The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-27

Tor $1,000 for libel.
FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT.
Judge w. K. Townsend in the United
States district court yesterday handed
down a decision in the case Of the Nc
Kay Copeland Lasting Machine COM
pany against the State Shoe and Leath-
er company The suit is for an alleged
infringement of patent. The defense
demurred to the complaint and the
court overrules the demurrer.
Superior Court-Civil Side~-Judge Prem
tice.
Judgment was entered yesterday
morning in the superior court before
Judge Prentice for an equal division
of $4,000 worth of bonds between S. e.
Merwin, trustee of the Quigley & Tut
tie estate, and the Mercantile bank of
New York
The bonds were some that were hy
pothecated at the New Haven County
bank. and after Quigley's arrest he as
signed the equity in the Mercantile
bank Of New York. Last fall bill of
interpleader was filed to determine the
ownership of the bonds.
The trustee of the insolvent estate
and the Mercantile bank have come to
an agreement on the Judgment as speci-
fled in the foregoing.
HOADLEY WILL CASE.
Counsel for the appelles in the Hoad-
ley will contest now occupying the at
tention of Judge Prentice and a jury
in the superior court civil side, resum-
81 nf nv, or
ley's personal correspondence. The
reading engaged the attention of the
court until 4:30 o'clock in the after
noon, both Mr.. Fessenden and ex-Judge
Stoddard taking hand.
The letters to Judge Baldwin were on
testator between 1879 and February,
1896 The recipients of this correspond
ence were DR. c. Hart Merriam, close
friend of DR.. Hoadley's; Judge Simeon
E. Baldwin, who was his attorney, and
Hon. N. d. Sperry, at that time execu-
tor of the estate of George Hoadley.
The letters written DR.. Merriam
were of social nature and told of the
different movements of the writer
touching frequently upon the subjects
the doctor was then studying. These
were intended to show the degrees of
intimacy that existed between the tes-
tator and DR. Merriam.
The letters to Judge Baldwin were on
business matters, relating to the settle
ment of the estate of DR.. Hoadleys
mother, and also as to the status OF his
(the doctors) own affairs here.
The last letter written to Judge Bald
win was written from Palm Beach,
Fla, and was dated February l, 1895,
and was in acknowledgment of two
drafts Of $500 each sent to the testator
by his attorney.
The letter to Mr. Sperry was upon the
question of settling the estate of which
he was executor, and DR.. Hoadley le-
eatee. Two that were written in Ger
many in 1884 showed that DR.. Hoadley
was vexed by the delay in dividing the
estate and angered by what he alleged
was a combination between his brother
and sister to prevent the division. In
the second letter he said he would cut
his European trip short and return
home to urge action. A letter dated
in New Haven a short time later gave
to DR. Merriam facetious account OF
a court proceeding in which of the three
sides had tried to do something in re-
lation to the distribution of the estate.
the whole resulting in nothing.
To-day the appelles will call Drs.
Carmalt, Bacon and Lindsey. and their
examination will probably consume the
entire day.
Probate Court-Judge cleveland.
George s. Vibbert, who for several
years has conducted large card busi-