The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-03
YESTERDAY IN TIE COURTS
PATENT INFRINGEMENT CASE IN
 UNITED STATES COURT.

IeiephOne company heHru hos'er""y
 A SIO,OOO Libel suit-Another Case
 Against the Metropolitan Life-other
 Court Cases.
 In the United States court the case of the William Schollhorn company of this city against the Bridgeport Manu- featuring company came up on final hearing yesterday morning The case is suit for alleged infringement of patent on parallel jaw pliers and punches. Attorneys Robinson and Fisher and John K. Beach are com plainant's counsel and Attorney Robert Van Iderstine of New York appeared for defendant corporation,
 SUPREME COURT CASES, All the morning was consumed in the supreme court yesterday in hearing the appeal of John McGorty from the de- cision of the Fairfield county superior court in his suit against the Southern New England Telephone company. Me Gorty was a lineman, and while at work in Danbury climbed pole to re- move wires preparatory to substituting a new pole for the one he climbed. It was rotten and snapped off, taking Me Gorty to the ground with it's fall. He brought suit to recover substantial damages, but was awarded only nom inal sum in the Fairfield county court on the ground that it was a case of contributory negligence on his part, and that as lineman he should have known that the pole was decayed, ! Judge Walsh of Danbury appears for l the plaintiff, and John w Alling and James T. Moran for the defendant com pany. Mir Moran submitted a brief eighteen printed pages long.
 | The extent of McGorty's injuries are | serious. Both knees were shattered, and he is permanently crippled. The | Fairfield county court awarded him five dollars damages, and he sues for $25,- | 900.
 | A DEMURRER FILED. Attorney Goodhart, representing Se- | lectman Robert E. Baldwin, has filed a | demurrer in the superior court to the l complaint in the case of James J. Geary against MT. Baldwin. MT. l Geary is the contractor who has charge of the construction of the new i bridge over the Quinnipiac river, while MT. Baldwin is member of the bridge committee.
 In an interview printed some time l ago MT. Baldwin expressed himself quite emphatically regarding the delay | in the work on the bridge, and express | ed, by implication, his belief as to Gearys incompetence. He also said that he should endeavor to have the contract revoked. The contractor | brought suit for s10000, alleging that MT. Baldwin's language was calculated to do him much harm
 The demurrer filed yesterday morning sets up that the language quoted is not | actionable per SC. It will be argued at l the short calendar session tomorrow before Judge Robinson.
 | SUIT AGAINST METROPOLITAN LIFE.
 | Among the cases which will be ar gued at this term of the supreme court is that of Mary Hogben against the Metropolitan Life Insurance company l This case is similar to that of Dr. Aus tin B. Fuller against the same com pany, although the amount involved is not large. Dr. Fuller recently lost his case in the supreme court.
 Mrs. Hogben brought suit against the company in 1894 to recover $l GOO on a policy on the life of one Ellen K Cam eron, on which she had paid the pre- miums. She alleged that the policy had | been assigned to her. The company's s defence was that Mrs. Hogben made q practice of speculation in policies in l which she had no claim. The case was tried before Judge Thayer and a jury last January, and verdict was return ed for the defendant. Through her at 1 torneys, Russell and Adams, Mrs. Hog ben appealed to the supreme court. Yesterday afternoon the supreme court heard the arguments in the case of Thomas O'Donnell against Sargent & Co. In January, 1894, O'Donnell was severely injured by falling from a lad der while rolling some shafting In the Sargent shop. He brought suit for damages alleging that the prods had been removed from the foot of the lad der, causing 1t to slip. He received only nominal damages in the superior
 court, but nevertheless the defendant
 took an appeal in order to throw the bill of costs upon O'Donnell.
 WILSON STOLE ROSES.
 Lewis Wilson was in the city court
 yesterday morning charged with tres
 pass on the grounds of Prof. o. c
 Marsh at 360 Prospect street Prof
 Marsh said he had spent considerable
 time and money in making his grounds
 attractive, and they were continually
 raided by flower thieves. He said he
 had reported the matter to the police
 and they had caught Lewis, who ad. mitted that he had taken a flower. Pc.
 liceman Keenan arrested Lewis after z
 chase, but did not See him pick tht
 flower. A man who works for Prof
 Farnam, who claims to have seen Lew
 Is pick the flower was not in court
 and as Lewis cliamed that he got the
 flower on the ground the case was con
 tinued ih order to bring Thomas into
 court.