The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-13
The Gaines Case.

The Gaines Case.
Under the title of 1.-The City's Incu
bus" the Item made the follow ing re.
marks about the Gaines case:
Mrs. Gaines body lies a-m0lderIng in
the grave, but her claim goes marching
ON.
Yesterday the United States circuit
court issued another sweeping order
against the city in the famous Tor infa,
NOUS, as opinion goes Gaines ease,
SEEING sum Vt money which was 5
covereJ-as city property not otherwise
appropriation possession of the Louis.
lana National Bank. The court gener-
oslsly accorlS credit to the municipality
for such of the SeO>9 % as NAV remain
after all the fees, costs and expenses for
taking possession thereof have been de-
Quoted, but reserves plaintiffs rights
u proceed against any further sum
which may be ascertained To lie in the
possession Of said garnishee."
How long. oh Lord. how long must
the city bear this terrible incubus this
dire threat against property interests,
this bar to investment. this estoppel
upon employment here of taxable capt.
tai: What are the city's lawyers doing
toward securing speedy removal by
the Supreme court of this crushing
weight. Is there no means Of getting
the suits on appeal advanced: Shall We
Ia. forced 10 pay in detail. yet find in the
end no appreciate dimnution of the
constantly swelling aggregate: While
lawyers are proverbial for not killing
their goLlen-egg geese, the Item has had
great faith in the attorneys assertions,
that this enormous burden could IN
shunte,l from the backs Of our taXpay.
rrs. Yet in costs. charges. interests,
,tc.. the amount is steadily swelling,
while pay ment is being enforced. Tan
legal ingenuity devise no plan SD tie fast
the break of the cormorant
Every word our contemporary says of
this case is true. IL has been an intoler.
able incubus aud burden ON this city for
half u century, a constant menace and
u,rcat. haml~rng the city's progress
and advancement. preying upon il and
its property holders.
Born in illcgitimacy. Ruled time and
time again ont Of court us AN absurd
claim, this case has ruined every one
connected with it save the courts and
tn. lawyers. No one will ever know
how much it has cost Despite the tens
of thousands of dollars which the Gaines
Judgment has WIRING from the city and
those unfortunate persons who happen
III to buy part Of the Clark estate. the
claim today is larger than ever before.
A frarl from the first, it should never
have received the recognition of u court,
il has been twice satisfied already, but
still grows Justify. Lawyers, charts,
court fees Of every description have been
added in it, and such sums as the plain.
tif succeeds in seizng from time to time
make no impression, for the charges so
on as before. IL is impossible to wipe
IN, the claim cut, impossible even Ia
reduce il. Each year sees il larger AMI
more threatening, gobbling every cent
Of the city's money That can be laid
hands IN. yet the more it devours, the
more it hunGers Tor.
Il there no wayof escaping this incu
bus, no way of relieving New Orleans,
from her horrible burden. all the worse
because we know that Mrs. Gainrs'
claims never had any just or legal
foundation? Are We to go on with this
threat constantly before Us. an Ol'struct-
ion to prosperity! As the Item asks
is there not enough legal ingenuity in
New Orleans to free Us from this cor
morant. to defeat this claim. to strange
and kill it or at least prevent its growing
as it Is. larger and larger. until il must
finally swallow up all New Orleans
Who is there that will suggest some *.
cape from this danger: lie will become
at once the hero of New Orleans. Times
Democrat.