New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
PROCEEDINGS IN LOCAL COURTS.

PROCEEDINGS IN LOCAL COURTS.
The value in this State o.. a divorce obtained IN
Dakota decided in the Supreme Court yester-
day in suit for absolute divorce brought by Harry
p. McGown. clerk OF the city Court and son OF
former Judge McGown. against his wife. Emma
McGown. who Is now known rs Mary Emma Bell
which placed trial before Justice Russell
Mc(iown alleges that his wife deserted him Oh April
"a. and went to Fargo. Dakota. where. after resi-
dence of ninety days she obtained a divorce from
him. He served with the papers. but paid no
attention to them. and the decree was granted by
default. He has since refused to recognize the de-
cree. and now brings suit against his wife. naming
Harry W. Bell. who has since married the woman
as correspondent. Bell IL a wealthy tile manu-
fac !" am cr sS has
The affections Of his wife In court YESTERDAY ers
trst the Dakota divorce was not binding on the
plaintiff nndsr the avs Of ihs Saorce and iS
subsequent marriage. but asserted that, under the
Constitution Of the state Of North Dakota; t d
cded that, under the laws Of the State of Dakota
the defendant is the wife Of Bell but under the
II she had lived with another man she had violated
the laws Of this State. Mctiown will Therefore get
decree. Briefs will he submitted by counsel on
the question OF the custody Of the one child CT the
marriage
Justice Truax In the Supreme Court yesterday
heard argument OH the application Of Mrs. Florence
8 Striker TO set aside order made by justice
Gildersleeve in 1892. declaring her incompetent 10
administer her affairs and appointing committee
OF her person and estate Mrs Striker Is the wife OF
Ellsworth l.. StrPer. who inherited a large estate
several years ago. II contendcd on the part OF
Mrs Striker that the Court in her case acted with
out jurIsdiction that she had no. received proper
notice OF the proceedings. and that the Commits
siorers who took testimony not sworn. The
application Is opposed the part OF the husband
who says in an affidavit that his wife Is daughter
of the late John d. Secor who left her an interest In
with house No. 30 West Seventy-secOnd-st
but she persisted In driving around to saloons
getting drunk ard bringing dsreputable women
home with her. He had her arrested and committed
by police justice. but she promised 10 REFORM. ana
he took her back again. She Immediately went
back TO her old ways. and he had her declared an
there are four children and that In one year MS
wife spent $4,000 IN dissipation Decision on the
motion was reserved.
handed down a decision awarding 10 Mrs. Grace r.
Mead decree Of separation from her husband
Willis r. Mead, a Harlem undertaken. with s2
week permanent amony and $3.50 counsel fee. The
Justice dismissed the counter suit brought against
Mrs Mead by her husband. The Meads were both
being a member Of the Pilgrim Congregational
Church and he of ST. Andrews Episcopal church
Charles Dickson, the actor. appeared before JUS
tice Bschoff and jury in the Supreme Court
yesterday defendant in a suit brought against
him by Miss Elizabeth Leslie who was a member
of his company for part of the season OF ls9i9o to
recover so arrears Of salary and expenses Dickson
denied that he hired Miss Leslie, and said she was
employed by the Charles Dickson Company. The
jury. however. returned verdict in favor Of the
plaintiff for the full amount she sued for