The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-03-27

plosion at Pheghar's machine shop on Crown street last January
 The complaint alleges that Harbona stephens, jr., lost his life by the negll- gence of the defendant, The attach ment was served by Constable Freder- ick Siebert. B. J. Futile is counsel for Stephens.
 IN FAVOR OF THE BOSTON AND
 ALBANY RAILROAD.
 The long contested suit of w. A. Beers, photographer, and wife against the Boston and Albany road, alleging $2,00O damages, was decided yesterday in favor of the company by the su- preme court, which met for conference in this city.
 MT, and Mrs. Beers despatched their baggage from Saratoga to New Haven over the Boston and Albany road, but went by another route themselves. The baggage was lost in d wreck, and they sued to recover damages.
 The railroad company in the superior court set up the defense that as the plaintiffs had not accompanied their baggage but had gone by another route, the company was not obliged to pay. The superior court sustained the plea, and that decision Is now confirmed by the supreme court.
 ELECTRIC COMPANY FILES AN
 APPEAL.
 The Kelsey Electric Railway Spe- cialty company of this city has filed in the United States circuit court for the district of Connecticut, at Hartford an appeal to the United States cir cult court of appeals from an order recently granted by Judge W. K. Townsend in the suit against it brought by the Thomson Houston Electric company of Lynn, Mass. Suit was recently brought by the latter company on account of an alleged in- Engagement of patented trolley de- vice by the Kelsey company. Judge Townsend on March 13, upon the mo- ton of the complainant granted temporary injunction
 The Billings & Spencer company of Hartford was sued at the same time but will not appeal, preferring to await the result of the appeal of the Kelsey company
 FOR 5000 DAMAGES.
 Mrs. Lena Jaffee, wife of Dr. Jaffee of Olive street, yesterday brought suit for $5,000 damages against Mrs. Laura Eichberg, formerly of this city, but now of New York alleging alienation of her husbands affections. Attorney Stein is her lawyer. Attorney Bollmann gave a bond to release $2,300 belonging to Mrs. Eichberg, which was attached in a local bank
 MIR. HEWITT'S TESTIMONY,
 w. H. H. Hewitt, the real estate dealer went to Waterbury yesterday morning in compliance with a sum- mons as witness in a suit brought by Attorney Brooks of that city against the estate of Eugene A. Benhan, a DOT tion of which was sold a year or more ago by MT Hewitt as auctioneer. The difference has arisen in the matter of a mortgage.
 FINED FOR ASSAULT.
 Joseph Miller a Hungarian, who re- sides at S2 Madison street, was fined in the city court yesterday 8 and costs for striking fellow countryman, Jos eph Levi, on the head with a piece of iron.
 THE COURTS ADJOURNED.
 The supreme court which sat here yesterday In consultation on cases which have recently been argued before 1t, adjourned in the afternoon to attend the funeral of Mr. Doolittle.
 The common pleas and probate courts also adjourned in respect to the mem ory of the late state attorney.
 THEFT CASES NOLLED.
 The cases against Harris Alderman and Bernard Levi, who were charged
 
 ham & Co, of Wooster street, were nolled in the city court yesterday, The evidence against them was not strong enough to warrant a prosecution. The men were caught smeIting the brass on