The record-union., 1892-08-15
.S2O2,443 90
SUITS upon SUITS.
Canal Companies on the Costumes
Deep in Litigation.
a Variety of Lawsuits in Which the
Same Persons and Corporations
Are Involved.

There appears to be no prospect of a
speedy solution of the difficulties that
have involved the Amador Canal and I'm
provement Company and the Amador
and Sacramento Canal Company in liti-
CATION.
In the latter part of June last w. A.
Keefer filed complaint in San Fran
cisco court, setting forth that he was one
OF the Directors of the Amador Canal and
Improvement Company and the other
Directors were w. II. Davis, Franklin P
Bull, Jennie b. Ritter and John c.
Quinn, the latter being President of the
corporation. keefer claimed that he
owned 5000 of the 200 shares of the
capital stock. The company owned min
ing property, canals and bitches in Sacra-
mento and Amador Counties of the value
of about S150,000. Jennie B. Ritter was
the principal stakeholder, owning SO, 900
shares.
1t was charged that on the oath of last
month said Ritter, with fraudulent and
wrongful design, caused the President to
call a special meeting of the directors,
who considered resolution that the
President and Secretary execute to said
Ritter and Eugene Houssage, her daugh-
the company.
keefer and other Directors protested
againStthe, resolution, and no action was
had thereon. Mrs. Ritter then threat
ened to elect q new Board of Directors,
and caused certificate of stock No. POI TO
be cut up into five certificates of 100
shares each and issued to Robert Day,
George S. Scott, j. J. Jones, II. S. Byam
and b. G. Fabrique.
The last named issued call for stock
holders meeting, and threatened, accord
ing to keefer'S complaint, to elect them
selves Directors of the corporation for the
purpose of making a transfer Of the cor
poratiOn property to said Ritter and her
daughter. keefer prayed the court TO
enJoin the making of said transfer and
TOR the appointment of a receiver to take
charge of the property.
SUIT NUMBER TWO.
A couple of weeks later Eugene Hous-
sage and Jennie b. Ritter, through their
attorneys. McKune IL George, began suit
against w. A. Keefer and John b. Quinn
to enjoin them from selling or transfer
ring certain certificates OF stock of the
Anador Canal and improvement Com
pany, as to the ownership Of which there
existed dispute.
Judge Prewitt issued the Injunction as
prayed for, the plaintiffs giving bond
in the sum Of 900.
TWO MORE COMPLAINTS.
On Saturday last two more complaints
were filed in the Superior Court in the
name of the Amador and Sacramento
Canal Company and against the Amador
Canal and Improvement Company. One
of the suits is for the rescission of an
agreement between plainoiff and defend
ant for the sale of tract of land belong
ing to plaintiff, and for the annulling of q
deed Of conveyance alleged to have been
made to w. A. keefer, one of the defend
ants, for the sole purpose of enabling him
to show intending purchaser that a con-
veyance could be made Immediately.
The other complaint alleges that an in
strument purporting to be a conveyance
was executed falsely as the act of the
plaintiff by Jennie B. Ritter ana w. S.
Jennings. Plaintiff prays that the afore-
said instrument be annuiled and that
plaintiff be adjudged the owner in fee of
the property, whose title is in dispute.