The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-09

college authorities and that 5000 in pledges, considered good, was still out standing, and the court then directed that the decedent'a subscription should be paid out of the funds of his estate.
 z In Re Engagement Hing. Cupid weeps. for, verify, this is 9 harsh world. Science is disputing the Mas ter Bowman's sovereignty with Eu genics, and what not Now even the sordid law, ia. Pollock vS Simon,g 20 5 Federal Reporter, 11O5, so1emnly de- cides that His Majesty's most sacred seal, the engagement ring, is subject to the rules of Bankruptcy. Sarah Simon was given a diamond ring val ued at $35O in January, 1912. About three months later the donor went into voluntary Bankruptcy. The trsus- tee in bankruptcy now brings tfds ac- ton to recover the ring or it's value. The court says: sSFhe occasion was the announcement of his (the bank rupt's) engagement to marry the de- fendant, and there was nothing un- usual about the fact that the gift was made or Considering the social posi- tfon. of the parties and the supposed financial condition of the bankrupt) about the cost of the ring. The de- fendant gave no consideration; the usual reciprocal promise to marry had previously been exchanged, and the transaction was therefore vo1un- tary. < Being insolvent, the law denied him (tne bankrupt) the ruptcy to take the $350 of what was practocally the money of his credit ors and make a present of it to the defendant No one would contend that he could make such a, use of ac- tuaI cash, hewev CT innocent the state of his mind might be; and the prin- ciple is the same, even if the money assume the shape of an engagement ring. The actual result of what he did is the important test, and the ac- tual result has been that the defen- dant is now enjoying the possession of money ( or, money s worth97 that was charged with a trust in favor of the bankruyt's creditors. In view of the customs that commonly govern the conduct of betrothed per sons, there is some sentimental hard ship about the conclusion; but the 1e- gal prin cipaes referred to seem to free the question from doubt After alll a man must be just before he is gen erous. he should be generous with his own money, and not with the money of his creditors The defendant was ordered to, deliver the ring or it's value.
 Infating Cattle With Water Just Before Selling Them.-Inl St. Louis, I. M. & s. Ky. Co. vs West Bros.
 Court of Civil Appeals of Texas) 159 Southwestern Reporter, 142, West Bros, bring an actdon to recover dam ages for alleged breach of contract
 It appears that the initial carrier en- tered into a verbal contract with West Bros, to transport their cattle from Uvaade, Tex, to the National Stock Va f11af Hro cattle in such time that they would be unloaded and fed once in transit, and with such dispatch that they would be delivered at point of desti- nation in time to be sold on Tuesday, June 6, 1911. One allegation in the complaint was to the effect that West Bros, at the time of making the con- tract informed the agent of the car rier of their desire to ship the cat tie on one feed only, for the reason that cattle shipped from Uvalde, Tex, to National Stock Yards, ILL, and fed ! only once enTsoute, would take a heavy