Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-13
SOME PARK MINING LITIGATION.
Contestants Over the Morgan Group
of Mines Begin the Ball in the
District Court.

The suit brought in the Third District
Court yesterday by Sheriff John A. Groes
beck in behalf of the Morgan Mining
Co. against George A. Meears, represent
ing several local capitalists, has assumed
stubborn triangular shape by both par
ties filing adverse claims against J. J.
Daley, who is said to be surveying claims
for patents on the property in dispute.
The present trouble over the Morgan
group of mines was brought about as fol-
lows: On May "a, 1884, Philip Morgan,
Gottlieb Schad, ]. B. Parry and Henry
Hirschman, the owners of the Grizzly,
Lizarena, Marietta, Benton, Lady Nor
gan, Danville, st. Louis, and several hun
dred feet of the Abbey mining claims,
formed a corporation whereby it was
agreed that Mr.. George A. Meears, for a
consideration of 5000 and one-fourth OF
the stock, should receive control of the
property for one year after the corporation
was formed, at the expiration Of which
time he was to turn the property over to
the company. Meears was given 81 900
and deed of trust to enable him to carry
out the provisions of the contract. Mr..
Hirschman denies signing the above con-
tract, or having authorized Philip Nor
gan to attach his signature for him, and
claims that Mr.. Meears never fulfilled his
agreement as trustee that the contract
was abandoned before May 10th,
1885, and it was considered void.
On the I'd of June, 1885, the original and
present owners of the Morgan group of
mines, considering that the Meears'
agreement had been broken, and no work
done on the property, formed a new in
corporation, with Simon Bamberger, John
A Groesbeck, E. NJ. Byron, Joe Barnett.
+. K. Morris, and several Eastern capi-
talists as stockholders, and gave deed
OF everything to the new company. Work
on the property was at once begun under
the management of Mr.. Bynon and
others of the company, which has
amounted in expenditures of over SIS. 900.
and resulted in considerable development
and improvements under the labor of a
large force of men.
during the new company's control OF
the claims one OF the incorporates, who
belonged to the Meears contract, is said
to have changed his base and begun a
series OF hostilities, resulting in steps
being taken to set aside certain important
claims. A case followed on several
charges, and instead of it being tried in
Park City, all parties were taken to Sny-
deryille, where it is alleged that the
Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney of Sum-
nit county did some special favors to one
'lde OF the warning claimants, which re-
suited in alternate defeat and victory for
The Morgan Company.
The complaint filed in the Third Dis
riot Court yesterday by Mr.. Groesbeck
mentions the contracts between the Nor
AN Company and Mr.. Meears, which are
sked to be declared void on account of
lefendant's noncompliance with the
,rlginal contract. The plaintiff also asks
hat the defendant be required to convey
o the plaintiff a full deed to all this
property, and that henceforth the defend
nts be restrained from. interfering with
he Morgan Company's prosecuting
ssessment and developing the above
roup of claims.
The property under litigation is valued /
t $4,000, and the title will be vigor-
usly contended for by both sides. Last {
vening Judge Zane granted the restrain j
lg order asked for by Mr.. Groesbeck for i
he remainder OF this year. Mr.. Meears /
as given ten days time to file an answer.
which the fight will be based. r