The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-05-08
II CHANCERY
State af Vermont KauB,aEt1n J1abtv
CYRUS A. EuHEErs.
HsauiuEtH
JAS b. AgAAlalitnN UnBHiy
WILLIAM "a. bAkNIM yAuu
ANp BANKER WILSON

Nh HkkEH WILSON
Hlptat the said Gurus Roberta al Nan.
chester boa tbu touHil q hauWrrtuu aua Ststp
I OF Vermont, has Dad his wa nt complaint and
entered the same u zald Court uf Dhancety, f1g
! said County al tho December Term thereof A
b is52 stating in Substance that The Legislature
~ Vermont in lSlt Incorporated tho Peru Turn.
pibr Company, with tHy right 30 building
[ tuupike from the east line % Manchester
Z nora i.-aastttiv Auruaa the taan - Winhzl INTO
{ the town u Peru, stance e i've mites, Wtb
privilege Of erecting 8 toi-gate thrfean, and
of i, maualnf aud receiving tgl Al specified ratios
I for travel over same. Which said company Nas
( legally organized and turupike Toad oagntfues.
I ta aud opened fUr travel about lslt. tall.Ra
( erected. and ever since received toll thereon.
/ lhAt tho stock Ui raid corporation c0Hsistp ~
/ tWu hundred shares ~ tho value 10 twenty ave
/ deilarH each, owned as follows oJNor owus
ninety aud uuo.half shargs lohu q Roberts a.
I Manchester three shares, aud William II has.
mum 81 Lime Rock IN thr State ~ Connecticut
/ tho remaining pur huudtcd sA sui Hnr halt
/ shafea, but thsl ubg ChhuBety Green has the
prett utltd ownership ut Que share, damps h. Me
NauEhtou ct i've shares, Charles Long one
I share. aud Baker Wilson one share, all 1T which
| said BaTuum iR fact owns. That 30 10 1899,
I said road Was Bauree ui great profit tu the
/ stockhalders that each stnckhOdpr hss tht
right TO eaat ah many votes al meetings Of the
| corporation as lac uRus shAre-, that the annual
meetings Of the company have always been bold
I 10 the latter part OF May 81 each year for The
purpose Of eectine olbeers sad ia May 1874,
/ said Hatuum was elected President, Baker Nlls
] pau Clerk ANA James 4, MUNaughton Treasurer
u said corporation. That an auuua meeting
was dull warned BY tho CLERK tt said tampauy
/ to be- held at Mills inn IN tie town ut WinhaN, on
/ MAY 25th 1872 at 10 O'Clock in thg furUuuou 10
elect aaiaerr. That only the orator aud John g.
/ Roberts aud Baker Wilson. aforesaid were pres
ent III pursuance 81 mii warming That at said
meeting John & hoherts, Cyrus A. Roberts Rnd
William II, Barnum we're elected directors vi
d &. ba IA
upon appointed John &, Roberts President aud
| Cyrus A Roberts Secretary and Treasurer VI
said corporation: That June 2nd, 1872, John g.
! Roberts as President called upon Baker Miltun
! CLERK OF said Company Tor 1871. and demanded
the books and papers 10 hs possession belong.
ing to said Company which he refused to deliver
| That orator as Secretary aud Treasurer % same
umaudod OF James u, McNauEhtuu, tlreaeurof
for lA7i,) all the papers ana funds ~ his poses.
| ion ar Treasurer which he refused 20 deliver.
That about June list, lsi2 said MrNauRhton aud
| Wilson pretending still to be Secretary aud
Treasurer Of said Company without any legal
| right, removed the tnltgate about one mile
east Of whore il had stood more than forty yegus
That said William II Bafnum, acting under
! firm name uf Haruum Richardson Company
about 1868 and 1869, purchased aboat two thous-
and acres OF wood and timber ia iowne Of Win
| hall and Peru, for the purpose Of making char
! coal 20 supply 4 Blast Furnace az Salisbury Con.
necticut, owned by said Barnum Richardson Go
That said Barnum Richards on Company BY
gaid McNaughton aaits agent ia 1869, built eight
| or ten coal Kline aud since same have been la
operation have carried over portion OF said
road aud through said tOll.gate, about two hum
dred Thousand bushels Of charcoal yearly That
| the rates Of toll on said road arc TOR teams of
two horHeH or oxen on wheels, twenty-five eentr
| each way, and an on runners, twelve aud one
/ lalf ceutB each way That III 1870, said Nc,
Naughton IN bchalfof said Barnum Richardson
Company built a large lumber min which has
| been in operation rinet the Autumn Of 1876 aud
! h.a aft III ma tfH
over said turnpike more than i've hundred
thousand feet Of lumber That large number
| Of wurkmou at work IN said business have daily
aud oftener passed over said turnpike aud
through said gate with teams from which alafg6
amount Of toll shguld be received, That since
the spring OF 1870, said MoNaughton, acting for
said Bafnum has had the full control aud man.
