National Republican., 1881-07-09
THE =. NJ. C. A. CONTROVERSY.
The AssOcintIon Asks an Injunction
Against tbe stock Company.

AknNuHt tne AtOCA company
The controversy between the Y. NJ.
c. A. and the stock company owning
the building assumed now phase yesterday,
Mr., n. D. Mussey, in behalf OF tho association,
filing in the Equity Court bill for an injunction
ngalnst the stock company, which was ordered to
DO returned the 18th inst The document states
that the defendant company was created as an
auxiliary to the plaintiff association for the pur-
pose Of erecting suitable building for the meet
ings Of the association, with hall and free read
ing room and library for the employees Of the
public Departments and citizens Of the District Of
Columbia. In the year tho building was
erected corner Ninth and D streets, known as Y. NJ
G. A. building, in which building the association
has had It's Offices, rooms, &c, and carried on Its
meetings, free reading and library, the dcfond
ant not maintaining any such reading
room and library, the work of the
association being I'm the firthcrancc Of the religion
moral educational, benevolent purposes of said
c1rporators There has been n controversy be-
tween plaintiff and defendant for several years as
to their respective rights aud liabilities to each
other in respect to said building but the plaintiff
has paid to defendant certain rent for use and oc
cupation ofsaid rooms. For two years prior to the
l. Of last April they paid an annual rental OF
5000 monthly in advance, under n written lease.
At the expiration of the term of said lease plaintiff
remained in occupancy of said room and paid ut
same rate for April and May last During May
plaintiff received from A. S. Pratt, secretary OF de-
fendant company, copy of a resolution adopted by
theboard ofdlrocors declaring theirintcntlon bin
crease the rent to 81 200 from July 1884, to 1st of
March, 1882 The plaintiff association informed
Mr.. Pratt that II would endeavor to secure other
rooms rather than pay such increased rent, and de-
fault was made in the payment Of the rent due
June last. Negotiations were entered into to en-
dcayor TO obtain some adjustment Of the points In
controversy and the plaintiff through Its board OF
managers, adopted a resolution demanding state.
mcnt Of account from defendant declining TO pay
rent unless such statement was made, and deter.
mining to hold the rooms until assured by counsel
that in moving they would lose rights they have
enjoyed under the charter of the joint stock COM
pany. The plaintiffs prayer for an injunction asks
that the company during pending Of this suit, Its
officers, agents, and employees, and each Of them,
be enjoined and restrained from interfering with
the free use by the plaintiff association OF the said
rooms for the purposes OF said association or with
their furniture, books, &C. and from preventing
the plaintiff from having access to the rooms as
before said 1st day Of July that It be ascertained
what the indebtedness Of the plaintiff association
to the defendants is and what pecuniary damage
the plaintiff has sustained by reason OF the aforc-
said illegal acts ofhe defendant; and that decree
pass for the payment OF tho balance found to be
due from the one TO the other.