The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-28
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Special Correspondence Of the standard.
BUTTE, Sept. 2.SComplaints have been
Aled and IN and writs Of attach
ment issued i'm two very important suits,
via: Ruth r. LeRgat va. Roderick ID. Leg
gat and John A. LeRRat. The action Is for
debt. Ruth r.. eggs In n resident OF ST.
Louis, Mo-, and has never been In Mon
tana. She Is the widow of the late Alex
ander J. Leggat, who died February IL,
1885. Alexander WAS "A brother of Rod
erick ID. and John A. Leggat, of this city,
who arr. are deeply G"mTernea ~ !" B sns INNING Ths
complaint alleges after Alexander's death
ON December Is, 1887, his widow en-
feeeat as her attorney 70 sell certain real
tinaed until December p, Isss. when it
complaint, was made attorney mt the sug-
gestion Of John A. Lea9at, who. the conn
plant c cont .nn p rf,en aS1i. 70 IN ns sb q
ease. r.. ID. Le9gat managed several
properties for tine defendant, particularly
Ginry Mining claim, which Mrs. Leesat
plant goes on, this interest was
!" his brother john A. Leasat, for
$1,000. The plaintiff. claims fraud
and collision i'm this sale, and that 1t was
made for of de~fraudinR her and
depriving her of u valuable property. Ii
is also claimed that the property was
,n,rns az le ,Sa; sS a9 a,r 4 "a 4 Isssed a IN SMALL ahS
share Of the surface ground OF the Old
Glory claim without the veins had been
Leeeatt acting as attorney in the sales,
but that this fact was concealed from the
plaintiff: 1t is also claimed that the
since Faraday himself owned one-third
himself. 1t is alleged that a large part OF
Centeryille is built ON the claim, that the
t Sie. T Tf.." plaintiff says tia. sSes.
q fsx weeks T as s,a I. n 10 also K Charged % ,ha,
John A: LeRRat frequently wrote to thu
plaintiff, representing that the claim wa,
was doubtful, while the title was goo.
several Thousand dollars a year. The
says, without her Knowledge or cnnsulta
tion. Hence she suffered damage of man!
On September II, 1889. she tcndercd
buck through John A. Leggat the $1,000
with interest at 10 per cent, amounting I,
asks the restoration of the property, to
gether with an accounting of all rent
and profits of the property.
plant on the ground that il does not stat
facts sufficient to constitute ~ cause of HC
ton against the defendants, ar either q
them.
mother action Of n similar nature |
brought by the same plaintiff against IN
s rinint afte OF ann Individual r%T sns nS omeNshir % n
terest in the Leggatt & Foster addition Z
Butte. Ii IL clai,Ied that the fact was cor
cealed from her that this property was G
value and that il was represented to he q
very small value. Ii Is claimed i'm til
complaint that AN offer of Sc8,OOO had bee
made for il to John A. LeH9at and tina
another third of this property hs,
been sold tn e.. =. Warren for $500
The plaintiff says that on March 8, 1888
she received a telegram from II. ID. Les
gat asking il she would accept 5000 f.
the property. She replied, "Ies, IL yo
advise il; otherwise no."
The sum of $4,000 was mentioned in til
deed, hut il was represented to her AS b,
ing done by request and that that sul
was fictitious. The complaint asks IL
the recovery OF this property and the a.
counting of all rents and properties.