, 1881-01-11
THE COURTS.
Judge Barnum Trying to Solve an
Insurance Wranglo.
L. P. Farmer Charges crookcdncss Against Tho
Western Manufactured Mutual,
New Suits, Divorces, Judgments, Confess
sions, Etc.
An INSURANCE SyUANGLE.

AN INSURANCE W17ANGIE
4 lengthy bill was tita IN tho Circuit
Court osl tho 1t,., Of November Inst, hut vury
tho t,upire l1istlllitE Company, mid tho l}a-
tavta Paper Manufacturing Company ngat,,st
". II. Turner, Clinton briggs, Jesse Spahs~
i,,g, Hrorgu Il. Massey, W. a. Rust, Louis
Mcrkl, y. +. Crosby, i. y. Montgomery,
Join AlGrki. the Western Manufacturers
Mutual INSURANCE. Company, formerly tho
Northwestern German Mutual Fire-lnstr.
Mnee Company ut Chicago. tllc Filth Nat!oil-
III Bank, and tho Union Nntionnl lIank, IN
whEcl, II strange stury Of nllegct frnud IL
Narratctl. According Ia cnlnpaEnarts'
charges, OIL Tho 1.lli of Atatc!,, ls1, n.
Lu1ington. II. Whltheek, W. II. Turner,
!. !" PITTS, Clinton briggs: Y,
+ fear14,'sn' a1sns' "; n; fn l., Nottw,1cK' Snn,sI.'
Far,acr, and i j. il. % %'F"rswilcMk nj M Hel MSeting
company ui.ter. the ln're vi tl!e Western,
Man9asiussrs a1tna ' 1st'rancY .ct tcoIny; a;
yice-l'rrs1dcMt, E,rEsa:s Treasurer, ferguson
Secretary, and complainant. us MntlHHer.
After lilo usual nstlntfunrfcs the C!sMrler
s. was Ff and ;i9 t1e SxsE GSsay 9ISsa I a,Sc4s Gnsi;
"prctntetl nsrceilirnts for insurance which
were l0 bn cMtcrc.I into will 4tN applicants,
the premiums Ill which sln,i'h amount to
% rot less ts'.n Ssncoo. Of Whl;i, Saewo ot IT
nntcs Of snlvrnt PARTIES. founded oi net1laI
mil hnnn lille applications for insurance.
wGrn 10 Ile received ,nr thu ren.attnlcr." Ill
0ctnl,er. 1s;a, nm lxsc''ttyc % Committee wns
WIS ugrtGd TINT when the Insurance WIS OBJ,
talnc.l tile, Company should bu chartered
nntl tho insnrs.l,fe turned over to i.
a'sy rarfF a ts o,snu, TsI' To ms S'S a clonss f's
1850, when tho Executive Committee by
threats compelled him AIT! FerEllstlt 10 r.
sign tt,eis pnsl:louN. Ille Exes.liye Con'hit-
spiycd together 10 kfll tlle US set nnIMrl iis-
flint company, and fnr thu purlnse eu,lssYl Il
certificate g ee filed IT, thu office Of Tho Snc-
YSrFy o. sn'e c1a ssnngnS a ts "s Hsr. nf e
n,tre Co,nnany Of ChicuEo to that uf thc
Western ManiItoctnrurs' Mutual Insurance
Company. tINnferrtd tho nssets Of tho elt-
bryn cntnl.any t. thc latter Us i.aln.'safe,
yrs tl:at thu voluntary association ,a.l
ripene4t into II corporation, bnt cnrscaing
t1N in.t that It Wns INT iho corporation first
intended. Tle certificates Of tho voluntary
in ill., tic ,e''n nnwly ilu,ncti "Aiamufnctnrers'
Eiyen instcatl. Thls frnutulcllt Substitution
Of III ul'l company newly nanlSd for ting pro-
posed new corr0rntlnu, nisd tho tra'tsfer 10
Tho latter nf thn aErcements FOR i,ssnr'llce
wi,fct were nbtInetl BY .Fnr'l,cr for tho new
company, it Is ,cItargeil. Is greatly to tile
injury OF complainant. lie finds himself ell
t!rely ont III the cola lnw, with his .occupn-
lie llolts no stock or !nssrallcn iii tho nGw
c0ncer,l. llr ctnIins l,a hNs bren Erently
!lannified. III eone,!s0n l'o tasks tliNt SlHalt-
lng, briggs, 'tid Turner, rs members Ut tile
Executive Coynmliter. hny fH compelled to
stutc what nutcs, HloMcys, and 0tller nsscts
they transferred to tho lieWly-n1l1el COLL
pary, which ol right bglo:geA 70 tho ASst5c!a-
ton; tint THO lirstanA Union National 1'lnlis
Ing to tho former organization; that " llc-
cEivcr ,lnuy l,e nrrnlntcu Tor tile WestGrn
Manufacturers Insurance. Cnmpany, .nt tlInt
the DESCENDANTS n,ny bn restrained from d.
their prnpcr tlSe, or from issuing .al'A subst!-
tuting policies Iii tito new company for tho
certificates Issued by tho Assoclntton; that
the Insurance Company lnny hp restrained
Issued, or tra,lsacttng nny business Of any
kind Of from ,ssIn. tic nnino Of "Western
Alunufncturers' Mutual, Insurance. Com
pany.",and natly that l'egetycr may he n''-
Assneiatlon uni ulso Of TINT Of tho Insurance.
Company. u telnnrrary Injunction WIS
Eranicd hy Judge Darn,'n, ut tho time tho
" IN ~as liz '!S soti, Of November NJ, answer even
larger tllnn tho hlll, was iict i,y tlie Western
AIanufactnrers' Mutual Insurance Company,
n,nlfr,y @ aa .SoiLMWes.Grh tGlin4Mn ntM1HNl .
tvnsn,s GfWIt,ms s H. ue,fgs aa ao
MesteIll -ntmlthetMFers MnlMM! ii,sarNilsn
ii toI1iiiihy& & was ,, Gyer iorMct!,thnag' stel,s
tow;nfn H;t lnat W. atM WcfG tnKcli ny ratnltnGIt ntaIt
t,ia w" TX nHh"a rMstgr H.. .1G fa, ~ "bta @
tt Ky tGluiSit n a"u M!enlt1u1s, l n!t i.!et a'sl
!ieM: ~ ongmtnGt ton' MpRalG,M ID lie Au.
mn LIZ rG1sSa ii 'o ~ i'"ssmssS Mtsslt
'.,,s SM,nsHs MtI 'Hu ieKnt tta"t!Gt1Et!s'
Ma!!cn a!!cn lmi!l.iSs!eI Mha FG1Ms!. nph.;Wi,le,
| hrlEgs Turner, Farmer. l.!!ulngtol. Wilt
efS, t, .n!,G, n ssrGiso io tore s1'
a isfueo %sIsss syw sSfteaies
! ~ Wilch lh9So Mno ltnk insurance. nGcnile
assosiMtes Will tHn lf1Gs nnove llt''''Gt!. aIltt
| ,nlehttlliE ~ l0tlli tlo@hselyes lilto q
aM, 9.,,s a,uS. ,,.',, nh ,s, % n1EM Wv i Mus ..
,,,,s fnr lin" lin mmti i. txns tIlsca rvni tnr
want If ability. lsuIcntetl attempts wcro
nlutle after TURNER'S oustcr tt' nl,!cnl tito
nrlg,nal eNa,tsr W iilo Ut Springfield, put as
! Ill.