Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-25
CITY AND DISTRICT.



TIE SUIT 10 RECOVER Swan rnou SAND DOLLARS
on PRoAIssoRY NorEs-PLRAs Fn3n
Mr.. r Christy to-day, for the defendant In the
suit OF Moses Son agt George Taylor. to recover
G,i1s.4s on promissory notea filed certain pleas.
The pleas are 40 to the note OF April s5th 1884, for
$1la4 q, and are In substance: that for more than
eight years Immediately prior to the date he
{Iaylorl had many business transactions with Mr..
Noses that after the execution OF the note be was
informed that the name OF W. Il. MoseA . minor
son, had been inserted In the nrm name, but he
long period OF time W. b. Moses and defendant
mutually credited each other with loans OF money
s AND Sy raising money on joint notes. and By so
time OF making the notes In question the accounts
between them were unsettled. ana he believes II
indebted 70 him: that the note was given Tor the
accommodation OF Mr.. Moses on the express un-
Outstanding that defendant should not be required
70 pay u until there was q settlement between
them. he further says that he believes that Mr..
Moses Is indebted to him. and that the notes, II
as seoemeat were procnrSd through
nied as to the 5000 note.
THE SECOND SUIT
relates &c certain bonds supposed TO have been de-
posted with Riggs & Co az collateral, and which
1t Is charged Gen. Taylor disposed Of To this the
nrst plea Is Observation-Disclosures the second that the
assumption that certain bonds belonged
to plaintiff, and were not che property
Of o1o other hS,,.v.p parties; and he Informed
titled 10 them: that four Of them belonged to
Henry Birch, and Birch and Cullinane had noti-
ned defendant that they were the owners and had
made demand for them. The defendant furt her
states that all the bonds were delivered by Moses
TO him to conceal them from the owners, but
him who the bonds belonged to. but believed that
the ownership had been settled and they were the
property OF Mr.. Moses
FAYLOR's AFFIDA W.T. ABOUT THE BONDS
In his afi1davit Mr. Taylor says that since the
filing OF the suit by Patrick Cullinane that one
X blumenoerg, by false and fraudulent pretences.
obtained from him (Cullinane) large number OF
bonds, each OF them for 81 oO0 known as seven per
cent permanent improvement bonds, ana among
them the bonds sued on; that he believes the
Blumenberg or with full knowledge that the bonds
did not belong to Bumenberg,. and
for loan made to culiinane by BlumenoerS and d
Moses singly or Jointly; that by an agreement the
bonds were to be returned to Cullinane upon re-
payment OF the loan; that Moses well knowing II
not party to the transaction, took the bonds to
Bumbenberg In fraud OF the interest OF Cullln ane;
enberg absconded and did not return for several
years: that Mr.. Moses, then having the bonds in
possession, without the knowledge or consent OF
pose OF defeating Cull1nane's claim to Them and
lor that purpose he (Moses) induced Taylor
to take possession OF them so that he might be
able to say that he did not hold them II demand
was made for them Mr.. Taylor further says that
at the expiration OF the year in which Cuilinane
was entitled to the redelivery OF the bonds after
the payment OF the loan. the bonds were worth
nearly II not quite their full value: that Culiinane
was ready to pay back the loan with interest. but
after diligent inquiry was unable to ind the bonds
or who held them.
In relation to the bonds belonging to Henry
Birch the same statement is made. Mr.. Taylor
further says that he believes that Mr. Moses had
fuu knowledge OF the fraudulent transaction Of
Blumenberg. of the names OF the legal owners OF
the bonds and their rights therin at the time they
were delivered to him by Blumenberg. He there
fore denies the right OF Mr. Moses to recover, and
has Instructed his counsel to nle bill OF inter-
pleacer to compel the parties to establish their