Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-30
THE BL0DGEC CLAIM.
A suit Entered for the Possession Of II
Large Tract Of Z and i'm the City.

Suit Entered for the Possession Of n
Large Tract Of Land i'm the City.
Yesterday afternoon Messrs Hndebrandt. Nor
r1Son and Hildebrandt filed bill for Iortn Rodget
or Philadelphia, against Ulysses :. Grant William
b. Todd. James 4. Harold. John b. Alley. William
W. Corcoran, George w. Riggs, John A. J. Cr,s-
well. James Donald Cameron. Citizens Building
companYof Washington city,a corporation; George
s bearing, Thomas Z. Waggaman, Charles NJ
Matthews, William z. Particle, the Washington
Association and United States Insurance company
corporation, and the unknown heirs OF Elias H.
Caldwell, deceased. The complainant claims title
TO a tract OF land covering i've hundred acres.
which Samuel BIodget. Jr, owned. The suit il
brought by L. BlodSet as trustee for tie heirs of
BlOdget. and the bin sets forth that John
Warning was, inl:9l, the owner OF certain prop
erty known
THE JAMAICA TRACT.
which was conveyed 10 the commissioners np-
pointed by Congress to lay OF the city. on the LIST
day OF August 1871, before the tract divided I'm
lots and squares. John Warning conveyed TO one
Philip Richard Fendall the whole OF said tract sub
lees sss 70 the said trust on the sd day OF January,
consideration OF the sum OF s9.2o, sold 10 Samuel
Blodget the whole OF Jamaica tract, subject TO the
wards fully indorSed, recognized and approved the
said trust, and received from the said commits
sioners conveyance in pursuance OF the terms
tnereol, 10 certain lots and squares OF land TO
which after the establishment OF the said city and
the street and squares thereof. he, the said Bod-
get was entitled, but not TO all TO which
he was so entitled. that afterwards he con
veycd certain or the property 20 Elias r. Caldwell
10 oe IN turn conveyed TO such person or persons
and for such interest estate therein as the presI-
dent and secretary for the time being OF the Wash
ington association and the United states Insurance
been made in trust TO Caldwell for the purpsse of
establishing and carrying on the said association
aud company. Caldwell was the mere trustee OF
the legal title. and required by the terms Of the
: ny
the association and Insurance company and pre-
sented 10 ha for execution. It Is charged that the
insurance company proceeded 10 business. and that
they issued their stock and that IN consideration OF
the CONVEYANCE they issued TO Blodget s35l,79i
worth or stock.
The plaintiff claims that the affairs OF the cor
poraion were never closed up. but remain In an un-
settled condition to this day, ana tnat the title IN
the real estate remains In the heirs or Elias u.
Caldwell, he having long since deceased II Is also
charEed that a large proportion OF the property
IA mas oeen sold for taxes: that much Of 1T
He further charges that the object of the trust deed
from Blodget TO Caldwell wholly failed. and that
he should have. as trustee for the heirs, recog-
nzance, &c He asks subpoena tow. w. Corcuran.
the city or Washington. and divers other persons
named above who claim TO own or possess the said
lands or any portion OF them, and that they ana
each or them be compelled to answer this bin OF
complaint and specifically 10 forth and declare 10y
what right title they and each of them hold said
lands and what amount is held by each OF them
and the amount OF rents, ISSUES and profits col
ected and enjoyed by each and the amount OF taxes
Mnat being expressly waived, and that the said
washington association and United States In
Surance company, and also the unknown heirs or
Elias B. Caldwell. be notified OF the pending Of
these proceedings, according TO law, and that a
receiver be appointed to close up the affairs The
said association and COMPANY ana the rights of all
persons interested may be properly ascertained and
protected; that trustee may be appointed in place
OF the said Caldwell TO carry into ful execution the
SAID trust as IL may be decreed by the court
THE PROPERTY INVOLVED
The property I'm question fS SnuarpS 15s IN 1go
parts 61 and 16a part LIS, LIS to 1872 I92 1os ~,
to 2i2, 2S 10 ai3 and parts 2i5 and north OF aii %
to $50 6 to BIB 33i to 33s 36l TO BOG, 3s3 to 39s, 4ls
TO 42 AL TO 49, AS to 49, 7 to Sill 5l9 to 52 SD
to $50, and part OF LeDrOt Park.
MEMBERS OF THE BAR DO NOT ATTACH MUCH IMPoR-
TANCE TO THE CASE
The entering OF the suit was not entirely unex-
pected by some members OF the bar For some
years past the manager for the complainant w F.
Boogher, had been eSnming records &C., but IT was
thought that he had given II up. The members OF
the bar generally regard the present suit hardly
worth attention, owing TO the long lapse OF time
ana no notice OF claimants having been given. and
are inclined TO treat the motion lightly only On
this account, but because they say II the case was
mer1tortous the action should have been at law.
WHAT Mr.. ". W. CoRCoRAN'S AGENT SAYS.
When STAR reporter asked Mr.. Anthony Hyde,
MI. Corcoran's agent. to-day what there was In the
Blodget claim, that gentleman smiled and
observed: II have not read the bill and know very
little about It. Ihave heard such a claim talked
"Are you not afraid Mr. Corcorans properly In
that section Will be swept away?" asked the re-
porter.
sNot much" said Mr. HYDE, "these transactions
took place before came here, in 1s4S. So 1 do not
know much about them. 1 know, however, that
Mr.. COrcOran and the other gentlemen interested
would not have put their foot ia it unless IL was
Safe.'
"Then. Mr. Corcoran has owned this property
since 1882" said THE STAR reporter.
"les. Since 1Si5 think, and before that IL was
conveyed think. by Bicknell, Bodget and others.
There were number Interested"
slave any papers been served on Mr. Corcoran:"
o." said Mr. Hyde. "If the plainttf has to
serve copy OF the bin on every defendant. 1t Will
be rather expensive job for him"
WHAT Mr. B. II. WARNER SAYS OF THE CLAIM
Mr.. B. II. Warner says: ~ have heard OF this claim
for years, and obtained the opinion of an eminent
lawyer some time since regarding il. consider IL
an attempt 10 scare people into paying a little
money for peace OF mind. a man does not like 10
have the title To his home attacked, ii there is
nothing In the claim set up against t.n
II Is stated that this claim was offered TO Mr..
Corcoran several times, and he refused 10 buy It.