agement Of said Turnpike Company That some
time Ia 1870, said Mckaughton made contract
with said Bsrnum Richardson Company 10 man.
ufaeture the coal and deliver same at the rail-.
road at a stipulated price per bushe since which
time said MeNaughton has been solely Ia inter-
est az 10 the amount Of toll paid for doing said
business That said McNHughton acting Tor
said Baruum Richardson Company has had
large amount Of saw logs and timber drawn over
said Turnpike, AID through said gate for which
toll should have been paid, aud said McNaughton
1 and Wilson have almost daily passed over said
road aud aiat If fan toll had been paid by said
Barnum Richardson Company and said Me-
Naughton and those acting for them snd him
the tulr would have amounted ia each year 70
fourteen oF fifteen bundled dollars.
That sid McNaugbtun acting tgr himself and
also for said Turnpike Company has pretended 10
commute FOR the business done By said Btfpum
richardson Company and by himself over said
foud and through said gate AZ orator bstfNtn
iOr about two hundred dollars Hhefe u should
nut have been lgss than ven on eight hundred
4o.laIs anuuHy, buf that HB money has b,su
paid iutG the treasury Of SAID lurnpike Company
/ fBI rHiu communication.
et. r.ltt l.4HF ID INNS.
800 tolls can b. taasn for al iht lumber manu-
i4e.aled raid huNl, as ihr loHs 80 1850 iEe mi
a8aga Use gale and the laWurf taken aut btlaA
/ tnc gaze aua that said removal u Tie GatU Hss
4 made sa thut raid lumber buslutss might BE-
I dome without paying TOLL and elmo" ssid rsm04.
/ al uB taiis laya hssa received therefor
/ Ihat said AcAauRbtou ~ agclt iDf sad bar
nuH VI Buuum Richardson Company Ia 1870.
/ built % dam - operate ead mi!, caused tHs
water to rtt 5ack on raia road, aud raised thr
bridge aHd sAd road several ioei higher than
( ( tF we're before sud charged part " the az.
/ pouae therefor o. sald IufHilks Company, when
+ Iu reality The falsthR sald bridge aHa road Was
{ damage 10 said Turnpike Company, Thai sncr
said Bafnum hud MgAHUahiun have bad control
{ 81 Eatd Turnpike Company, the fgtd hes benin
/ bad repair tHat said 6chHuKhlph hAs procured
some WgfA 60 re done upon it bat neglected y
I pay iur the labor thereon, leaving the Turnpike
: Company m debt therefor.
1bat said MeNaughton ~ treasurer aud sti.i
/ pretending % be treasurer 90 SAID Turnpike Co,
nAs appropriated aH on aeafiy al the tolls fas
celged a. said toll gate 10 BIZ own business and
has not given bond 90 rtgHuty tyAaaegul far lar
/ t0ils received, and That it 81 doubtful whether
/ anything cen De collected ~ stld MehaaRbtuH.
T That . Fgid tois sore received AMI accounted
Tor said stock would pay more than tan Per rgHt
dividends, bat tbat since said Aleaaggbpoa, Bat
. uua sud Wilson have lad control " said Turn
pike taWrsng ihty hate PAID Da a3yiaelHa uu8
lhaH ls uY l4gngJ H iul urasuf9 #ul orators
etpaa isgI n9 vsi4e 10 Hlm A. aa sels Ha iuteieaI
gu sauses
And piuyiag t8al tus said James McNAbgb.
Z lgu, William u BaFHum aud Baker WilfUH be
apctse8 by this Court ~ deliver ~ afatgf TIE
books. papefr ADD f4ads belonging 81 said Peru
nfnpiaf Company, and aiiss grStat sHd IL
john Roberts B. aft as directors 90 sall tnH3s
pHH} and 0tat4t q ~ az stgttlRfy AAl irtasai.
. ~. and have The HsnsEUusgt ard control 81
saia corporation. aa1 thAt said MeAsaEl.t4a anl
EsfauW mas fsadgf 80 ar3uHi ~ 81. business
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