Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-14
CASES IN THE COURTS.
Legal Lore for the Lawyers and Their
Hapless Clients.

RICHMOND, April 13.-In the United
States Court here to-day before Judge
Bond, sitting as Circuit Judge for West
Virginia, W. A. Steward, a bondholder to
the amount of $4,000 in the Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs Company, through
his counsel, moved for the appointment of
a Receiver for said property, and the
court ordered that the papers in the case
be prepared while he examined the law
on the subject. The property is already
III the hands OF a United States Marshal.
having been placed there by Judge jack
son, of West Virginia, at the suit of the
Hodges brothers recently instituted at
Clarksburg.
The case of Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Munford and his deputies, on
trial for conspiracy, etc, was to-day post
poned until Monday on account of the ILL
ness of a juror.
NEW ORLEANS, April 13.-After four
days the libel case of NJ. f. Bigney. edi-
tor of the City Item,vs. Watson Van Ben
thyseu, President of several rail-
road companies, was terminated last
night by a verdict in favor of Mr..
Bigney for $4,700. The suit was based on
a hbellous card published by Mr. Van
Benthysen in the Duly States. This was
the second trial of the case. A verdict of
$12,585, given by former Jury. was set
aside by Judge Fighter as excessive. The
counsel for the defense this time asked for
smaller verdict and the jury gave it.
The case against James i. Mackev
James ID. Rankin and j. b. Donovan,
charged with violating their duties as
election officers in the Second precinct of
the First ward, was called YESTERDAY in
the United States Circuit Court. The ac-
cused are charged with having added to
the poll lists the names of 81 persons who
did not vote, including the names OF per-
sons deceased prior to the election. The
testimony was similar to that given in
the other cases. A number of witnesses
testified that they did not vote, although
their names were recorded as having
voted. The jury returned verdict Of not
guisby. The other cases will be taken up
at once.
Judge Wallace, i'll the United States
Circuit Court to-day, heard arguments in
the action of Orvin A. Bills and Edmund
L. III. Gibson against the New Orleans,
ST.. Louis and Chicago Railway for the
appointment of IL receiver Of the COM
pany's property, real and personal, and
certain moneys or deposits with Kelly &
Alexander, bankers, amounting to
SIS, 14S 06, or a claim for that sum.
The plaintiffs allege that in May,
1877, they recovered Judgment
against the company for $26,904 43 for
udLlIdSes suSUdlneu. A WITH OF Sclre 1acIaS
was sued out and directed to the United
States Marshal for the Southern District
OF New York, but was returned unsatis-
fed. 1t was learned that Assistant
Treasurer Rodney, of the company, held
the money for the payment of the coupons
OF the company's bonds to the amount of
$13, 14S Oj, which had not been paid and
was attached. Judge Wallace granted an
order for the appointment of receiver of
the assets of the company, excluding,
however, the money held in trust by Kelly
and Alexander.
New YORK, April 13.-The jury in the
case of eX-Mayor DeBovois, of Long
Island City, tried for wrongful conversion
of city bonds, to-day found verdict
against the defendant for 100000. The
defendants motion for new trial was
denied, as was also motion for stay of
proceedings.