The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-13
CENTRALS CREDITORS.
JUDGE sPEBR ISSUES ORDERS TO
CLAIMANTS.

All Claims Must Be Sued IN the United
States Court-Ihe Richmond ard
Danville to Be Part Defendant in Ali
Suits Growing Out of It's Operation
Of the Central Lines-The Manner in
Which Claims Are to Be Presented.
Two orders were issued by Judge Speer
yesterday in the United States court bear
ing upon the Central railroad situation, the
first Of which is of especial interest to parties
having claims of any kind against the
Central.
1t orders that all disputed claims, Of
whatever character, against the Central
Railroad and Banking Company,
shall be sued only In the
United States court. All such actions
must be brought on the common law side of
| the court, and service of process may be
made upon any one of the receivers or upon
the general superintendent or division su-
perintendent at Savannah, or upon the
| counsel of the road on record in the case.
Judge Speer also ordered that all claim
| ants desiring TO sue the receivers Of the
court or the Central Railroad and Banking
Company, or the Ocean Steamship Conn
pany, or the New England and Savannah
| Steamship Company, or the Savannah aud
| Western Railroad Company for causes for
action growing out Of tine operation of any
| of the railroads Of the Central system,
during the time they were operated by the
Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
| pany shall bring suit in the
United States court only; pro vided,
however. that the Richmond and DanviIle
shall be made part defendant to the action,
that the court in its final Judgment may de-
termine whether the liability is that of both
| companies jointly, or whether one COM
pany or the other, or whether one company
may not be primarily liable with the right
of action against the other company. All
such actions must be presented
to the court by intervening
petitions on tho equity side setting
| forth the facts. Service of process may be
made on the Richmond and Danville Rail-
road Company by serving the general man
ager, assistant general manager or division
superintendent at Atlanta and also By serv-
ice upon their counsel Of record in the case.
The second order directs the discontinuance
| by the Central railroad of all counsel also
employed by the Richmond and Danville or
the Richmond Terminal, the reason, as
stated in the order, being that the inter
ests of the Central Railroad and Banking
| Company and the interests of the Rich-
mond and Danville, and those of
the Richmond Terminal in mat
tiers IN litigation between them in
the present case as well as in regard TO their
respective liabilities for claims growing out
OF the operation Of the railroads of the Cen
trial by the other companies, are so an
| tagonistic and conflicting as to render it
| improper for the interests Of
both to be represented by the
same counsel in the several courts
in which litigation may be pending.
| The receivers are therefore directed TO dis
continue the employment of all counsel who
are also acting as counsel for the Richmond
and Danville Railroad Company or the
Richmond Terminal Company. This does
not affect the Savannah counsel. Lawton &
Cunningham having ceased to represent
the Richmond and Danville since the de-
cision rendered by the United States court
in Macon. 1t affects, however, the counsel
! in Atlanta and Augusta, who are also rep
resentatives of the Richmond and Danville.