Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-04
Other Court Matters.

Edward G. Humphrey, Hugh H. Griffith,
Oscar f. James, George Brush, James H.
Phillips and Sidney Smith commenced suit
against the Nebraska Tile and Pottery
company. The plaintiffs are stockholders
in the concer and ask that the books of the
company be put in charge of the sheriff
until an accounting can be had between
them and the corporation. They set forth IN
their petition that the tile and pottery COM
pany began business in 1885 with a capital
stock of about five hundred shares, repre-
senting 800 each; that in 1887 the company
was doing successful business and its cap
ital stock was at par; that in the fall of the
same year one j. H. Collins, of Philadelphia,
bought part of the stock and thereby Sc
cured the appointment Of his brother,
d. J. Collins, as secretary and general mana
ger of the concern,S Which position he still
holds. The plaintiffs iaver that he is not
capable of transacting the business, and that
he has no financial hterest in the company.
His brother, who secured the position for
him, is now dead, andD. Fl. Collins has been
distributing the stock belonging to his broth
they might become officers of the company
to the exclusion of Che actual stockholders.
AS consequence, these people, by proxies,
have control of the business. 1t is also as
serted that at the annual meeting of the
stockholders, which was held in April, 1888.
there were 100 sar6s of stock voted, but
had peen decared null and void
by the district .,itourt., The plain
tiff's further claim that Collins has never
made a report of the business transacted, as
required by law, and has neglected to comply
with the order of the stockholders made at
the annual meeting, requiring him to make
quarterly report. The books have been kept
in such shape that no one IS able to decipher
who are the stockholders, or what business
has been done. An attempt was made to
hold u meeting of stockholders the first OF
the present month, but when the stockholders
gathered Collins stated that the time had ar
rived when he was going to freeze them out,
and would not present the books. There is
S15, 600 worth of property, consisting OF steam
boilers, engines, brick machines and kilns,
all of which are in the possession of Collins.
The plaintiffs ask for the appointment of
receiver and a general accounting.
William E. Hawley and others brought
suit against Richard e. Patterson to recover
$1,000 on q land contract involving about
$50, 900.
Reuben Ross filed fourteen petitions for
suit yesterday in the district court to fore
close mortgages on lots in Mayne's Place
addition the amount due on the mort
cages is 1851 Eleven of the debtors each
owe 81 1925 and the others range from 30. 20 to
1926. The defendants to the different suits
are Morris jones' Charles r. Wooley, Gust
Icken, A. Houser, Henry Fl. Meyer, James
G. Miner and Jennie T.. Bloomer.
In the ejectment suit of John Schmidt
against Peter Lyon, wherein the plaintiff
sought to get possession of q lot in Nelson's
addition, the jury returned a verdict for
Schmidt, and gave him damages IN the sum
of cents.
The Chicago, ST. Paul Minneapolis &
Omaha railway company began suit against
the American Waterworks company for
50, 900 damages, and for the possession of
some lots IN Florence which the railway
company claims Is its right of way and that
the Motor Works company has taken pos
session of the property.