The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-02
ATTORNEY-GENERALs REPORT
Suits I'm which tho state is interested.

Governor the style and status of all the suits
pending to which the Commonwealth is q
party-amopg them the following, which are
on the docket of the Supreme Court of Ap-
peals: ar-a ."' ..' a
Barretts administrators Us. Common.
wealth. Miller's executor us. Commonw ealth.
Iu these cases it Is camedthat the legacies be.
auesthed by the will of tbelate William Bar
rett to St. Psurs Church Home and to Fe-
male Humane Association, and BY the Will
of the late Samuel Miller to the Lynehburg
Female Orphan Asylum, and to the Miller
Manual.Labor School, OF Albemare, are ex-
empt from the tax imposed on collateral in
heritances and SUGGESTIONS. Claim is based
on the provisions in the taX-'aws which ex.
empt from t,xation the property OF orphan
asylums or other charitable institutions"
Silliman us. The Fredericksburg, Orange
and Charlottesville Railroad Company. This
| is suit by persons claiming to be holders OF
mortgage coupon bonds OF the company,
| which they seek to enforce by the sale OF the
| property Of the company. .fE
THE HAUNsrEIN CASE, AGAIN. -
| Sands Us. P,ge, escheator, &c. By an in.
| oujsition of escheat found the 18th of May,
1868, the Attorney General says certain real
testate in the city of Richmond OF Solomon
Haunstein, an unbaturalized foreigner, who
| died without heirs, was escheated to tbe
| Commonwealth. The same having been adj
| yertised BY the Register of the Land Office
to be sold, Sands exhibited his petition,
Drawing that the Register be restrained from
making the sale, because be was the owner
Of the property by virtue Of a purchase it a
sale of it to satisfy Judgment obtained
against the estate of Haunstein since his
death, and at the time OF the inquest was IN
possession of the property, and because oil
/ irregularities in the proceeding OF escheat.
A summons to answer this petition, to which
the escbeator was made party, was made
on the 10Th of July, 1869, returnable on the
18th, wnen the court, without any answer
from the escheator, perpetually epJoined the
sale. Afterwards the eScheator filed bill
Of review to this decree. and the court dis
missed the petition, from which Sands ap
pesled.
Four or five criminal cases are also pend
ing in the Supreme Court.
THE PENITENTIARY.sPRISG LOT.
Goddin US Cross. This suit, in the Cir.
cult Court of Richmond, is to enforce tax
title against fourth Of the lot Of the Com
monwealth (uow in possession Of Cross, it:
agenU, through which water is conducted
for the use of. the penitentiary, and which j;
known as the penitentiary. spring lot. Three
fourths Of this lot were acquired many years
since by the Commonwealth by condemna
tion. The fourth part (noW 10 controversy
was the property, as slated in the proceed
| ipgs, of unknown owners. 1t stood on t1t
books Of the commissioner Of the revenue II
the name of Travis's heils. Frederiel
Anderson purchased il Of them and con
yeyed it to the Common wealth; but it still
continued to stand in the Dame of Travis:
heirs, and being returned delinquent tol
noB.payment Of taxes was sold. and Goddir
became the purchaser. and now sues ID eJect
ment to recover il. Ever since the properly
| was acquired by the Commonwealth it ha:
been used for the purpose stated.
/ THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CASE.
The States position towards the .Che$a a
peake and Ohio railroad suit, now pending
| In the United States Circuit Court, is thu:
stated:
"Richards us. The Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company. This Is suit to enforce
The mortgage bonds of the company by
sale of its works, and for the appointment
| of receiver, which appointment has been
made. The Board of Public Works inter
yened by petition (not having been made
party to the plaintiffs suiO, setting forth the
| States interest. Under an act passed Feb
ruary 2, 1850. the State guaranteed the
bonds OF. the Central Railroad Company to
| the extent of 10000, which are secured by
mortgage on its property. This is prior
| lien to all others on the works of the present
company {the successor of the Central Rail
road Company, and the State is holder also
| of the stoekeof the company (gentra Rail
road Company stock originally subscribed
more than s., 100000. The petition further
shows tbatthe Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road Company has failed to comply with the
terms Of its charter in adopting q western
terminus for its road different from that pre-
scribed in its charter, and in the mode OF
constructing its road 1t acqniesces In the
prayer that the property OF the road be SUD
jec,ed to pay its debts" .s s.,.t' i .5....j