The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
NOTES or LEGAL EVENTS

The iudgmnn,s ann al was ,he, in tho c,sa
Of REYNOLDS. egsInsi the F,na LIfe Insurance.
Comn,nv in wh,oh NJ fustico WoodworI In
the court beow ssyeralv criticI.ed the con mot
NJ the rsceiv.r NJ Jossrb / I.it,ls for accent.
In, . ,rona,ar -, oor,ai, ,ns,ra ooo noiioias Al
y.rtinp tn. nssets Of nm estate from their To-
pitimate chsnneIa toa Appellate Division Re.
ports. SOIL How tho Court Of AppeaIs dealt with
this particular mattsr cannot bs ascertaine id
without the fu | text Of the opinIon OF that fri.
bupal In n cer,Iorari proceedins. to review
the taxation O, the Cornell steamboat Comp.ny
by the assessors OF Kinpston. tho Court ha.
ordered n r.arpumsnt upon the ouestion.
"yhether there ia any authority in law for A de
auction n, the dshts NJ corpor,.Ion in ,.sss..
ing its personal prop.rty for town. county and
municinal purpose." The elec.Ion returns
thus IN r.ceived at Albany indIcats that tho
constitutional amendment for tho relIef n, tho
Court Of AppeaI. has bsen ,don,ed In whioh
ovent IN. c,overnor vii, doubtles. d..ion,,s
four Surname Cont Jus,ires 70 act ss Judge.
NJ tn. Cont NJ Annual. mill tho nn,,ha, =,
ca.es on the calendar .haII h. red,csd IN two
bunared TIero VIZ $40 ca.os IN m. nr.son,
,sl.nd,r wh.n 4, v.s =, "A. nm In All, lao,
Old nl,vpoar. who rsmember tho celsbr,tod
raiiroa' scehe IN AuRustlh Day pay entiIed
.nner INC uas ntn. sn" w p'oh p"uc'.
eau'. u'"na A'er D"'k WIN US 'n'eres'oo
~ 'ne ueSN'oa VIM" was lenue.eu ny 'no
supreme .our' OF 'he 'n'e" STATES ON non
u", upnou'hE 'ne '!a''n VI tne 'n'e VIZ pay
10 Tue cop'',sn' oI lhe scshe' anu uiir'h,hR
Iuushen, %, S''ooo anu costs III MS '"'or
asa'u" ",'''"h nlauS anu ",nofs 'or 'n-
iI'ns"k us sop'INs"t ny p'wuuc.uE 'n' S''u"
III '"e wa, VI N'e' p"rA h'ta''ou vo"-
cern'ns 'hiS raj oau scene IN theSe TWO ''a'S
DC an "s on az" us IL" o. al" 'hH 'a'"'u"r
SUIT "n On ha' -, zen ue'"tin,nen was com
m'nceu IN WAY NV SO tha' ~ over Yen
, years on me urama''o e"hpos''on "hieh
vas 'ne .u'lec' o. con'r"'etv 'nus &C.
eerlneu IN 'he nrs' opinion OF 'he on'eu states
circuit court OF hpPeas IN 'ns case An
lndSiaual put IN peru OF MS NE oy re nR
p'aceu o' Ano'her upon track over "hicna
rairoan IRAN IL momeh'hrIV efree'ea 70
arrive anu 80 'aseheu 'na' rs cannot move
from MS DANGEROUS pos'uon' from TINS peru
ne' rescuru os '"''u pers"" VINO s"r'h"uh'-
releasing him" There w.r. two version. Of
| After Dark" one in which the rescue was
| effected by a third person, az in Under the
| Gas Light" the other In which the imperllled
! man on the track saved himself by in
I aivertently operating a switch The 10 mer
version was held to be an infringement OF Mr..
| DAYS. copyright, the latter not
Acnrlous case IN the law OF ACCIDENT insur-
ance has Just been decided by Judge Wheeler
OF vermont. Suing IN the Uni'ed states circuit
court 10 thls Guy. The deceased WAS insured
against Dolby injury sustained through ex-
! ternal violent anu acciiental means HIS
death was caused oy hard' ho'n'eh masses OF
| 1000 when perforated the ln'estines. Judge
| WhceIer Mods thht TINS WAS an accidental in-
| Jury WITHIN the meaning OF the policy. TIE
| food, he saws. was merely accd whore II ac-
/ ciden'ally cauaed the INJURY II an accident,
| that persons OF ordinary strength would stand
should III weak person, or u person ~ Drill.
nary strength at weak rla.", the accident.
and not ths weakness. should he said 10
have killed In Illinois It has been held
that taxing poison by mistake Ia 10 be
deemed an accident under similar In
snrance canse. On the other mani. In
this stare. In lSSo. the Albany General Term
other way. There was an EN- phatlo dissent