, 1875-06-10
constocl1's Creditors Try a Tlnnls
Movement,
A Hundred Thousand Dollars Of His In.
debtelness Claimed to Be Void.
fhe Sisters OF Lorctlo-..Tamperlng with
Jury.
1damonts nnd Now Euito.


pbl1sndcr I1ickox, Bernard Fowler, @. II. Fomlor,
8, D. rosa, Mouton II. Foss, Chaflos q. Cooley.
]. II. Dwight, J. +. 0illo!t. II. W. Wilkins,
Thomas Whitney, snd j. u. Dutch, creditors OF
O.rincr +. Comatock against tue firat NAtional
Bank OF Chicago, d. II. Campbell, md Gardner
p, Con.stock. Tie bill II filed OIL behalf OF The
eompIainanta and al other creditors Of Conf
stock, and acts out that they tllod a petition III
bankruptcy fow days ngo against ComstocA.
On tho 2iat day Of May last Conlhtock, boinG In
dottod To tho First National lianh Of th,n
city In tho sum OF e22G,000, and hlsol-
vent, "a Ia alleged, Envo the bank war
ian. TO confess judgment for tho SUM OF
100000. with intent to Givo 1t D prcforcnc"
lud to ,lofeat and lolay tho effect and operation
81 tho bankrupt law. Tho bank, 1t III charged,
lad reasonable carHo to know That tho giving
OF tho warrant waa 10 violation OF tho Dank+
rupt act, but nevertheless, on tho 2Gth Of May,
i. onscrod mp Judgment by confession for tho
sum Of $20,127 against Comstock, aud caused
execution to 10 laauod.
Previous to this time. and about tho 9th Of
May, ComAtock lad givon thrco other judgment
notes. ono for s2ooD0 aud two for sic, GOO each,
to tLo same bank. Oh which 1t alao ontorod up
Indignant, Afay 30, for tho aggrei.ntc aum Of
t4tj 132.N0 In tho Unlto1 Staten Circuit Court.
E1ccut,ous haro boon iaauod on eosno OF those
Judgments md foycl on Comatocka intoreRt n
.nso' .na ctn,r uo,"'' IN tIo o1nratnrr and Also
ttnustccka Il iutorcst iu tho store Of Co,nstock Il
skinner nt Afautcuo; Also nil his Interest
In about 1,n00 btishcla of tttnotly Hoel aud
hainuvi,,., tn lin mt Manlnno. Kanknkeo County.
law wus alao n,aIo Of, ali CoplHtocx'a Interest
IN Al, elevator located on rairond land as Matte
son, Cook County, togcther Nth itB o1lco-turtl-
ahnnt mn hnp,eIs Of oats and j. .OD1 bushels Of
corn. which vas containod theroit,. Also on the
same nartr's interogt ia cor,l-crib containing
with their aprurtonanccs and The graft, IN thc1,,
Iii aituated at Aphkuu,, Itoouols County. Also
nn f!omstook'a intnrast in Diakesly 4 Compauy's
oioyator Ind tho Elajt, In It, two hay-prosscs
mules. ooru.crlbs and corn, otc., nll at Siotupnco
VsnKakoo County; aud also on the
lobtors interest III an elevator, u ware
Gr,,sn tIen corn-crjlIs, md ), 1,0Op
connty. Tlis uroperty las ali been advertised
for safo untler dc oxeeuttous.
Tnn co,nniaiuants s|so nlloee that the bank hsB
loyled Oh other property not mentioned above.
aud tInt II hnn Gog,u varpihh,nept proces4l,lss
a. nhlain thn nn,nt,,,t Of tilo iuicmonis. Thoy
fnrther nharro that on tho 10th Of Nav Com.
atock trnnsfefred 10 tLo bank largo number Of
notes. varoAouyo rceopts, and bills Of lal.ne All
sIu solys,'oy et IT tho timc And. il lie property IL
isss 1s. tnan n. t1 It's ysiao, % " " ~ '- '<'>'~1'
% Or Con Comstoeks M whole Indebtedness to tho bank
e1lo,ooo = m.do up Of discounts Of noteA,
tiiscnunt OF bilis Of cxclapge. or this amonut,
1,owcynr. il ia c]nimod TINT allt, ,Iog.9S
IA ,l,ernI and void. and cannot bo enforced by
INV. Tho hank olsima to hold collateral gectlti-
tiea Tor tho indoIteduosg, and Is converting
tnan, ~ yaat A. ,,osa;his ard reducing lilo doGt'
i,nt cn,n ,torrr thi,,r Tia hnInncn. whuteyor Il
NAV be. Ia nart Of tho illegal loau.
Tho complntnnuty tlcreforo ask TINT tho bank
may DO restrained rom further converting tho
i,nva tha lila Hssionco, whan snnuInted. NAV
In nilowoi to nroBoOuto the present suit; and
that Tie iudettodnesa TO tho extont Of Gill;
A9e' M NAV ho tfcclaroa nnll ard void.
Thts suit Is brought undor the section OF the
National Bauking Iaw which forDids Na.unal
nanka fron, lnauine to any one marty an amount
~ c.cood '"g ID ncr cant of It's capjtaj.
a. Ma lam to f,omstoc1, VIA 1914. az. IS. whio
lie Law oni7 sIloWed sioo, ,oo0, or 10 per cont on
Al n0f, f1j tho difYarenco Ia Claimed 10 bo lilo.
r.i' .nI. nY oourHo, II tbis position Ia aletanod
lie croIItors vii, be iu tho same ratio tho gaj,,-
ars. MnaHrs. Uiteicock and Dupoo appoar for
cnmplainnuts,
rux s,srtns nY 1onrrro,
In tbe Gaze Of tho Sisters OF l.orotto ys. Tho
.loiio bishop &c, Of Chicago, liz aIgumant oa m
,ns,erdev ~ H. H. Sentsof for tho Hsfcndsrt sa,
thsts AZ ihe Judge bad already tntimatod bis
nr,ntcn In shnufi mi n1natinto nj large an lis
viaw of tbs Csso. Judge Williams sud
ho " would oycrrulo tLe ploa. md
Ia v.s uJ nropareI 10 decide tho case for tho de-.
1Gpara 9aod Mthout tLa tntTod"ctIou nua Of fur
thnr cviuaure nnI tan diva was tharofare 1lypu
r. ~,,nh ~ sraytr
rnr nM1r.nn nANv1t1.. y1scEssrs RAILROAD.
In IL cass of Oaruod ys, Tho Cl,lca.o. DAN
villo 4 vlnoennes Tal.oNl Company, the do
me,s. ~ ,i,a Xii wn, cnnfcatcG at,I isave riren
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