The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27
PILES OF LEDGERS
Superior Court Room Looked Like 8 Second Hand Book
 Dealers Yesterday.
SEVERAL BANK CASES UP
Bronson vs. Mechanics and New Ha- ven County Banks Cases Started.

Books, books everywherel The su- perior court room looked like a second hand dealers store yesterday when the cases of N. R. Bronson, trustee of the creditors of the insolvent E. s. Wheeler company against the Mechanics and New Haven County National banks were being heard before Judge Shum- way. The two cases, which were heard at the same time, involved very in- volved matter of bookkeeping and something over a hundred voluminous ledgers and bank books were brought to the court room by the various par ties interested in the case. They were brought in by the wagon load and piled high in front of the judges bench and along the wall. The plaintiff had ono man in court whose sole duty was to watch the books and see that they were kept in their righ order and that none of them were lost or stolen.
 When the court adjourned at 5 o'clock the more valuable books were put in half dozen stout trunks which were there for the purpose and then locked in them and thus carried off on the trucks.
 The court was called to order at noon. It was a special session. being the only court to convene at the court building to-day. The suits were sim liar to a recent one against the Ma tional Tradesmen's bank in which the plaintiff won. The claims of the plain tiff were as follows. In 1887 E. $. Vince Ter & Co.,, (not incorporated), makers of tin plate, failed. The case went through the bankruptcy courts all right and not long afterwards another or ganization was affected. The E. S Wheeler company This was incorpor- ated and lasted until 1893, when 1t too failed in October of that year Before that, however. it had made number of loans from banks. These banks were the same that had carried the accounts of the former organization, E. s. Wheeler & Co. They had formerly made it loans and advanced money so that they were numbered among the creditors when it failed
 It Is understood that when the sec ond company was affected these same banks agreed to advance MT. Wheeler more funds, provided he would pay them a special discount of 9 per cent. The present suits, brought by Mir. Bronson as trustee, are brought in be- half of the other creditors. other than the banks concerned, that lost in the first failure of 1887. It is claimed that it is inequitable that these banks should be allowed to get back all or part of their money due them from the first organization by any such spe- cial arrangement with the second or ganization. In all about $2.S00 was claimed from the Mechanics bank and sl4500 from the County bank.
 Judge Henry B. Stoddard and Wil- Hams X Hartman represent the banks and Attorney Stoddard, of Bridgeport and Attorney Loomis, of this city, rep resent the trustees
 There were frequent little tiits dur ing the course of the afternoon be- tween the counsel. The case was ad- journed at o'clock till this morning.
 The case of Warren vs. Warren an ex-parte divorce case carried over without decision from a hearing at the time of last weeks short calendar, was yesterday decided by Judge shumway in favor of the plaintiff, who was granted divorce decree and alimony of $4,000.
 With the conclusion of these cases several others are scheduled for trial. and the term will last well into Jan uary. Judge Shumway, however, is scheduled to sit elsewhere, and one of the other judges will have to be as- signed here.