Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-21
COURT RECORD.

Supreme Court Chief Justices An-
drews, Fem, Carpenter and Prem
tice.
The first suit brought up yesterday be-
fore the court was she Chamberlain ct al. :,
an Injunction suit against Harvey fleming.
way ct al. The suit is over the Fair Haven
eluiceway and is familiar to everyone In
any way interested. Judge Torrance was
disqualified from acting on the case, and
the case WAS argued before the four re-
naming jurors. The arguments closed in
the forenoon.
The next case taken up was the report
of W. L. Bennett. the committee In the
various HtiQations arising from the failure
of Bunnell & Scranton, the bankers and
brokers. The questions of law have been,
by common consent, reserved fer the 81
preme court to pass upon.
Even the judges smiled as the numerous law
yers in the case filed iato court with piles OF
briefs under their arms, which they distributed
both to the judges aud the other attorneys. The
depositors and others. who had money In the
haok when it failed, did not smile: r. they dtd
it was too faint q smile to be perceptlble to the
naked eye. The report alone covers 1so pages In
the supreme court docket, and treats Of the vari-
Gus .uits brought against E. G. stoddard as
trustee of tie insolvent estate, which were
brought by those persons who bought stocks OF
Bunnell & Scranton on s'margin'' thron gh the
and Prince & Whiteley After the failure of
Bunnell & Scranton these stocks, which had been
bought on the margin, wore sold in the open
firms had been paid off a balance remained in
favor Of the original purchasers Of the stocks
this baiances
The purchasers claimed that it was no part of
the insolvent estate and should be paid directly
to Them while the trustee claimed that 1t should
be made part of the funds in his hands. Hence
the suit.
II the plaintiffs win there will be practically
no dividend declared by the trustee, but if the
trustee wins there will be dividend Of about
legal delay or en1ang Element arises One thing
seems assured, that is that the creditors cannot
be subject to assessment.
Probate Court-Judge Robertson.
/ The hearing in the contest over the will Of the
late Louis Feldman was held before Judge Rob
ertson in the probate court yesterday morning
Attorneys Stoddard and Loomis appeared fol
| the contestant Mrs Hirsch Of New York, ant
Attorneys Strauss and Spier for the heirs. Many
witnesses were examined and at noon the hear
ing postponed one week.
tie were spnointsd commissioners uoon the es
tate Of Norm-n Muzzy yesterday.
The estate OF the late Ann Delaney has beef
settled in the Brooklyn, N. Y, probate court
and Att rney ]. P. Bree esterday morning re
| ceived checks for the five heirs whom he repre-
sented
| City Court . Criminal Side - Judg
Studley.
John Cassion, begging, 80 days in jail, So 1
| )sts; William G. Eaton, breach of peace coI
tnued to January "a.
Court Notes.
| The suit of Francis Martin against Patric
| Robinson for the recovery Of $50 order
l was tried before Justice c. H Fowler yesterda
morning. Attorney P. W. Chase appeared 70
the plaintiff and J. B. Tuttle for the defendant
| The order was for services rendered by tn
plaintiff and for payment OF which was giver
The defendant refused to pay the order an
given to the plaintiff to recover the amount Q
the ord-r and costs. The defendant filed motto
l of appeal to thu court of common pleas
| Attorney Samuel A. York, jr, made his maide
ar unent before the supreme court yesterda.
morning in the Fair Haven sluiceway matter
He made very good argument and won tn
commentator or many of the older lawyers
RECEIVERS REPORT.
Yesterday morning in the superior court a
! Bridgeport the final report Of Receiver E. Parn
| ley, jr., OF the Howe Machine company, was al
/ capted. The report was brought up by Attorne
Stoddard, who represents John Kennedy in hi
/ Haven appeared fer the company, and Platt
/ TYLER for the creditors