The Evening critic., 1882-01-19
CHARGES AND COUNTER CHARGES.
a Very Serious Matter Involving
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a Very Serious Matter Involving
Title tc Real Estate. &c.
Mrs Margaret J.. Paschal on Tuesday,
through her counsel, fled bill in equity
against Mollie NJ. Main, alleging false rep.
rosentation and fraud. Mrs. Paschal
owned lot 10, block 6, on Meridian Hill,
and ON December "a, 1881, she was told that
notice had appeared in one of the daily
papers of this city of the transfer of this
property. She caused the records to be
searched, and found that on the 10Th of
December, 1881, there had been recorded a
deed of conveyance, purporting to be by
Mrs. Paschal TO Mollic NJ. Main, who was an
ontirc stranger and II person whom the
plaintiff had never seen, in consideration of
the sum of 5000. Mrs. paschal declares
that she never made any assignment deed,
transfer or conveyance of any kind, Of any
property 10 Mollie NJ. Main, and that
she has. never had any transaction
of any kind either with her or any one
representing her. She alleges that the
decd If not a forgery, was procured by the
following Misrepresentation:
On or about the 10Th of November, 1881,
she conveyed three pieces of property viz
sub lot s, square 40; sub lot 30 square 9)o
sub lot IS, square 3lA, in Washington, etc,
etc, TO Henrietta O. Marshall, and the ac-
hHoNltubtuitEto Ntit ttktU DtlOIt JANUS
A. Main, notary public, firm of William II.
Main h Brother, who are not parties to the
suit, but whom she charges are closely re-
lated to the defendant; and aiterward
James A. Main presented other deeds to
Mrs. Pasclal. alleging that they conveyed
the same property to Henrietta o. Mar
shal, as those previously signed, but
they should have been of uniform
date with certain deed given by
n Marcl,o11 10 l,o al a;
therefore it was necessary to execute other
deeds, which deeds the said James A. Main
represented those presented 10 Mrs. Paschal
to be and identical in every respect except
as TO date with the frst deeds signed. Mrs.
Paschal having no reason to suspect fraud,
or to doubt the honesty of James A. Main,
executed the second deeds without exanin-
ing the body Of any or either of them very
closely and charges that if her signature
TO the deed is not a forgery, but does APP
pear TO the alleged conveyance of lot 10,
block 6, Meridian Hill, to Mollie NJ. Main,
that it was procured by James A. Main in
fraudulent manner.
The Answer TO the Charge.
The answer to the above was fled yester-
day afternoon by Gen. S. S. Henkle and
Mr. J. Parker Jordan, solicitors for the de-
fendant, and is to the effect that Mrs. Pas.
chal well knew when she swore to and filed
ncr Dill Oh COulpltluU tndb Tue Sdlne was
untrue and that she either did not know
what she sworc to or committed willful
perjury that the plaintiff did not know at
the time of swearing to her bill that she
had, by decd duly executed and for valu-
able consideration, conveyed all her right,
title and interest in and to the property to
| the defendant; that she had, therefore,
entered into an agreement under seals with
| the Main Brothers, upon certain conditions
| 1
pressly declared were performed upon the
pant of the Main Brothers, to convey in fec,
with perfect title, the identical property
which she described as lot 10, block 6.
This agreement was drawn by George w.
Nelson, signed by both parties and wit
messed on November 10, 1881. The defend
ant declares that ut the time above given
the Main Brothers were indebted to her
| and to avoid circutous deeds caused the
conveyance of the property to be made to
1 her i'll her own name, which is the deed
recorded and referred to in the bill of com
plant. The answer further charges per.
| jury, in connection with the Marshall
property mentioned above The defendant
claims not to know anything about the
transfer of the real estate TO Henrietta o.
Marshall, but has been informed that il
was done at the instance of the counsel OF
| Mrs. Marshall.
had to raise Il certain amount of cash, ana
as she had already executed the deeds tt
MAJ alshall, she could not raise the money OIL
these lots, and Mr.. Z. Il. d. Mayne sug
gested that the deeds of this property b,
surrendered to her, put the title again ii
her hands and she could then borrow thu
sum wanted. This was done and it wa
then that the deed of trust to secure thu
loan and the three other deeds conveyin:
the property to Mrs. Marshall were drawn
and executed by the plaintiff At the
same time she delivered to the Main Broth
ers her deed for lot 10, block 6.
The defendant AYERS that if there wa
any fraud or Misrepresentation in the draw
ing or executing of the deed, it was done b,
the counsel of Mrs. Paschal. 1t is ais
false, as she believes, that the plain
tif"s signature is forgery, as the hand
writing is clearly and indisputably that o
Mrs. Paschais.