63. 1 LEQ & SONs. Importers. The largest stock in Michigan now open and ready for inspection, these goods pays the merchant BETTER PROFITS with QUICKER SALES than HOLIDAY GOODS! ALL HARLY AND OFTEN! O Our ‘The ‘The Goods are Wseful. y are Ornamental. re is no ‘hey are the most durable. They make Ladies’ Cups and Saucers, Gentleman’s Flate Sets, Cups and Saucers. Bread and Milk Sets. Fruit Plates. Fruit Comports. China Shaving Mues New Styles Vases. New Styles of LiL wW TOY &, We have such an Assortment that Ned for printed lists showing Assortm Send for Complete Price-List of Crockery, Glassware, Chandeliers, H. LEONARD «& DOLLS! Dressed Dolls, Limb Dolls, China Dolls, Papier Mache Dolls, Wax Dolls, Kid Dolls, y Cloth Dolls. ollar Toys! you can buy Spoon China Importers. It is an acknowledged fact that our line of any other because dead Stock QBAmong them. the most Attractive Stock. Imported Colored Glags. Polka Dot and Cracquel in Pitchers, Tum- : blers, Salts, Peppers, Cider Sets, Water Sets and Holders. MAIOLICA WARE At greatly reduced prices. Smoking Sets and Tobacco Boxes. Toys, China Figures and [ron Money Safes WOOD Toye your Entire Stock of us. GIS We Keep o hand ready for Shinment China, Decorated Tea and Dinner Sets, Lamps and all Lamp Goods. BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. DEFINITION OF FRANCHISE. A franchise is defined by the Superior Court of Kentucky as a privilege in which the public have an interest and which can not be exercised without authority froma sovereign power. FALSE REPRESENTATIONS—WAIVER. In the recent case of Cain vs. Dickenson, involving false representations, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire rendered an opin- ion that where one purchases property un- der false representations as to his ability to pay for it, the giving of a note for the prop- erty, and a part payment, will not defeat an action by the vendor upon the false repre- sentations when the receipt to the mon- ey is accompained by the statement that it will not be received if it is to be regarded as a waiver. The plaintiff, however, may be required to surrender the note before taking judgment for his damages. ACTION FOR DECEIT—INTENTION. “False representations do not amount to a fraud at law in such case unless they be made with a fraudulent intent. Of course, to constitute a fraudulent intent it is not necessary that the party knew them to be either of three ways: 1. That the party knew his statements to be false; or 2, that, having no knowledge of their truth or falsi- ty, he did not believe them to be true; or 3, that, having no knowledge of them, he yet represented them tobe true to his own knowledge. In the first case there would be a knowingly false assertion as to the facts; in the second as to his belief and in the third as to his knowledge of the fact, and in each ease the intent to deceive would be a neces- sary inference.”—Supreme Court of Minne- sota, Humphrey vs. Merriam. GOOD WILL OF A BUSINESS—RIGHTS OF VEN- DOR AND PURCHASER, The recent decision of the English Court of Appeals, in the case of Pearson vs. Pear- son, invelving the sale of a business and the good will thereof, will have an important bearing on similiar cases in the United States. Inthe final decision it was held that in the absence of any special agreement when a person sells the good will of his bus- iness, the purchaser alone has the right to represent that he is carrying on or has suc- ceeded to that business; that the seller may set up a similiar business in the same neigh- borhood or elsewhere, and may not only publicly advertise it, but also solicit and deal with his former customers; but such business must not be carried on under the old name or style, and the seller must not represent that he is carrying on or continu- ing the business which he has sold. ASSIGNMENT—WAGES TO BE EARNED. In order to make an assignment of wages to be earned valid it is necessary that there be at the time of the assignment a subsisting contract out of which they are to accrue, ac- cording to the decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, in the case of Kennedy vs. Tiernay. In the instrument in question in this case, an assignment was made, among false. The intent to deceive may be shown in | $00ds to a particular place includes the duty other things, of ‘‘all moneys, wages and per- sonal estate whatsoever which I shall or may earn in the employ and which may be in any manner in the hands and_ possession of any and all other corporations, partner- ships or persons whosover durlng the con- tinuance of the contract.” The Court held that so much of the assignment as purported to transfer wages to become due under con- tracts of employment not subsisting was void, such wages constituting, in the view of the court, a mere possibility, uncoupled with an interest and being incapable of assignment. { CARRIER’S LIABILITY—FAILURE TO DELIV: | { ER. The Texas Court of Appeals had before it for consideration, in the recent case of ‘Tex- as & Pacific Railway vs. Martin, the ques- tion of the liability of a common earrier for the failure to deliver a part of the goods in- trusted to him. It laiddown the following as the rules upon the subject: 1. Wherea carrier fails to deliver goods within a rea-| sonable time such failure will not of itself amount to a conversion, but only a’breach of contract, and the owner cannot refuse to re- ceive them. 2. Where the case is one of total failure to delivera part of the goods the shipper is legally empowered to re- ceive the remaining damaged goods upon any teams, and can recover the value of the whole. 