The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-08
Continued from September 9Th, 1879
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE

| COMMISSIONERS OEFICE,l
/ RICHMOND, November 20, 1873. !
Present /. r. PAGE, ESQ. attorney for plaintiff
| JOHN M. ROBINSON. ESQ, witness;
/ ROBERT GUILD, ESQ. witness;
| P.V. DANIEL, JR., ESQ, witness;
%% e Essx; a. e. nt'ys fvraef'ts
REUBEN RAGLASD, one OF the dcf's.
John NJ. Robinson having been first duly sworn
| deposcth and saith rs follows
| First Question by John Lyon, ESQ.,, FOR defend
| ants Have you or hive you not read. either In
he answer Of Reuben itngland died in this cause?
| Answer: have; both.
second Question by Same: Are you or are You
| not the same John NJ. Robinson mentioned and de-
scribed in said Raglands answer rs the President OF
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
| Company. and other companies?
| Thiru Question by Same: Please stale fully and
In detail your whole connection with interest In,
aud knowledge of this suit, or the subject matter
thereof, whether personal or Official, us private
Individual or officer Of any one or more OF The
| corporations named In Il. Ragland's answer above
| referred TO!
| Answer: I have no knowledge of the reasons
which actuatcd the Messrs. Brodnax and others to
nstitue these proceedings except fro IN hc:lrsay.
| My connection with the matter Is only a loan OF
money 10 McsSrs. BrodnaX, Us appears set lorth III
the deposition Of Major l. X. Page. Ny Interest IN
the matter Is official only In belief thai II was 10 Inc
senlcd, or ma, be of the TWO of them that an In.
vcs,igaton should be made OF The management OF
| the Petersburg Railroad Company rs being possibly
the best defence that might be made In view OF me
| assaults made upon their management by the Pc
tersburg Railroad Company, or It's managers ana
the suit was not ut NY Instance, either lndiVioua5
| Fourth Question by Same Didyou or did you not
| as President of the Seaboard and Roat oke Railroad
Company enter into and execute Il scaled contract
with the plaintiffs III this suit. touching the same,
| or the subject matter thereof?
| Answer: The Only agreement entered Into, or
executed. is the exhibited In the deposition OF
| Major Page. ,
| Fifth Question by Same: Produce the original
and not copy, OF the agreement re1ereu 10 Ill
your Last answer.
Answer j: / have not got the original, and at this
moment do not know whore Ii is.
| sixth Question 10y same: Have you not wllhli
! YOUR knowledge. or under your control, either rs
private person, public officer, through or by
Yourself, your agents or attorneys, an Original du-
plic.tc OF the agreement between the plaintiffs ana
yourself, whether Official or personal?
| Answer: believe that ,here is The original or q
duplicate Of il in Portsmouth, or Baltimore, when
can be produced if lime Is allowed To obtain II. IL
Is not IN my possesSi Oh In kichmond.
seventh Question by Same: DO You NOT Know tne
fact from the personal assurance or Mt. Ltgh X.
Page, your attorney and counsel, that he mas In inc
city of Richmond duplicate original OF The agree
Answer: Major Page has just left the office. I'M
dcrsa nd, TO obtain Ii 10 be produced here. 81.
by Counsel for Rngland Mr. COMMISSIONER SSH VIII
please, by consent OF parties. suspend the Willing
OF The dispositions until Mr.. Page returns with the
original duplicate of thc contract referred 70:
| BY Commissioner Major Page returned before
the above MEMORANDUM was finished.
| Eighth Question by Counsel for Ragland Can you,
or can YOU not, now produce and idehtl1y as schu,
inc duplicate original OF The agreement reicrfea
Answer by Johh NJ. Robinson: produce this pa:
per. being the one Major Page went in search Oh
and identity tia an original duplicate.
| 1The witness here produced The paper above re-
ferI.d to as an original duplicate and Identified the
same as a genuine, original duplicated
Sinh Question by Same: Mr.. Commissioner,
will Won please ALLOW the defendant and his counsel
TO inspect the paper just produced before you by
Answer 10y Com missioner: Mr.. Page has placed
| the paper referred to In my hands TO be SHOWN 10
the counsel for the defendant Mr.. Raeland, ana 70
Sir Ragland himself, for their Inspection only, anu
for no 0hcr purpose
| Tenth Question by same: In whose hahd"rl,in ny
Islhe written agreement produced by Mt. LeRA H.
