The Russellville Democrat., 1878-06-20
COL. WILLIAMS, LETrER BE-
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More About the Suit Against Pope County for her old
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 LITTLE ROCK, ARK, June 8, 1878. Editor Russellville DEMOCRAT:
 see Tn the columns of the DEMO GRAF of June 6, a letter from the Hon. Sam w. Williams, addressed to the correction of erroneous impress sions current in Pope county as to which side of suit he represents in the U. s. Circuit Court at Little Rock, in which suit Pope county and her citizens have m interest.
 MT. Williams IS correct when he states that he is not on the side of John G. Stacy in his suit to enforce the payment of the subscriptions to the capital stock of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Co, and it affords me pleasure in this instance, as it generally does, to aid in the as- certainment and announcement of an attorneys REAL POSITION in cause. Such things ought to be generally and accurately known, and if an attorneys zeal and ability in long and laborious litigation have left the question as to which side he was on in doubt and uncertainty, he owes it to the pubic and to himself to state it. An appeal to the press in an emergency of this kind is no doubt appropriate. Whether the facts set forth openly and publicly would need professional endorsement is not so clear. There may, however, be cases in which this would be necessary and proper, and I should not have written this letter had Mr. Williams closed his remarks with the accom- plishment of his ostensible purpose by defining his relations in this case. But having rendered that certain and notorious which was previously obscure, he sees fit to impress the character of fraud on our side of this legal controversy. l have always felt profound respect for the prin. ciple of pulling myself up by pull. ing others down." but MT. Williams' use of thls fayorite means of popular elevation is too radical and pro. nounccd.
 He pronounces Stacy's judgment fraudulent; to this we enter our pro- test. 1st, because it is not true; and 2nd, because it's character is now pending investigation Tn a competent court. I was Mir. Stacy's attorney when the judgment was recovered and feel an interest in it's reputation. It was rendered by default against Railroad Company after due service of process on the President and Sec. retary. The amount of the judg' ment was ascertained by a jury oi twelve good and lawful citizens oi Pulaski county, impaneled according to law, upon the evidence of the Sec rctary of the Company Col. Gordon N. Peay, James Lawson. J. H, Haney, George H. Mead, John C. Stacy himself and the records of the Company, in the presence of Sam w. Williams attorney of said Com pany. MT. Williams was at that time fully authorized to have de tended this suit for the Railroad Company, but stated that the Com. pany was dead and that a judgment against it would be null and. void THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKAN sAs GAVE US OUR JUDGMENT, the jury merely determined It's amount upon the proof presented. Nothing but ignorance of law and Q blind concei, prevented MT. Williams from de lending this suit.
 After the rendition of judgment we find a creditors bill in the U. s Circuit Court to compel the non res ident stockholders to pay their re spective stock subscriptions or SC much thereof as was necessary te satisfy Stacy's judgment; we pur posely left the old resident stock holders out of the bill for the follow ing reasons:
 lst. Because they had paid 27I per cent on their stock.
 2nd. They had been released by resolution of the board of directors so far as that could be done, before the company became indebted tt Stacy.
 Srd. They had been dispessessed by . swarm of non president stock holders who took possession Of th, t<x r