Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-11-27
NO 955

% rea0lnG law. Oct. Isl. lS4S, Tor Il
gears, that was admitted to the Bar
Oct. 18th, 1851 latter t,oo years 'regu
l. lar and attentive study and thar ol
the 10th of Jan. 1850. / was arrested
} because / ,ras about to leaue the State
for the purpose Of def-auding my cred
itors! No special pleading there | sup
pose![9l
But why don't the Cowsns collee
their account if they have such a jus
rightlmy little property is not:covereC
up by mortgage or anything else. [IO]
| never took out certificate or in
solvency. and if had. it would not
bar just claim. Ihave never tried
to conceal any of my property. There
must be some difficulty in the matter
probably il is in the ownership, fol
the Cowcn says he has the Just claim,
yet he has never had the mdnAiness 10
ask me for it. I'LL another says,sthey
havethe Just claim Sthe partner says
he never disposed of the Just and
reasonable claim and atthe same time,
refused to take the money when Of.
fered. [12] Hsto is i'll it is important. TO
the public, 10 know. Is there q screw
loose1 Does it rest on solid founda-
tion, or is it transitory7
Let US see how just and reasonable
this is. The only work done in that
case was TO file Bill in Chaneery,
(Which any boy could copy from tho
old case in two hours, )on the 10Th Of
June, ls49.t to recover about sl2, ,OOO.-
90. worth of property, and on the 2ad
Of June, lS40, they write TO my Faith
er that, fact and thalthey uiH take one
half for S8O00,oO) Of the uerdict and
$500 to pay expenses, making the
very moderate sum of S6,0l5. 90 for
fees, [see letter, dated June 22d, 40,
and have no right 10 refuse to come
up to their terms, and dismiss the case,
| suppose! and because see proper
not to agree to pay them the one-haf
fmy proportion] Of the s6Ol5,OO or
S3.O07, so, 1875 dismiss the suit, they
howl over it ,and use the case as an
electioneering hobby.
Judge Cowen never was my attor-
ney in any case, and when this last
case was commenced, ] was 81 years
old, and capable of making my own
contracts and had right to dismiss
an unaut4orized suit, [by m. and the
Cowen to, [if | ever had employed
him, as he falsely says. at any time,
and nv Father could not make a con-
tract at tina; time. to bind me, tl4] !
refused to sign their article of agree
ment when presented to me for that
purpose, came to this place, and
dismissed that suit. 1t was a specula-
zion on the part of the attorneys, if
nothing else, and there was nothing
in the case, legally, the decision in 5.
Hamrnonds reports, ISL would have
sent the case out of Court,at my cost,
which was unable to pay at that time.
And hereafter when attorneys wish
to speculate in suit, Is ithey mustbe
sure of the contract before they com.
mence i'.[l7l& also stipulate that the
interested parties shall not dismiss the
case in any euent.
But this is not the first suit, for the
same property, which the Cowens have
had finger in. On the 18th of May,
1889, Cowen and Wood. filed Bill
in Chancery against J. Weir. making
Robt. Hickey and wife of Bait, and
us complainants. wonder if that
suit was commen ced with my knoul
edge and consent, and if | [aged about
I3, agreed 10 pay the attorneys
s3OO7, so, as my share of The fees.
On the 23d, Sep. 1889, mot quite ten
years before the last suit was COM
menced by the Cowens, "eame the
defendant J. Weir, by Shannon g.
Kennon, his attorneys, and the COM
planants being called. came not. but
made default. Therefore it is ordered
that the said Bill of complaint be dis
missed &c...See chy Record, vol. 5.
page '7s. Why did we suffer that
case TO be dismissed? .Nr. Hickey
was abundantlyaable to give security
for costs, if we were not. Was it on
account of attorneys fees being too
high? How much was i'll Why dom:
they have me arrested for fees in that
case? How many suits can any attor-
ney [unauthorized] bring to recover
the same property! Has there been
no persecution of Gen. Weir in oil
thisf Or is it a suit laid by for seed,so
that when attorneys get out Of busi-
ness. they can keep their hand in ont
[Is1When will the nert suit be COM
menced to recover this samopropertyl
Hope the Judges advice will be asked
in relation to fees and whether it don't
conflict with the decision in the Is,
D. r. p. 64,where theJudge saysthat
contracts of that kind, ll9Iare against
public Justice.
The Cowen publishes what he calls
copies of letters from my Father.
doubt the quotations, [2Ol'he rule of "
ingin oncfhing,lie ir all, will destroy all
the testimony, uide: quotations from
my circular. Father says, in a letter
to me, dated Jan. IS, 1850, that in the
letter | wrote to them, made no re-
marks about the suit, as you al that
time was in St. Clairsville. His word
roes much farther with me than any
hing coming from Cowen, Can.
They speak of letters from a Mr.
II. c. Stoughton, man | never saw,
ind have no acquaintance with, bnt
hare some letters about, and am ready
or him, any thing he has said abou.
ne. they can publish, for all | care, /
I'm not ashamed of my past life or
conduct, only in one thing, that is,
having any thing to do with so mean
thing as Cowen, and their insinua.
ions only show, that that mednness is