The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-27
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
AN IMPORTANT CASE IN SUPREME
 COURT OF ERRORS.


 Question Of Servitudes Created in Abut-
 ting Property by Construction of Electric
 Roads Past It-Awnrded S25 Damages
 for Death of Husband-other Court
 Notes.
 The case of the Canastota Knife com pany against the Newington Tramway company and others was argued be- fore the supreme court of errors yes- terday.
 The plaintiff in this case is New York corporation, which owns in New ington S large tract of land that is avowedly q factory site. The defend- ants tried to construct a street rail- way from Ncwington to Hartford, but were enjoined by the plaintiff, past whose land the line was to run. on finding of facts the case went to the supreme court by reservation, and the preliminary arguments were made at Hartford six months ago.
 The plaintiff claims that a factory will soon be built on it's land and therefore that it is entitled, not only to the usual benefits aceruing from the con- struction and operation of electric street railways, but also to additional | damages. Attorney F. D. Robbins of Hartford appears for the plaintiff, Counsel for defendants are Attorneys l.. F. Hungerford and c. F. Perkins, both of Hartford.
 | The defendants yesterday submitted | an exhaustive brief, in which alleged parallel cases in other states were cited, Superior Court Civil Side-Judge Shum- way.
 1 The hearing on damages in the suit of Mary J. Stanford of this city against the A. W. Burritt company of Bridge port was finished yesterday afternoon, 1 before Judge ShumWay, in the civil side of the superior court. l The plaintiffs husband was killed | June 10, 1895, by falling sixty feet from | the new Normal school building, which l the defendant was erecting. She sued for $5000, claiming that the scaffolding from which Stanford fell was defec- | tive.
 Judge Shumway assessed damages al | $25.
 BEFORE JUDGE THAYER. l In the superior court before Judge Thayer and a jury yesterday the suit 1 Jf Frederick P. Owen of Meriden against William s. Pinney and twenty l five other residents of Suffield is on | trial
 1 The suit is on a note which was l given by the defendants who organ iZed as the Suffield Horse company tt | purchase a stallion which was intro duced to that town in 1893
 The farmers of the town subscribed l to 2S shares of stock at $100 share which was to purchase the horse an6 gave three notes, one of which was fol l S934, payable in a year with interest al 6 per cent. to pay for the stock This l note was transferred to Mir. Owen by Bennett & Co, but when MT. Ower went to collect the note the signers | refused to pay him, as they said tho stallion was not as represented. They ! claimed to have been defrauded. The suit was then brought by Bennett X Fay, who represent MT. Owen. w. c Case and W. H. Ely are attorneys eol the defendants, all of whom were sum I moned into court as witnesses.
 WANTS A DEED SET ASIDE. The trial of the suit of Henrietta
 Ryder against Henry J. and Louis F,
 Ryder was begun yesterday. Tn, plaintiff bought property in ,Yorl
 Square in 1890, and took the deed i,
 the name of herself and children, th two defendants. Now she wants th, | deed set aside, calming that the Dur
 chasing money was all her own. Tn defence claims her children inherited part or the money from their uncle Judge York represents plaintiff, ant
 Attorneys Asher and Fowler the de l fendants.