3. The undertaking to transport to deliver them safely, and the carrier’s re- sponsibility continues until a due delivery has been made. FRAUDULENT ASSIGNMENTS—A TTACHMENT. Putnam & Brooks. Weare sole Michigan agente for the celebrated “EF” brand, packed by J. S. FARREN & CO., Bal- timore, and are prepared to fill orders for CAN or BULK oysters at the low- est market prices either from here or from Balti- more direct. NO BETTER GOODS PUT UP. H.M. BLIVEN has charge of this department and will give your orders person- aland prompt attention.| We solicit your order. OYSTERS THE “GOOD ENOUGH” FAMILY | An interesting branch of the law relating to fraudulent assignments was discussed in the case of Muser et al. vs. Alexander, de- cided recently by the General Term of the New York Supreme Court. ‘This was a case in which the defendant, seven months after commencing business on his own account, made a statement to the representative of a mercantile agency to the effect that his as- sets exceeded by $15,800 his liabilities of $45,000. Twomonths subsequently he made similar representations respecting his finan- cial condition to the same person. Three days after this second statement he made a general assignment for the benefit of credit- ors, in which he preferred his wife as acred- itor for $8,000, and his brother for $15,000. At the time of his assignment his assets ap- peared to be, according to a statement made from the schedule materially less than his liabilities. It further appeared that the ex- istence of the alleged debts of the appellant in favor of his wife and brother was incon- sistent with statements made to a numberof his creditors, as it was with the statements made to the representative of the mercantile agency. It appeared, also, that the appel- lant’s wife evaded efforts made by creditors to examine her before a referee in regard to the existence of the indebtedness to her. At- tachments were issued upon the ground that the appellant had removed and disposed of his property with intent to defraud his cred- itors. The orders granting the attachments were appealed from, but were affirmed by the General Term, which held that suffizient facts appeared to justify the allegations of a fraudulent disposition of property and to warrant the issue of the attachments issued in favor of his creditor, _ CLOSED. & Gasoline Can. Oil EVERY LIVE DEALER SHOULD SELL THEM. This is the Most Practical Family Can ever Offered to the Trade. Caluot be Excelled for Convenience, Cleanliness, Comfort Lamps are filled direct by the Pump without lifting the Can; the to suit the height of any lamp. No dropping oilon the floor or table. No faucet to leak or get knocked open to waste con- tents or cause oxplosions. In getting can refilled, no parts to be left at home to drain oil over floor or become injured. No Corks to lose—Closes itself perfectly air tight—No Leakage—No Evaporation. The dealer in selling this can is enabled to make a annoyance of the small can, greatest possible convenience. Discharge tube adjusting good profit, and in a measure avoid the while you guarantee your customer absolute safety and the MANUFACTURED BY WINEFIBLD MFa CoO. WARREN, OFHIO. H, LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO, 8 FOR SALE TO THE TRADE BY) GEO. C. WETHERBEE & CO., DETROIT, | Send for Circulars «& Price-List.| “Perfect” Stove Pipe, A. Pipe that Nests, (for shipping convenience.) oO to 60 Joints Packed in a Barrel. No Rivets or Tools of any Kind Required in Putting It Together. A Child Can Do It. Perfectly Solid and Safe. PATENT APPLIED FOR. DIRECTIONS. Lay the pipe on a table, place the RIGHT HAND on the Lock end and the left hand on the other end, (as per cut), and with LEFT HAND you press the pipe and pull it over until it projects above the end, (as per cut), and with your right hand spring the lock in. SEE THAT THE SEAM CATCHES, and then the pipe will drop together without further ef- fort. Should it be easier for you, you can reverse the pipe and your hands. Should you not think the same tight enough, just put the joint of pipe on a table or bench, whith the large end toward you, and hammer it down on the inside for about two inches, and you will find you have as solid a piece of pipe as if rivited. WE MAKE IT IN NOS. 24, 25, 26 and 27 IRON. We make it in Russia Iron. We make no extra charge for this pipe, thus making a great saving in freights and giving you pipe in good order when you receive it. Foster, Stevens & Go. Sole Manufacturers, 10 and12 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. REMOVAL! Coal, Wood, Lime, Cement, Sewer Pipe, Etc, Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement. a