New-York tribune., 1890-07-13
THE TILDEN WILL CONTEST.

Two rounds have been fought in rc p lden VIII
contest and the pat.,s have withdrawn into Then
respective corners, full of fight for next year L0'
4 money Intended By the tc-tat1r fJr great pnI'
library iu tbs city viii ~ TO eminent c1Iu-" g. Ii
for the arest and most expensive forensic c'oqu.uc
and logic = bc had in town. Two trust, were Iro.s %
In the eut one 0f which Wa, 70 bc created -! uc
benefit # the other, corporation 20 De called .hc
Tica Trust which wa, - establish ;c library.
The decision Of The General Term. written b, Judr.
Van Brunt held the first Of these trusts invalid for this
reason among Others TIA, the tc-tafOr Aa1 bot
in the contested portion Of the VIII Imposed upon th"
trustees any duty the performance Of which c'IM b."
comIsllcd by a court Of equity. The court also r,ri
that the trd-t, could not be separated, d. t'.
tended by the trustee and That ue.cIosr D1lH AH-.
f,l together. The Gaze Was tined again lu l.' A.I
g.r,h ',fb tbaf wr5I,. iy dt. [a Jgi. flr
appeal 10 be taken 10 te General Form "lIi be- merely
l,". tbc Court ~ Apto,i. In the litigation D.io,
NcCurdy Of counsel, ana has firm. Nandcrpocl, Cu.nr
a GOJdwin as attorney, for George II. IuGcr. "h"
seeks to break the VIII, were opposed to Joseph II.
ChGate, Edwin Countyman, ol Albany, and carter "
VS.n Commissioner GlIroy gave notice TO the
United states Illuminating Company tlat his OIL jail
axe ready ior Immediate u,c on inc COMPANY "
they obtained an i4Juncuon from Judee IN
destroying their property without giving them further
time Ia repair it. But iAc hencial Term did not a'lc'
lished the right Of Lhc c'y authorities 70 de,tro, l
vae property t'r me public good under ,imlI| r,r
cumstanCcs. This decision pointed ont however 'f'
liability Of the city for any lo-, damage which ro
company could prove thai il had sustained tmDu"h
such action by the Board Of Electrical control The
court decided that the plautG- wirr- were dap,"r
On, nuisance and that apart from the statute, bf th"
common law it was the right Of any pa. -clul uId iAr
duty of the Commissioner OF Public Nolh- a., I"
0nCal in charge Of the street, 10 remove tAem. -. g.
Dean. Assistant Corporation Counsel, and John VI
bowers represented the city. Carter, liuelc- 'ia
yath ana Joseph II. Choaie and Jane, g. Carter YER
the attorneys and the counsel Ol the "lrc'flcN-hi
n, thc case Of Poll and others against the Ancaor
l. ,H,.,r
decided on March 21 that ap American patent lIr au
iavcnt.on already patented abroad wa iu td Pos 'h
trrin ~ fhc frci patent having the shortest time ip
before ITS full term had been completely lu lh. .ut
clarence A. seward. Joseph VI. rcu"l, N"'h p'VI
and Others appeared fO. tie appellants, ana Edmund
Wetmore for the brewing comiany.
BANK WRECkERS AND FORGERS.
The conviction Of Peter j. Caasscn for m,uJug away
with the funds Of the sixth Natloua( E:ub. of winch
he got himself elected president by q bol1l- board o.
directors j, ,tiu fresh in the public mind. The
trial occupied eighteen days in the Circut Court lc
fore Judge Benedict and ury who found him g.ltv
Of cmbczzing and mi-approprat.ng scru:lti
worth sOl3,OOO. on the ground that hc
could not be dealt with under the statute
IN which the law IS la!i down lo:
offending presidents OF National banks tIe 'laa->'H
drcctOrs never having taken the statutory oath, au
appeal was taken 10 tho court IA banc which Is t.
decide in october whether OF not ne wa legally "a
Tenncy, OF Brooklyn. and benjamin b. Foster, for
mrrly United states District ATTORNEY and Assistant
irct tAttOrney Mitchell, assisted by Abram j. R0,c.
represented the Government. Assistant District ~
torncy OConnell drew the indictment.
incidental TO the Higauon resulting from inc
Of Sllpman, Barlow LarOcquc q ChOatc the decision
Of a point IN which Dcders emsici-ls recovered