New-York tribune., 1885-03-24
THE COURTS.
yps HaLsEYs CLAIM AGAINST A BANK.

,,ps UALsEY's CLAIM AGAINST BANK.
r,oys aRowtNa OUT OF LARGE LOANS TO
CASHIER NOW DEAD.
Before Judge Sedgwich yesterday in the
..sor Court testimony heard in the case OF MIS-
Anna NJ b. Halsey against the Tradesmens Nauonai
nark This is double suit calling on the panR ior
new accounting and asking that the deodof cohVeSahco
AZ nroperty at Al East Broadway to the banK DO se'
.s,ae The plaintiffs the widow of Anthony halseS
xbo at his death, in September, ls'9' was
sashier of the Tradesmen's Bank The complaint
alleges that when Hasey died Wllhah
Toesof No 60 wall-st, at the suggestion OF tue oaA
oficers became attorney for the plainun VINO was
axecutrix of her husbands estate IL is chargeu 'S
Mr. Hoes was acting attorney for the oank' shu
An his capacity attorney for the executrx he paa over
70 the bank which Haseys creditor over S'o'ooo'
or nearly the entire estate, making the institution
favored creditor Other creditors found nothing for
them and widow got dover She alleges tha' rea
husband only owed the bank ABOUT S3o,ooO. Ing lne
poperty at No Al East Broadway she alleges was held
In the cashiers name and the proceeds were osS Wy
paid to bank Mrs Halsey and her son George 'eS
LAWYER Hoes denied Indignantly to TRIBUNE reporter
, gns @ ~ NE s 1a% He was not attorney
bank the time that ne acted as sueh 10 MIS- n e
banks LAWYER He declared that his professional care OF
Mrs Halseys interest had been all that t sho91 % no d
he paid over to the only the Alphabetical .S
which it held and which had been assigned 70 10 the
hans of Ss3l4 So This Indebtedness consisted OF call
loans aggregatIRgo oo Se being loans made
TO relatives OF Mr. Halsey Inc seenriles me S S"t
eS e Mr. goes exhStd papers showing where
had turned the widow life Insurance pocies;
1s To So 600 The real property left by Hasey he said
than covered by mortgages ana oVeaHe d hS
ha'0 II was ''H held T in iIalseys name only as a
Mr. Hoes said, with institutions holding E great at
amounts OF real estate 10 have some OF them aeeaed 70
officers OF the institution In this case Haisey died pc
fore the deed was transferred from him to the oanK
have been greatly annoyed by this suit sau r mJe
"but will strike back at them and have put IN against
the plaintiff counter-claim for 50 800 for services
RAILWAY PLANS BEFORE THE GENERAL TERM.
Argument was made yesterday before the
General Term of the Supreme Court upon the contrma-
,ion Of the report Of Commissioners Harris Vance and
Lord in favor of the Broadway Surface Railroad Com
pany's scheme for railroad In Broadway oe-
tween the Battery and Union Square John NJ seroner
in behalf Of the company, exJudge Ashbe Green Ior
the Equitable Life Assurance Society, ana eA-Juuge
Horace RUSSELL representing the Stewart and Hilton
property addressed the court In favor OF the conrma
ton of the report. Assistant Corporation Conhsei
Wickes for the city Clarence Seward for the ADAMS %
and National Express Companies C. G. Beamah LOT tne
owners OF the Boree Building and other properly own
and Lawson Fuller for himself sa as reseryed pdn
this question. and also upon the motion oI , MI &
for the removal OF Messs vance aa boau T On The
mission ground that they were interested III he
project -. A., ,,,.ono,,,on Flavated Rail
road Company applied court for the appoint
Of commissioners to appraise the yalue OF property IN
South Fifth-ave taken and used by the company. Az
The suggestion Of John E. Parsons that the property
should be specified the hearing was adjourned. .noo,
Waldo Hutchings, for the Second Avenue Kallroa'
Company asked the court for the appointment OF com
mission to testimony and determine whether ihe
st from First 20 Second to connect its lines The
company he said had obtained the consent OF the lVc
authorities had failed 70 secure that or onehau OF
the property-owners. Decision was reserved