The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-02
SIZED As STOCKHOLDERS OF THE BANK
OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
W HY SUED .
wHATBusrNEss MEN THINK OF lit
WHAT THE STOCKHOLDERS SAY.
A RICHMOND DBANKING-HOUsE WRITES
TO THE SHERIFF.
THE COMMONWEALTH SUED IN ANOTHER
CASE FOR THE SAME AMOUNT

ance on the streets OF Sheriff John w.
Wright and bis deputies armed with great
bundles of subpnnas in chancery against
hundreds Of our most prominent citizens.
Upon inquiry rs to the cause of the commo-
tion we were informed that William Fl.
Scott, a member of the firm of Branch Il Co.,
of Augusta, Ga; William B. Isaacs, Will
liam G. Taylor, and John G. Williams; under
the firm of William B. Isaacs Il Co, bankers,
of this city; G.. Beatty Graft, of Baltimore
r. S. Allen. formerly of this city, and son oil
the late Joseph Allen; John Johns, Jr., a
LAWYER Of this city; and William Blyne, OF
Baltimore, had instituted suit in the Chan
cery Court of the city of Richmond to re-
cover about s1OO,OOO from the stockholders
of the Bank of the Commonwealth.
THE VICTIMS.
The following is full list Of the names OF
those who are politely asked to come for
| ward and pay the CHIN which the plaintiffs
set up in this suit-viz.
r. Allen, Joseph r. Anderson, Archer
| Anderson, Robert Archer, Robert S. Archer,
James nj. Anderson; Mary Z. Alvey, exc
| cutrix Of r. 7. Alvey, deceased; FL. E. c.
Baskervill, j. w. Beveridge, L. j. Bos'
sieux, Robert Fl. Bosher, Robert B. Boiling,
Oliver Burne; Robert p. Richardson and
Erasmus Taylor and Robert f. Williams
| and Edmund L. Pendleton, administrators
| de bonis non with will annexed of William,
| Barrett, deceased; Fanny II. Bayly, admin
| istratrix of Samuel T. Bayly, deceased; Will
liam s. Burt, Orange Bennett, J. Wilcox
Brown, Jerry Boyd, William F. Bland,
Matthew Blair, Robert Bland, S. Fl.
Boykip, John J. Binford, John A. Bel
vim. james G. Brooks, James B. Brooks,
Mary E. Brown; J. Wilcox Brown, survi-
wing trustee for II. Parreneau Brown; NJ.
Beazley, B. Becher, D. Ii. Chalkley, j. c.
| Courtney. George X. Crutcbfeld, James
| Ii. Cox, j. D. Cardozo, George w. Carroll,
Uobson Cox, Robert Coleman John B. Cren-
shaw Qhe personal representative OF John
n. Gordon, dcceased); o. 6. Clay, Paul A.
| CLAY. Ambrose Carlton, Fl. A. Claiborne, o.
| CruuZ, Paul G. Cameron, Rosaua E. Clay.
ton, Henry Cannon, J. Motley Folks, j.
II. Fox, George NJ. Fleck, Joseph Gold
smith !; s. B. Hughes, - Caldwell and
| William 4. Thomas, late partners under the
| firm of Hughes, Caldwell & Co.; J. NJ.
| Booker and D. H. Miller, personal repre-
sentatiyes Of j. Herl, deceased; +. d. james,
executor of Hector Davis; n. DevereuX;
Samuel L. Dove, surviving partner Of him.
self and A. i. Archer, deceased, late part
nevs under the style of Dove & Co.; James
| Dunlop and Thomas w. McCance, sur
yiving partners of themselves and Ii. W.
Moncure, late partners under the style
of Dunlop, Moncure d Co.; Isaac
Davenport, Jr.; Isaac Davenport. Jr.,
and Robert Edmond, partners under the
style of Edmond e Davenport; &. Doggett !;
Donald and - johnson, late part
| ners under the style of Donald & johnson
| J. B. Dupuy and --- Mckenney, partners
| under the style of Mckenney y Dupuy
Samuel +. Harwood, administrator Of Alex
ander Dudley, deceased: Andrew l.. Elicit
| and Clay Drewry, partners under the style
of Elicit & Drewry; James NJ. Estis, Jacob
n. Hoehich, Henry X. Elyson, j. Fl. Fox,
S. d. Fisher, James B. Ficklin, George Glib
son, J.P. George, William II. Gwathncy,
James II. Gardner, William D. Gibson, l.. j.
