Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-03
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ing for the more startling and salient
points IN those histories and biographies
so there are in the history of the htiga-
ton Of this Territory many facts which
the future compilers of that history would
fail to find upon the record. The private
memoranda Of the judges the itigants'
the attorneys. the coart-brokers and other
cotemporaEeous personages must be pa
,iently and sagaciously examined, COM
pared, and put in connected and readable
shape, before the world will be fully post
ed as to proceedings in Civil Cases In
the Courts of Justice in the Territory Of
Nevada" as the same were conducted in
the " dark ages Of Silverland. No sin
gle case would serve to give complete
and lucid idea of the general system Of
practice; but if one were to be selected as
such an example, that Of the Chollar Co.
rs. the Potosi Co., would. perhaps, an
swer as well as any upon the Calendar.
This celebrated suit was commenced In
December 1851, tried twice by a jury, and
finally decided in the Supreme Court, in
January 1868. Judge Mott, then on the
bench, both in the District and Supreme
Courts, showed remarkably strong bias
in favor OF the Chollst Co, and incurred
the suspicion of belonging to that Com
pany. In the Supreme Court, Judge
Turner wavered for some time, was pull
ed and hauled by both sides and finally
went for the Chollar. This did not end
the litigation. Outside Of the ground
named in the first judgment, the Potosi
had found rich chimney which was also
claimed by me Chollar. To succeed in
this second controversy, the Potosi must
get rid of Mott, and in his place secure
"a friend" The story of the $25,ooO
paid by Atehison. of the Potosi, to Judge
Mott, and Judge Motifs resignation, has
been ventilated for days past in the Viz
ginia papers. Motifs resignation was
kept secret in the Territory until the APP
pointment Of North. North may not
have known. who "persusded" Mott of
the bench, but he knew whose influence
put himself on. Since his appointment to
the bench, North has been to the Potosi,
what Mott was TO the Chollar. -
The Potosi company have never been de-
MED anything by Judge North which they
have asked at his hands. In 1858, several
cross-suits were instituted between the
Potosi and Chollar, relative to ground
east of that formerly owned by the Choi-
lar Co, but not yet reached for trial. In
March Of this year, both parties applied
for iniuncdons. After hearing, North
decided in favor of the Potosi and granted
that company the injunction. This de-
cision surprised nobody who knew the
relations existing between North and that
company. It was in the Supreme Court
that the fight had to be fought. The
Chollar company appealed, and in April
the case was argued and submitted in the
Supreme Court. 1t was universally un-
derstood that Turner was for the Chollar
and North for the Potosi. FThe Grass
Valley company was in some way mixed
up in that suit and just ar that point
comes in a story thar our authority does
not warrant Us in asserting the truth Of.
1t is rumored that the Grass Valley COM
pany had secured the services of Judge
Turner. by the payment to that funcsuary
in cash. exclusive Of brokerage, the sum
of go, 900. This chsrge, we are satisfied,
cannot be directly proven, although the
recent expose of the accounts Of that COM
pany show that vast sum Of money has
gone sossepAers and cannot be accounted
for.l North and Turner being therefore
a dead " stand of" the whole strife was
for Locke. At different times both par
ties supposed they had him." but his
stupidity and want Of backbone rendered
all contracts doubtful. North and Tur-
ner both piled him for their respective
patrons. The night the argument closed,
and while the Chollar side was arguing,
North declared himself "too i'll to sit .
and the argument closed. Within half an
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hour afterwards this sick and fainting
Judge, with Locke and two others, start
ed for ride to the Lake, distance Of
sixteen miles. This {" queer break fol-
sick man filed the Chollar folks wit
blank dismay, and two of their attorneys
and two other friends gigged up a
team and started in pursuit. stating
that they wanted to see who the
brokers Of the Potosi were, and, II
possible. stop negotiations, Soon after
arriving at the Glenbrook House, VIM.
N. Lent. heavy owner in the Potosi,
and supposed to possess heavy financial
ability, accompanied by J. s. Henning,
came along (aecidmtatly. Of course,) en-
roat, from San Francisco. They APP
peared somewhat astonished at finding
the crowd so badly "mixed," and made
but short stay. After that the Chonar
party took possession of Locke-had a
big supper at II P. NJ, at which North
ave heartily for a." sick man. The num-
Der of hard-boiled eggs reported by our
informantto have been engulphed in that
invalid stomach is preposterous, and shall
not be repeated in these columns. Locke
Is said to have turned himself perfectly
loose-got as drunk as a, boiled OWL
stood on his hesd-balanced himself on
the small end of champagne bottle-and
did all those things which a jolly old
Judicial acrobat might. could, would. or
should do, when relieved from the stiff
and stern trammels Of the bench. They
|" didn't 90 home I'LL morning, till daylight
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