The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-26
MRS. H0fT'S BIG SUIT.
Judge Ferguson Says No Such Decision
Has Been Rendered. A Newspaper
Special Wholly False. Inter-
esting Story Promised.

"a. lntettfgenceT: {
SIR Il find in your issue Of
yesterday an item taken from the
New York Sunday World, head
Led, THE big suit Mrs. .Hoyt won,''
and deem it proper that the
gross falsehood imposed upon the
World and other papers in which
4 the same falsehood has been pub
| lished. should be exposed. Mrs.
Hoyt is, probably, not responsible
for the romance she has given te
the World in reference to this
| land suit, and the statement she
made was sent her by her agent
jesse K. Irwin, who rs row here.
and who knows perfectly well
that no such suit has been tried
and no such decision has been
made as represented.
4 The case, as it now stands, is
! simply this: The commissioner
of school lands for Logan county
4 U. b. Buskirk, commenced pro
ceedings in that county to sell
some lands within the bounds Of
the survey of 100000 acres, as
claimed by Mrs. Hoyt and others
as waste and unapproprited lands
A fitlAsaidd= irwin applied to- the
i Judge of the United States Court
for an injunction to restrain him
j from iloingzso anehthe Judge, III
accordance with the practice il
that court, set the application fol
i HE lfesfiif,s a-tllay-naiaaetl, 1.-THE
1 present term of the court at this
place, and required Irwin to give
notice thereof to Buskirk. He
also granted restraining or
I der in the case nntiEtihe hearing
/ of the motion.
The application also included
the Commissioner of School lands
! in Wyoming county, who was pro-
cscding to sell some lands within
! the same boundary. The mott
was served and the motion was
heard, and the court sustained the
motion and granted The. injune.
ton prayed for restraining both
of said Commissioners of School
Hands from all further proceedings
TO sell any part Of said lands, I'M
/ til the further order of the court
and this was all that was decided
by the court in the case, and al
that the court had jurisdiction tc
4 decide as the case now stands or
the pleadings. The question Of
the title and also Of the bound
aries of the lairdf&sas claimed by
Mrs. Hoyt, both arise and mus!
be decided before Mrs. Hoyt car
truly claim a foot of said land
and these are questions for court
of law, where they will be tried
by jury, and not for a court o.
equity.
| can assure Mrs. Hoyt, that BY
the time this is done she will rue
the day she made the acquaint:
ance of Jesse r. Irwin. There i,
much more that can be said char.
acteristic Of the audacieus claim
set up by Irwin for Mrs. Hoy
and the rest of his dupes, but thi,
will do for-the present.
s lam the attorney in this ease
for the Commissioner Of Schoo
k1ands for Logan county, and Mr.
Irwin or Mrs. Hoyt may give mt
an occasion to furnish the public
J with the balance Of the story.
JAMES II. FERGUSON.
IT. Charleston, w. a., Dec. $50
At a Citeait Court Of the Unit
cd States for the District of Yves
Virginia, continued and held a
: Charleston in said District on Fri
I day the Goth day Of November A
:, ID. 1889.
Marie 4. Hoyt,
VS.. In-Eduity.-
w. b. Mcclure, Com
School lands, ct. ais.
This cause came on this day t
be heard upon the complainant
! motion for an injunction pursuan
to notice duly given and was full,
! argued by counsel, and it appear
4 ing to the Court that the defend
ant, w. b. Mcclure Commission
er Of School Lands for Wyoming
county,, West Virginia. pursuan
to orders, DEGREES, proceedings o
\ the Circuit Court of said county
sold to Jesse X. Irwin the Rober
: Morris grant Of 10000 acres o
land patented on the 23rd day o
March 1875, subject to the reser
i. vations in the decree Of sale, ant
that such sale was made. accord
ing to the survey Of said gran
made BY William +. Sarver,
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