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OF the case, OF, in other words, that no Knows
his father-in-laV's claim is bogua. Ihe dec1ara-
tiop in the suit is also unique. At first 1t only
alleged specific loss OF $50 and some com
mon counts, g." us they are called, or general ale
cations left to brng IN e 70 nns
afterward, on second thought. fuller conclua-
ed to
STATE soME FACTS
as basis for his suit, and fled supplemental
declaration, as it we're, in which be speclues d1
ferent buildings etc. insured to the amount iea u u
3.250. Foremost among these Items ls
Woods Museum, in the old kingsbury Block,
on Randolph street, which was insured.
by two policies, to the amount. OF
$4,000. One policy for go, ooo was made 1a IN
own statement, the Company began taking any
risks. No. 81 Wabash avenue was insured ed Tor
a47. 800. Lalf-interest in No. 81 South Water
street for $4,000. and Nos. O. II, Is, Is, II. and
l9 River street for S18, ,000. large part OF this
property insured was. together with the lana,
Nothiug has since been done, and this case is
still pending.
There we're
REyEnA. HUNDRED SUITS,
amounting in the aggregate to over s6o0 oo0,
begun by various parties, on policies against the
nearly all these, Fuller. BY his attor-
neys, filed q plea OF general issue.
aud swore he had q good defense on the
merits. 4 few months subsequently,, all
these suits were taken By change Of venue to
different counties adjoining. more athdavits be-
ing furnished by Fuller to the effect thas the
inhabitants OF Cook County were so p1ejudiced
against him that he could not expect fair tr1at
here. Very few, however, of'these cases we're
transferred. transcripts we1e ordered in due
form, but never paid for, aud Col. Stevenson and
Mr. Gross will no doubt be glad to receive the
little balances due for those transcripts which
hare been lying unpaid for nearly tTo years.
Some plaintiffs, however, mindful OF the fable
of the lark and the farmer paid for the transcripts
themselves, aud Immediately had them dqckcted
in the proper county. Gould Brothers recently
recovered 3 Judgment against the Company IN
Dupase County for about $4,000. and promptly
filed creditors bill here, an execution thereon
having been returned. mo properly found"
Others will probably follow.
So much for the doings iu the courts.
OF OUTSIDE IMPORTATION
not 80 much can now be given. The Company
under consideration did q very small business, By
general reputation, at No. l16 LaSalle street. BY
the report fled viii, the Auditor, mentioned above
it will be seen that it employed no agents either
there or elsewhere. It also appears to have had
no employees but those in the ring. Not even
bookkeeper or clrek can be found who was
in it's employ. The Company nas generally
known as Fullers Company aud after the
fire every one seemed to look to him alone.
Fears were at one time entertained lest Lis sud-
den death would render the policies in the Com
pauy valualcss and not q few settled rather than
run the chances OF sucha disaster. In fact
Judge Fuller was source OF anxiety to large
nnmber. and many wero the inquiries concern
ing his health 1t is doubtful, however, whe1her
be would have felt greatly 1attered had he
known the cause OF SO much thoughtfulness IN
his behalf.
~. f,oroaor, .,,,aa. - ha c,,;afv +bA ch.,tar
o. Iae Copnns appsa; ~ ue su.ens ~ fns ~ "a ono
s' - ~, netT TIar - tha Gonnang ~ ascnra ;oa,
en1h Cs re ~ d ~ a.nsEtai vst,, r. S,1d;tor
~ d4f stnfe e rms morsroeo vas eiyen Aug II.
lsi;raa 1s;p, and included tue following 'anos ana
oouanss <e no 20 =, ca
q = e. pe e. s3 ~ a1,,s1 II ~ actes @"a'n m nco
M. * ,nI 1eY onincy strret and Nos. 81
m md = a2s Fl FTaaklin street buildings u insured
No. III Adams street Gbuildiug insured for
State street eo1nsr Thf1y-tiird {Ouding in
xa. se a. ana "a G,jumat .reaus tbutidinea in.
sured for sio.o00l. 1900
No. Hubbard court building insured for
8,oeo}. ...................... 5000
River street, Lot 9. Block 2 Fort Dearborn Ad-
dition (bul1ding INSURED a. p Soooo
machesn avenue Los naoen rers mn % aoo
NJ ~ south Water street fbnilduo i1snred At
s5Oo0]. .,.:,,,,,.,,,..,,, 1900
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Total vaIue Of land and buildings. oao
Insurance on buildings held by the Kn'ck- 40 .oo
erbocSRF-...-. .---..-..-..-...-..- .--..... aSrSto
This is tha only security deposited with the
Auditor ut Springfield for The benaft Of policy
holders.
As to recovering anything on
'fUL1ER's STOCK,
there seems to be considerable ttering evidence
to show that hc held the majority OF stock, on
which not to exceed 80 per cent had been paid
Although he said in bis ansrsT m s1h he had not
Aug. 81, 1870, in which he says that be, II: h.
Blake and George ". Fuller, composed q
majority Of the Directors OF the Knickerbocker
Insurance Company; that the Company
has capital Of 500, ,oo0, divided into
5000 shares OF S10o each, and that
$50 upon each share, amounting in the aggregate
to $3.50. 900, has been paid In by the several hold
ers OF the STOCK OF SAID Company, ana 6AQ
money has been paid in IN casn by the stock
holders towards the payment Of their respective
shares, and not for any other purpose
and it is intended that the same shall
remain as the capital of The Company,
and that the came is invested as required
By the Jaws OF this State. By the charter, all
Directors wore to be stockholders. Fuller was
Director, and hence must have had some stock
at least. He admits to hare been liable for
nf II and 71Yc In viii