The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-07-14
SUPREME COURT DECISION

0OFHH1lR COOkt1 DEC1SxOV.
April Term, 1881. Roscoe F. Hersey,
d. II. Jersey, Jacob Bean, Charles
Bean and Edward S. Brown, appel.
lants, vs.. VIM. r. Bennett and A. E.
Grissell and Lille L. Bennett, re-
spOEdeutS.
Syllabus-In case of voluntary
payments, by the debtor, where no ap-
plicatlon is made by either party, and
there is but one continuous account of
several items forming but one, aud not
separate or divided debts, the payments
will &c applied on the account accord
Ing to the priority of time-that is, the
first item on the debt account side of
the account is discharged or reduced
by the first item Oh the credit side.
When i debtor has paid the considera-
ton for Il grant or conveyance made to
another person, and the creditors ac-
count is made up of several items, the
ones subsequent to such grant or convey
ance, the fact that trust would result
in favor Of the creditor in the premises,
tor the satisfaction of the earliar items
Ut the account which would not result
In his favor for the satisfaction of the Ia
ter items, does not create controlling
equity that will take the case out of the
above rule. MITCHELL, J,
The effect of the above decision, we
learn, is to leave the homo property in
Mrs. Benefits hands. Bennett claimed
that his indebtedness to Hersey, Bean
\ Brown had been met by payments
when the house was put into his wife's
hands, that is that first payments
should be applied ON first items of in.
debtedness. This view, it seems, is
sustained by the Supreme Court.
The N. Y. Tribune, which is now de-
voting great deal of space to accounts
OF reliable spirit manifestations about
the city, gives over q column account
III its issue of June 10th of materializa-
tons at the house Of . prosperous bust
ness man on Long Island. There were
two ''solid" business men besides the
reporter present, as guests Of the fami-
~ and witnesses of the marvels. The
seance lasted two hours and nine mate
rialized spirits appeared, shook hands
with the guests, talked, walked about,
etc. n Philadelphia journalist who
died a year before came out, shook
hands with the reporter and seemed de-
lighted with the recognition. A num-
Der of female spirits appeared, clad in
beautiful robes, lace walls, etc. One la.
dy came to the reporter and he says.
cher garments were Of wonderfully
fine texture and gave out an exquisite
perfume" He insisted on knowing
who she was and she whispered, ''your
guardian" Each person recognized
some departed friend among the spirits.
The Tribune reporter thinks there could
not have been deception as it occurred
in u lighted parlor at the house of re-
spectacle business man, and they could
HOT have been mesmerized as they new
er were more awake and in their senses
hhd all saw the same forms.
AS the Tribune is giving three or four
columns week to accounts of this kind,
we probably could make an interesting
department in the ADVANCE by giving
column a week to what we have seen.
Thus, we have seen from so to 100 of
these materialized spirits, Of all sizes
ndages. We talked for fifteen minutes
with a voice which purported to come
from our "guardian," a voice which
showed perfect familiarity with our
past and our interior life and which
made to us some 'divlne" revelations
heyer there were any. This Voice
e@ke out of the air within a foot or
!"' OK OR ear. But, as St. John says.
me world would not contain the books
If we should tell alt.
Still we may conclude some time to.
40 us the Tribune does and give COL
.,nln or 50 week to detailed descrip-
ist." ..: 49,: ...........