, 1875-07-25
THE WOMAN'S HOME.

BUTT TO DEFINE IT'S CHARACTEh-
4 lengthy bill was filed in the Superior Court
by Seth. Willie, sud Lizzie Paine, and Fannie
LIE Petrie against The Woman's Home, Elmira
Paine. P. W. Gates, J. Y ScAmmon, A. G.
Throop, ". q. Ryder, Gurdon s. Hubbard, and
George ". Gage, asking for an account and
injunction. The complainants state that Seth
Pane, sr., now deceased, in January,
1866 conceived the idea Of organizing
cooperative institution to furnish females
with = home and living at i fover price than
they could procure it elsewhere. and yet ut q
rate high enough to give him, t'as proprietor,
patron, and manager, just compensation in
place Of profit" He accordingly bought two
lots and caused to be erected q building which is
now known as 1.-THE Woman's Home, " at No. 189
West Jackson street. In carrying out this prof.
ect, Paine incurred debts to the amount Of
e20, 900 or more. and complainants aver that be
used funds held by HIM in trust for
them, in paving those debts. In
1857 he WAS instrumental in obtaining
the passage Of an act by the Legislature for the
incorporation OF - Unitary Homes" and some
attempt was made to form d CORPORATION under
that act but it is alleged that the effort was not
successful, because Paine, who. by the way, ia
complainants' father, did not comply with its
terms. Stock certificates we're, however, issued
to the amount Of 527, 600, of which Faine re-
ceived $4,000.
Some time in 1863 Paine, P.'W. Gates and
others who had been interested in this enter
prise, had meeting and elected so-called Di-
recto1s Of the so-onited 60 eorp9rntion, 1.-The
J.:Youug Scammon, A. G. Throop, ". H. Ryder,
G. S. Hubbard, and George ". Gage. It il a.
legged that no Board OF Directors ever legally
existed, that no such corporation was ever
issued, and that the only value Of tue latter is
merely az a statement Of the annodnt of trust
money used by Paine. Tho latter expended the
most OF his time in the interest Of the - Home
up to, the time Of his DEATH which
that his labor and skill WAS worth for that tme
the sum Of 10000. and that the premises we're
worth $50. 900 in all at the time Of his death.
The buildings it is also stated we're Chiefly erect
ed with the trust funds OF the compainants or
with voluntary contributions made by persons
interested in the enterprise not with VIEW Of
holding stock or to ISSUING any liability on &C
count Of tho Investment Paine it is claimed,
never intended it to be an eleemoBynary 1nsti-
tuition, but partnership or joint ownership
business.
When the founder died the principles he wished
to reduce to practice were abandoned, and the
Home" retrograded TO common boarding.
house." and a advertisements for any and al
classes OF boarders have been inserted in the
newspapers without any reference to the design
Of the institution" or the class Of women it Was
designed to help.
After paine's death letters OF administration
we're taken out BY his wife, and appraisers ap-
found" An inventory WAS subsequently filed
by the widow which embraced the ninety hhares
Of stock in the Home" The appraisers then
ret of the Widows award, and, as there waa no
property from which to take it, she, as adminis-
tra.rix, filed petition asking that the stock be
sold to pay the award. An order was therefore
made authorizing the salo to be made,
ana hxlng to-morTow as the time. To