cou-
t!ued 10 land or property actually occupied. and
that the iR1d In question being Adjacent," and |
not occupied" was not exempt