The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-16

!. Represents among these. he paid 1oh1
Burke, Clerk Of the Superior District Court
his costs iu the aforesaid suit against the in
dividual directors: although said Loan an
| Pledge Association was not party to tn
'uit: and therefore, not responsible for tn
costs. and if it had been party. it was
defendant, and not liable for the cost till tn
final decision Of the suit, which is vet unds
cided.
That he paid John Ray $3.50. who wa, tn
attorney for +. c. Mahan, the plaintiff, in sal,
SUIT. making the Loan and Pledge Association
though not defendant, pay the plaintiff.
attorney and if it had been a defendant. no
liable, in the State OF Louisiana, for the fee
OF the attorney Of plaintiff
That he paid Alfred Shaw three hundred
and fifty dollars for imaginary services as al
expert that other illegal and improper fee.
and expenses were also paid by order Of sale
hawkins, amounting to ST., 1000, with the per
slstent purpose to ruin petitioner by the ruin
OF said association, as will appear by list 0
SAID payments to be produced on the trial Q
the suit.
Represents that the said Jacob Hawkins
Judge OF the Superior District Court Of parish
OF Orleans, had no jurisdiction over the LOAF
and Pledge Association in issuing the illega
order Of seizure Of all its effects and
property. That the said Jacob Hawkins
had no jurisdiction to appoint a receiver
Of All association not before the court
over which he presided. That the said
Jacob Hawkins well knew he had
no jurisdiction in the premises, and was actu-
ated in all his actions, as hereinbefore set
forth, by M alice and i'll will to said associa-
ton, and to petitioner. That when remon-
strated with by petitioner, the said Hawkins
| replied to him, "you (meaning petitioner)
s. have oiyap yorr money To Major Now a
rebel lawyer, who has held me up to ridicule,
and this is what you get for il" Although
the said Hawkins, in confessing the malice
that moved him toward the attorney of petit
toner, as an excuse for violation Of his Off
cial oath, we'll knew that the only ridicule he
had been exposed to, by said attorney, was
the ridicule that followed the reading Of said
Hawkins, judgments to the Supreme Court
| Of the st tie, with view to have said judg-
ments reversed.
Represents that said Urban in all his acts
and. doings as Receiver had no authority Of
law in his appointment, as Receiver, by a
court without jurisdiction, and can claim no
exemption for any Of his doings by virtue Of
said appointment
Represents that said Urban combined and
contederated with the said Hawkins to enable
him to carry out his spitetul purposes against
the said Ass ociation and against petitioner
that he, the said Urban, might derive the
emoluments arising from his office Of Re-
eiyer out Of which he has already made the
sam of ten thousand dollars.
Represents that the said Wood, while hold
in the office Of cashier Of said association,
ensred into the combination and conspiracy
| OF %e said Hawkins, and the said Trban as
| afoleaid for his own selfish purpose Of
brealng up said association and forming a
busllAss built upon its ruins. That in pur-
suit olsaid purpose, and in aid OF such com-
blnatla and conspiracy. the said Wood de-
livered'p to the said Urban al the property
OF the ssA association, although petitioner, as
President commanded him to hold said prop
erty thaNhe assisted said Urban in opening
the locks IF the vaults Of said association,
although oaered by petitioner, us President.
not to do Sd
That at Ne public sale Of the pledges be-
longing to sd association. ne prevented a
proper olddif by procuring parties not to
bid against M, giving them a consideration
therefor, to thend that he. the Said Wood,
might obtain Il property and pledges Of the
said assoclatlont nominal price, and begin
himself brsines Of a like kind to that con-
Quoted by the ssociation, a. lie has since
done IN the esa4 shment Of a pawn brokers'
shop in the city New Orleans.
Represents thatby this combined action
on tie part Of thee hid Hawkins. the said Ur-
ban and the SO Wood, there remains
nothing left OF thence prosperous business
OF SAID ASSOCIATION And it no longer has an
existence save IN aliempty title. That peti-
toner has lost his ote Of President, and the
salary thereto attachA and has been utterly
ruined by the brealin up Of said association,
the loss OF his stock, al his means Of liyeli-
hood, which were aertd entirely from said
association.
Represents he is now citizen and resident
of the State Of MlSslsslhi whittier he was
compelled to move by hi inability to remain
with his family in the ty Of New Orleans;
that the directors of said ,sociation are John
Lockwood. John NJ. BurcAdt, J ohm ". Hill
man, r. H. Wood and peioner: that John
Lockwood and John NJ. Archardt are no
longer residents of the Ste of Louisiana,
and that John w. Hillman leclines to join
petitioner or to authorize an, legal proceed
ings. and II. H. Wood is onpf the defend
ants herein, SO that it is i'm ssible that the
Loan and Pledge Association d proceed as a
corporation, in yindicatlon ofte rights as
sailed, as herein before set forth
That petitioner cannot call meeting of
stockholders or take any steps thatever to
secure any corporate action, ia Il premises
for the reason the said Hawkins as decided
that petitioner and ali other offers Of the
ASSOCIATION were Invested Of theiAtfces. by
what he termed the action Of Il State of
Louisiana; that said Loan and PAse Asso-
citation was seized by the order offs court.
and there were no officer, Of said agitation
and no one had q right to do aiming to
represent said association and that \ effort
Of petitioner or Others 50 to act v. Id be
punished as contempt OF court by b..
Represents. that petitioner is the pAcipal
holder Of the stock owning at thtime
the transactions narrated occurred ,ree-
fourths Of the said stock. That A. G. Dou-
Won, a stakeholder, has been paid tor DOR
, ton Of lis stock ten per cent above itspar
value. BY the said Urban, acting under Ger
of the said Hawkins to prevent the said 'e-
nouvion from taking any action in the r.
misses looking to redress OF his loss,
caused bv the action of said Urban and HI
kins, so that petitioner institutes this actl
as be is obliged to do, in his own name,
recover compensation for the losses he hil
incurred, by reason Of the unlawful combina
ton aforesaid Of the said Hawkins, Urban AM
Wool 1;roctod orainsf said Loan and Pledo