Page, 1T your instance, for Inspection Uy Tie ue-
PENDANT Ragland and bis counsel?
| answer by John NJ. Robinson: ltisin the hand.
writing mostly OF clerk III my employ; some OF II
Eleventh Question BY Same Has your clerk either
a name or Il local hauitation! If so please STATE
Answer: His name Is Emmett Brown. Tie live:
)" TwcIfth Question by Same: Please indicate how
much of said copy is in MIR. Browns handwriting
and how much IS IN Your hanawrlllg ~ tno socon,
line of the first page TO the word of in the mlli'
OF the fifth line Of the first page. The writing Is Is, IL
my hand. At the beginning OF the twentieth ,im'
on the third page To the end Of the twenty IN Inc
of the same page the writing Is in my hand. In'
March are in my handwriting. The words .'th,
seaLolrd and Roanoke Railroad Company by
auu my signature, are in my handwriting. Inc res
| of the paper Is in the writing OF hmmct Brown.
| Thirteenth Question ny same: In whose hand
| writing Is the duplicate original In the possession
the Se;board aud Roanoke kailr9a1 company ,t,,
| Answer: could not reply TO this qhcstloE Win
| out referring to the paper
| Fourteenth Question by Same: VIII you produce
and file that paper as soon rs you CAM using ioI tu
purpose all your telegraph and ralrcao' ana steam
answer: will produce that paper as soon rs
can conveniently obtain H.
Fifteenth Question by Same: Please name thu
dav on which you will attend here with said writer
sgiccmcni 10 be- tiled and submit 10 be examined IL
| 4 witness about II --
| Answer: cannot name the day That will be con
vcnien, for me to appear here with that PAPER
will produce 1t as soon rs can conveniently oo
tain it. ,..,,,,
Is I'm the ONCE OF the Seabuard and RoaEOkc rail-
| road company, at Portsmouth or Norfolk, Va, Oh
in Baltimore, Md, or do you Know, ihdeea, WHERE
tits! A., a,
Of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad company a
Portsmouth, but it may be III Baltimore. Ii Is some
time since have examined 1t or seen IT, ana II ma.
| be ut eli her place.
seventeenth Question by Same: Was there, or wa:
there not, In fact, more than one original agree
ment signed anu sealed on behalf OF your company
was there any written az reemGHt Other than tn:
particular paper lett with Peter '. Daniel. trustee
| Answer {: here was no other agreement than inc
one of which original duplicate has been TO- DAY
EighIcenth Question by Same: Was that agree
mcnt in fact executed, signed and sealed In dupli
cate, or was there only one or WrlllhS contain
ing the agreement? Can Dir. Iase pro
| duce two tA ecuted SimuItaIi.
| Answer: Mt recollection l. agreemen
| was executed simultaneously; e that cal
produce the other original duplicate, and will DO SO
| as before stated.
Nineteenth Question by Same: That being YOU
belief, when will you undertake. PREMISE ana en-
Answer: will produce that paper as soon as
/ IT., ,aih ~
! anu engage to do 1t within q week, month, or /
! year? ,. 49, ,
| yenien,;y do so-moss probably In Il weeks Time.
Iwenty-tirst Question by Same: The agreemen
produced by Mr. Page purports to hays be.n sxe
by the proper authorities OF The scaooard ana Koan
5 oke Railroad company. Can you, and VIII you pro
weeks lime 10 your last answer, official and lega
evidence, in writing, OF your lawful autnoritty u
make said transaction on behalf OF the eeaocar'
fQuestion objected to by l.. X: Page, ESQ: eounse
for plaintiffs, as irrelevant aud impertnemt. 80 49,
| Answer: Inc agreement speaks for itself, ana m.
right to make il viii be ouly replied TO before an.
question that might be raised before roper libu
nal. do not propose 10 produce my a"'hor''s
Ia. Tweuivefrst Question by Same: The dsfendan
Reuben Ragand denies the lawful right Of tne eet
board md roanoke Railroad Company, Dy ,tS sLock
holders In general meeting, or by It's Board OF ID
Ieclors or by It's President or amy other oflcer o.
officers thereof to make with the plalntins OF an an
other persons any such contract, bargain ana sale
or agreement, Is by the witness now under exam
ina1Ion pretended ana set up; and said defendan
Kngland calls for and demands the authority unde
anu by color of which the President OF salq com
| pany has presumed and undertaken 10 act, That ~
| may know who is responsible 10 him and the re
tersburg Railroad Company. which ne the said Rag
land represents, for damages for what ne alleges !.
| he a malicious and wantun assault upon the credll o
himself personally and the company he Represent
| MS aforesaid Please exhibit or dSavow saia pre-
| tended authority. ,,..s ;,
| This question and preamble are both objected z
as immaIerial and pertinent by counsel Tor PAIN
| tltfs. ,