Grant, William +. Gray, Benjamin c. Gray,
Mary L. Gardner, R. 3. Gilman, Andrew j.
Ford, w. w. Forbes, George A. Hundley
| William L. Howard, Boiling W. HaXall, r
B. Haxall, William Ii. Haxall, James Harden
George |. Herring, Alfred T. Harris; Il. u
Higginbottom in her own right and as eXecu
trix of Mary E. Higginbottom, deceased
| Ann F. Haryie, Emily Harvie, A. +. Har-
yey. +. H. Habliston, William j. Hawkins.
| Charles HerndoD, James C.. Hunt; A. F.
Harvey, William A. Armistead, and John
81. Williams, late partners under the style OF
Harvey, Armistead & Williams; Mary T.
Higginbottom, d. H. Harrison; Abraham
Harris, executor of Henry Harris; John IL
Harris. administrator Of Henry harris
Francis B. Hart, E. Il. James, Henry James
L. 8. Jones, A. G. Jeffress, Joseph Jackson,
| l.. D. Jones, James King; David ID. Lee
trustee; James A. Inloes; Elizabeth Hirsh,
administrators Of Abraham Hirsh, deceased
Robert G. Kent, William King, Benjamin f
Ladd, james r. Kent; Charles Millhiser, ad
ministrator of j. MilihiSer, deceased; R. w
Lawson, A. S. Lee, James e. Lipscomb
Thomas W. McCance, William j. Mil.
Ter, William q. Miller, William III
Mccarthy; Moses Millhiser, surviving
partner OF himself and j. Millhiser
partners under the style of Millhiser 4
Brother; Il. II. Meade and T. r. Baker
partners under the firm and style OF Meade q
Baker; DR.. William Meredith, Il. L. March,
N. c. Manson, Joseph Micholer, J.J. Morgan
Thomas G. Massie, Thomas J. Morrison &C. 7
Morriss and 4. F. Morris, executors OF Rich
ard G. Morris, deceased; James q. Mos!ey
NV. Maddox, E. o. Noting, N. W. Nelson
B. Fl. Nash, James Newman; Wllllam
Ould, Jr., Isaac overly; c. w: turGeiI !
trading under the style of G. W. Purcell g
Co.; John K. Price, Samuel a. Patterson
Laura M. Pope, Elizabeth b. Pope, II. s.
Powers, Thomas r. Price, DR.. Thomas Pol
lard. John Purcell. James Z. Purcell, George
s. Palmer, John NJ. Patton, Jr.; N. ID. Rag
land and WIN. 2. Ragland, late partners under
the style of Ragland S Bro. Z. F. Ragland,
William j. Ragland G. E. Price, eXecutrlS
of Thomas r. Price, deceased, and JACOB
| Hall. Jr, who were partners under tne
frm aud style of T.. 4. Price d Co; Samue
| B. RagIand, George Rires, Joseph Ryiano
B. F. Rixey, Josiah Ryland, e. w. Roy
| Franklin Stearns, T.. II. Skinker, SIS SUD
lett. Il. B. Somerville, u. L. Straus, William
| B. Stanard; George W. Smith and T. W. Har. +
| wood. partners under the style OF Smith q
| Harwood; John T. Sublett, E. Straus George
| s, Summer and w. T. Staples, partners
under the firm of w. T. Staples & Co.. Johr
| T.. Shields Fannie Sraus, admlnistratrlx o.
| e. Strsus, deceased; Robert c. seiden; Jonl
G. Spots. surviving partner OF hlmsel1 ana
John q. Harvey, deceased, trading under ths
styIe Of Spots & Harvey; w. w. Timberlake
John IL Tyler, Wilson q. Thomas, james Al
Talbot. Charles Talbot, John F. Tanner
William T.. Tanner, James FL. Tanner, Mrs. q
Thomas, William A. Thomas, b: :I.Ilnsiey
James Tbonas. Dr., w. w. II. sThaxton
Samu eI Tuns,alI, Z. B. Price, w. G. Strangs
and Mary G. Strang nge,,. Thomas rs. Savage
YirUinia Fire and Marine Insurance Com
papy. q corporation chartered under the
laws OF Virginia J. B. Wood, D. s:.Wooi
dridee. Reuben NE. West, B. l.. winston
:Tohn 81. williams, John s. WEXFORD James
Woodhouse and u. ID. Parham, palfners un