, 1877-03-03
Merrit ladd's Assignee After the
Utica Cement Company.
Alleged Sharp 1'rnctice on the Part
Of the Lnttor's Counsel.
a Disgusted Democrat Pleads the Baby
Act and Wants His Money
Back.
New Suits, Confessions, Judg-
rnents, Bankruptcies, Etc.

nuutGT HltNlHoHat 10 nFslkaaEG u NLVltA %Sn"At
iied bin yesterday III the Superior Court againss
The Utica Cement Company, Merrill ladd. Prcsi.
dent Of the Company, @. u. kirtland. in sterc.
tosy. Mary T. Moore, William c. Grant, William
II. Swift Charles Kern. and william Fogarty. in
which he charges Grant anu Swift, attorneys. With
nome eharp practice. and asks for an injunction 10
prevent tho proposct halo this morning Of ecrtatn
shares Of the Cement Company belonging 10 Mcr.
ri radd. Complainant atntcs that in August last
1.adti owned 2,5ps out of the ,, 900 shares Of tho
CompanJs stock. Icing at tho time involved, 10
made a voluntary assignment OF his prop.
erty 10 complainant. This included !. 440
sharea Of tho above stock, the remainder
having becn pedgcdlso other PARTIES sceurIty. or
being then In tho namo Of MofrIl Ladd 4 Co. The
lawyers who draw tho assignment were Grant 4
Swift. and Swift since that time has been managing
Director ut the Company. They wcru also the at
torneys for the Company, md Of course were we'll
aware Of the transfer OF Ladlts stock 10 complain
mt.
On tho morning Of Feb. 10, 1877, complainant
went 10 Tho Company office 10 get tho stock trans.
fcsrcd on the stock books 10 him. Tic met thn
Secretary and stated his wish, but the latfeF refused
to make tho trunsfcf until he had seen hs nttor.
ncy. and until 1fr. Ladd was present. Richmond
then hunted up Lald, and they went again to tho
office and waited two hours for Krt!and. Int did
mud made the san1o request, but Kittfanl reft.sd
TO mahs tic transfer on the ground that I-add'H
eentou y M IN fsyot s' Of ssry I, ,oo,e ''' ' ="
Complainant then went to work 10 find ont the
fneta respeeting th!s levy. md ascettained that
SSf' Ssny 81 e ssy ws
n ssr 70 30 xn% :h
mond now chaigcs that after he made hIs ns.t de-
maad u Kirtana to 'tansier tls r.ock. &c hitter
and they then iuok steps to have The Sherin iovy
en Ladd's stuck before 1t could Be transferred.
Of flrnnt and swift, or Swift, to
tho shsriu. been advertised to b. sold
I'll. mo,nin te door q the nd
seais sr as; $4es s 'a
sosk 10 ,ss f seuoat II al bis etedto1s e CONF M
pslnant. ,,u, ,.
II ~ s 'n Il rs'9p Sd ssg sn
s6me Of its bonds lid by hin,. arant and swift
ihs Compsny'a lawyers, n,utle no defnnte, and
snpIoyed o.hst 'ss sttarnSrs. ~ af'er sxecntion hs
been Issued, hnd on mutton and atlldAvIts tho
s.s o % ss a."sns s sa g. saa f sn n
inent: lllshtnoad. moreover; alleges hat l1sfton.
Of ia.lls rtock, so that piesson BY buying II might
Sc sssssosts T iss 5 g hid ~ . ssass Ia ISfn 1
son - making ettong effort to get tha Company
intS h. laua. When haaa w.. lick n I"'y la%,t
acts whully under lis CONTROL nnd by his direction
refused 10 transfer TUG stock to comrlainant. Tho
pany IS Embarrassed, bnt by good manage
| incnt they may bucono valuable Richmond,
therefore. asks that tho proposed sale This morn.
Ing hay be skoppcl, TINT the stuck belonging
| 10 Ladd may be tnInssorrcd to him on tho tom.
panyfs books, mud rew certificates iesncd. Tbs In.
| Junction WAS Issued a. nskcd. bond for $500 bc.
| Ing frht given. Messrs. Cnrkson and Van Schaack
appeared fof complainant.
| 4 DitGusTED BETTER ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
| -- EIxcrEnN
netu99es .9s ~ ~ nonss ss
llehEY ft1tilCn 1lnuo kMD bcI4, OHo LOT @sJ3, tue
other for $780, with A Courtney Campbell a young