New-York tribune., 1876-04-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.


THE PACIFIC MAIL LITIGATION.
SswER AND AFFIDAVIT or THE DEFENDANTS Il
NE HATCH sJIr-AR. HATCa's STA EMENls DE
NIED-ARGUMf NT BEFOEE JUDGEsPtIr
The suit begun by Rufus Hatch against
idney Dillon ana jay Gould to remove the defendants
rom aDv connection With the management OF tHo Pache
Mai Steamship Company, and meanwhile 10 prevent
e IN from taxing pant in t& agemeut came yes
tefday before Judce speiT superior Court, SPECIAL
trln on motion TO make permanent during the sut
sslrain granted with pdrte Orler to saoW caRse
AGAINST the defendants pteycntmc them from setting
serta!a suits against tbs Company, ana irJm TAX
NJ any steps toward putting tho Company
IL liquidation. IN his complaint Nj. HaIch
asserted tna The DEF ndants were 50 interested IL the
Union Paec Railroad Company that they were unh 70
% directors IN "a line which was IN fact HNai 20 tAe
falroaG and tljy were about 10 90 acts when mast re-
snit in the o. lie Pacific Mail Company. Ihe oe-
,udaufs have nut III an answey denying formally al
Tie charges The complaint cxccr ;hcir interest ID to
Union PacifJ Railroad Company, and in "cdiuen' Dill
ley Dillon has fed affidavit denying Spechca!b Ger
sin statemtrts He denies tlat l- Las prev MI
daich from seeing the minutes OF tie bO'ra 'l A'''E
,rs is monthly statements thc transfer booAS Oi 'o
-,npany os charged lie denies Ih1t the Yauo oi ino
stock has been depsocatcd by any Ir"N0'Aens ma"
Aqement o. himself or his co-tciendaui. he u'
oies tbat the civ taxes have been left unpaid
IN hermit an attachment on TIE Co'hiah! =
Atlantic steamers to be levied and sayS 'h' ne 'N
Law Gould out OF their funus PAD thoNe lN's !"
prcyep: that very attachment on the day heioTe MI
Hareb svore 10 his complaint, and tlot fact "s known
o. the plsintiG when le swore to his complaint. IL.
denies HAT tbe attachment by the Panama E1iload
Cmuauv was provoked BY the deiordnts 0E was ID co.,
seouonc. OF any fau acts 10y them o. lne eA'lse
that they had anticipated Faymru. oi 9jJ''voJ' WI
- nuTy,se of eInna f.tsSns the CohiT,nt. De- deh
s1,v .,r, ,urlo.c and SAYS 81 relieve cei'an
eteameis OF "a lien wIcd cOInpc.ieu t'ru 'u Il" f"V"
3 yeT insurance the steamers ar unucces-ay cA"f-e
lie deue, ibat ne Is inerystCdgu auy steamship COM
paay on tine Pacific opposed 80 tno Pac dc Man dhy'
u las transferred ans agents 20 the O,cdeh."l o,e'
IHip Company withdraw business iIjiu t"c io incI
.onpany, ana AYERS t, the cnfges oi Iai'' tat" A
made "a spirit o: malice against tAe H,.r',.iys ',it @
Wit tne design OF circulating false the
redit oi the Pacific Mail ste lnship Cohplny. So.
Law Cio!iI. the other fendant. MAKES "a Dri ahdaFlt
affirming the truths Of SI. D,lion's aliiaVii. ~, ,
Counsel Tor the defendants insisted ao(lh'I .. Jaw
that eie lct OF 1870 IorndNnS any Hrhc,o.l ~
ng the operations corporation, i'otl'nins any G'n
Ger OF a corporation rom tne perio ahce Oh ~ 'aI,
mn uOIice Of eight days was fatal 20 tlls HOuOl That
tie Company was auecos,5 part 20 ,lls s W y @ @
rcinOvaj OF some OF ITS ono Is an w If
directors called Or IN 10, ana thi Tue c4les i
thn complaint we're Iuy an comp sueS ,'d' &
pc po rc RESTRAIN the Corporation uut To cOhsFah some
o OF 'g o - NV ~ tbe act Of $50 sut thaf ay
itself umcOns ttOna IN that IL SuShj 10 o,iTlNO the
Supreme Court well as t.o Su clOr CUnr' ui itio O.
tne power conferred b. tac Revised statutes ana con-
hrued by the consuton& ~ .ailAeAt Ui i9v'' i lo
defendants having larger Interests ID i'u company
Eere unft to be directors Ot tbs company WAS mol
JuSge Fullerton. IN reply called attention to the de-
nand of the complaint ani thr WOrdUg n the Ortr u
IaJv cause ci ninz Luzt l. either were sIhitd tle
tompauy would De Substantially pafaNIed 5rtoic -lt
latch swOre to tine compliant he anew that tHe u.ch
,ufs lad paia from their js S'1OJO ana i33i'c
themselves personally liable iul $50 900 more Tor taxes
There was ,uit against RciieiG p irwin of ~
500 intr,istrd To b. Allen u. SOcSW,h l0f cs'r n
ion for "A purpose. That mOnct had been distributed
Ind t,at liiruse Lad bcel O1t iacd MT Hatch hid
.hoSen 10 institute a suit to recover It, l. Nih si nc'h
arrested for cmbez1!emcut IN ihHt msttei, anu u
mgIi he very important that Tho directors sAoa.d
.sVe the power OF compromising it ms company WIS
now engaged in le-audieatb struggle Wilu corpora
An of iIglty poweTs ana great ,ies NtO Ia sch
serug ge could tell what might hIi on IN Yen dysl i
banana Railroad Company had ATTAINED tWo slraIhshls
.rd prorcrty o. the Pacific Mail ste.u>nip COMPANY Oi
ths Pacific coast Within 4S LOIrs he dcicnu4hts hdd
int relr names on bonds for @79O0O0 ~ relieve th
,oulpany Were they then 10 bo led upt lie Suhhit"l
hat the by Ruius Hatch was hO 70 pitsciVe t'S
hat n Defendants hands were tud Tor one "eeA tc
tonpary must almost inevitably pass INTO tie Aah"s oi
ecSiYer. .......u.l
JnGe speir reserved his decision. j. seweil appeared
for ts!nlH; Henry Bennett and Nin Fullerton iof Ge
lsnudILS.