The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-23
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FULL TEXT or 7HE DfLL ~ PRE-
sENTkD Nv 7HE CIRCUfT COURT
or TINE UNITED STA res.


A 49,
Circ,is e,e.se - a. ,,.,ssa stntee.
.@I1sST
~ ths Hon?fnble Judgcg Of the CifcYit Court
Qf Lculsiapo SisSip9 IN equity:
Henry Da P0pte, Cf 0n1yg4tcn. and citisen I
h4 btHte oi Tcs ~, brinAs thle his bill on hi9 on
ers - mee .juin him herein. against tho Louis
lone btepe LOTTERY COMPANY eOrpCrAtlOn ore
als9 under and BY yirtne u !hc laws ol the gtat
x Louisiana, And dQpiciled IN th9 city Of Me-
Orleans and 9t!tg 81 Louisiana, and wifhil th
+. Howard citizen bf the btAte Of Louisian,
u. n. sherman. Joe p. Hornor and ---- b0nlle
met Direct9rs of said Louisiana State Letter
Orleans, 9thtq uf LOUISIANA within the jurisdic
tiOn of this bonQrpblo Court. 9Dd thgreupQi
your orator complains and says; th:t BY oct No
~ gf tho BtAt0 statutes 0S 116y p4seod ACCORDING
70 tho c0nstltution Of the bnte of Louisiana, tn
Louisisns htats I.one[y COMPANY w.s incor
osg. 81 sC she.s eeas PFC ssS
wore lsoScrs BiYoSgr. 1sssis 4. frwip. Sssii
Consldins, Charles H. Murray. r. r. Wilder
Charles r. Howard and r. n. Luckeu
That tho objects and purposes Of said e0rpsrA-
tion were " carry on what le comm1niy known
Ms the lottery business: thht ~ tho trOvieiQng 81
said act the said incorporates rqpe 00est(tuegd
the first board y direct9rA epd mn were er1-
that Ii was proYiied thaK "a s. o1fd ak6ald sqTsg
fyr two years. from JhNW~tv 4, A. " fsds MI 81
which Will NOR. FULLY appear by reference to the
charter q said nssoeate aerea referred to-
Your orator ayers that he il n stockholder In
the said Louisiana State l,ottary Company.
u said oompany n which shares hs % now " appear m on
tho books 81 snid company. IN tlie name OF I. \.
serrell. z resident oi tne city ot Now Orleans.
literal security for loan oi money To this com
plainant, anu that as eueh sharoliolder your
orator Y entitled to all the profit, and rights
proper ion to the amount OF stock owned 10y him
IN said association.
Tho said Board Of Directors. said directors
elected Charles. I, Howard President OF said ~.
sCc,iation. ,. and that he has conti9ved N ,1 thnt
%S directors 81 the s NESTING s @
to thomselv,w eight hundred aud fIty shares
each 2f ne cap,t.l stock q sid a%ssocia,on %
although no amount whatever ~ paid for said
stock by eaid directors, and In addition thsreo.
e s"a sIIea x asass to M S aid ss,
stock. tho saino appearing snd represented "a
full paid stock; th. said Morris nnyar having
paid any ap2nnt whatsver f9r tbe s,.id stock 60
aforesaid flrs! noeting. or soon thereafter: con,
stituted said Morris one Of the directors OF said
tho aggregate. appropriated and allotted a.
aforesaid. amounted 10 six thousand eight hun
drsd shares
he IL informed and believes. that tho remaining
1900 SHARES 81 stock were tnksn Ivy the aforesaid
board of directors. or said Charles 4. Howard.
~ President Of said Louisiana Lottery Com
pany. aud distributed by them as full paid stock
To divars persons unknown % your complain
sn! s the said M ock never having M bsen originally
's sad fsoa eorspt eSs0 tho
sad proossdin I'm - % being s"s more , pacarly r "a the tho
possession of the officers OF said corpormion
and OF Charles +. Howard, your orator is not
make due proof OF thom tho Trial OF this
cause
Your m orator further e@2mplnins @ apa ayers tha,
= sd % ss o. oc esfess H. a hl 'oayd s
Charles IT, murray. being thon directors tors con, ON
conferIing, profits and sdyantase. on tho said
detrimsnt enl injury of other shareholders.
originated and natured fraudulent scheme by
..ntering ,,inty pretended contract with
said contractor. With .hs right to carry on tho
= BUSINESS oi said eorporation i2r and during the
ne isaisaSs s,"'e Lottery Company. NJ s'a1"i and By
ors, said Morris and Murray. al the time Of sss.
cutting said contract. being directors Of said
company. "a your orator IL informed and verify
FACTORS associated with themselves tho said |
Howard. who waa then dir.ctor and President |
Of said corporation; Tint all tho business of said
corporation was carried on under satd contract, |
and II WAS agreed TINT the contractors should
pay scmi annually W the said corporation. one
hall Of the net profits arising from the business
under said contracts.
Your orator Hsotr that IN or about tho year |
1871. the said Howard and Morris. being still di- |
roctors Of said corporation. BY an agreement |
made with Murray and Simmons. respectively |
became the sclr trncflcfHries undtr said orig
nal contrAt. and bDyo continued to appropriate
% their own Nahe aud benefit all the profits eocru.
ing TO the contfartors. ttH stipulated In said con
ract.
Your 0rascr ascrr that he is informed and
sorily believes that from the time said contrRt
~Hs made tg the proAant time. the said contract
Drs have ace1esi about ehfes million Of dollars
or ono hall Of which they have accounted 70 tho
,aid corpO~wliCn, the other half to-wit ono
milton end haif y dnllsrs. 0ool they.
ne sara HGvoFu ana morris, have r.ta1n.si.
'laiming n na1 ,ns riYnt 70 retain said profits
'rising out vi tuo VusIh.Ss currlol on under
ma illoget end protsnnvd contract.
I0ur OfAIor bsctr tnnt he ~ tnformal aud
'eriiy petewS. inAt WI OF the Aforesaid ON.
rarts g are i9 A snH Oppression ~ and under The CON