Legal Briefs

A Philadelphia wotnan who put hor money in Atchison before the slump in prices sues Ihe president of the corapany for decelving her in his roseate reports of the condition of the road. A St. Louis decisión runs to the effect that a woman has an insurable interest in the life of her flanco, even vhen the man is already married, but Jesigning getting a divorce to marry the new sweetheart. The Massachusetts Supreme court has decided unconstitutional a law oompelling the raihoids to sell at ruling rates mileage tickets good on any ratl. Michigan has, however, recently passed a similar law. After a fatal runaway acot-ient in Polk county, lowa, the coroner was persuadeu by several of the leasing citizens that there was no necesslty for an inijuest as to the cause of death. They s, to avoid expense 10 the county, but the coroner has now i suit to recover his : A fire broke out in a butler factoo ,:cir Madlaon, Wis, After aïl the water ia haii'l was uscd 2,300 gallons of mil'.' were used in lts stead airl the flre was put out. N'ow the Insurance company is not quite certain whebher it should pay ror me m:!K as wen ns tor ine slight aaraage done to the building. The wife of a Paris manufacturer ran up a bilí of 11,000 francs with a milliner. Thls the court, without dhputing the items, has ordered cut down, on the ground that the woman's husband is not bound to pay bilis whlch are out of proportion to his means and posltlon, rsnd that the dressmakeishould have considered this point or referred 'o the husband before the bill grew so big.