The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
Mr. C. G. Mccormick, a Bunkie Citi-
zen, Falls Heir to
$4,000.


The Philadelphia Call had the follow
ing in its issue of the Sd of February =
News of an important decree made by
the Court of Errors and Appeals at Tren-
ton was received in Camden this morn
ing in the case of the Ocean City Associa-
ton, appellant, vs.. VIM. Mccormick. By
the decision several hundred lot owners
in Ocean City, the property of which is
included i'll the decree, and which IS
worth close to 100000, have become
yalueless. The case is decidedly an in
teresting one. In 1922 Townsend Sites
purchased the ground in question at
Sheriff's foreclosure sale, and then deed
ed it to John Sites as trustee for Lydia
Mccormick and her heirs. After John
Sites entered upon his trusteeship he
discovered that the Sheriff's sale had
been illegal as he had not inserted the
notice of sale the statuary number OF
times in the newspaper. He went to the
Shorif and told him Of the error and this
property was readvertised and resold,
this time legally. John Sites was pres
emit and bought the property in for the
nominal sum of 81, getting deed in his
own name. He claimed that he owned
the property and, as such owner, sold it,
and finally it passed into the hands of
the Ocean City Company. 1t was inn
proved, much of it sold to cottagers, and
increased to twenty-fold of its original
value. A year or so ago the heirs of Ly-
dia Mccormick brought suit in the Court
Chancery for the recovery of the land,
arguing that as John Sites was trustee
for the property, he was excluded by law
from the right to purchase OF speculate
in it. Sites defended his action by the
declaration that as the original Sheriff IS
sale was illegal the trust deed was also of
no value, and that when he (Stites) went
to the second Sheriff. sale and bid in the
property for 81 he did it in the capacity
of a private citizen, nntrammeled by any
fiduciary relation to the property. The
deed he received was in his own name,
and therefore he owned it. The decision
of che Court of Chancery, which was af-
tirmed by the Court of Errors this morn
ing, was that John Sites was trustee
and that he purchased the land in that
capacity for the purpose of correcting
the title.
Mr.. C. G. Mccormick, of our town, is
one of the heirs of the property won in
the above suit, and has third interest in
it. He was born in New Jersey, 1872,
and lived in that State until six years
of age. His parents then moved to the
city of Brotherly Love, carrying with
them the then youthful subject of this
sketch. They lived there several years
and returned to his native State, New
Jersey. After spending some years there,
they moved to New York City, and from
there to Philadelphia again. Mi. Nc
Cormick by that time, being old enough
to start life on his own account, learned
the Cooper's trade. In 1888 he landed in
New Orleans, where he followed his trade
until 1949. In that year he moved to
Rapides Parish and settled near Cheney
vile, at which place he resided until
1881. In 1881 he moved to this place,
where he has resided since. Mr.. McCcr-
mick was married in 1914 at New Or
leans to Miss Galloway, by whom he has
two living children Mrs. j. P. Smell
ings, of this place, and Mrs. j. s. Long
mire, of Rapides. Mrs. Mccormick was
called to her loug home in 1886, and was
laid to rest in the Evergreen cemetery.
She was an earnest member of the Chris
tian church number of years pricr to
her death. Mr.. Mccormick has also been
devout member Of the Christian church
since 1865. He has taken an active part
in Sunday School affairs since living
here, and is now Superintendent of the
Union Sunday School of this place.
Though he has attained the unusual age
of 70 years he is hale and hearty As a
citizen he is beloved and respected by the
entire community [Bunkie Blade.