Evening journal., 1892-04-05
HUTCHISON'S JUDGMENTS.
Hungry Lawyers Put the Screws
Upon Him.


They rhreAten TO Sell the Levy Court
Commissioner Out and Deprive Him OF
Property qualifications for ONCE II ne
Does Eos Pay Up.-one Case Settled.
Harry Emmons, Of the Law frm of Lore
q Emmons is now cunning for the free
hold qualification OF Levy Court Commits
sioner Hutchinson Of Appointments
hundred.
Mr.. Emmons represents the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Company, who at
the September term Of the Supreme
Court in 1890, secured a rule Of inquisi-
lion, under which q Jury awarded his
clients $3.50 This Judgment he has
never been able to collect because Of the
other Judgments
he has now determined to make
Hutchson pay the judgment or sell him
out and make him lneliz zible to hold nis
seat in the Levy Court. because OF lack
Of property qualih sation. It Is believed
that Hutchison will pay up before he
will be sold up.
WAS 1T AN ELECTION BLOCKf
Commissioner Hutchison owns two
pieces Of land. The FIRST is q l2-Acre
block In his fathers farm In Appoquini.
mink hundred. As will be seen by the
following description, now on record, 1t
will be a very hard piece Of land to locate
as It runs from stake to stake, and to an
alleged mythical new post and rail fence
IAN that certain tract OF parcel OF
land situated IN Appoquinimink hundred,
New Castle county and State Of Del
aware. bounded aud described as follows
TO wit: Beginning at stake 10 the l're
hedge between lands Of Joseph Q.
HuIchison and lands late Of William
Berk. thence with said hedge north
46 degrees west. so perches to a stake
q corner for these lands, retained by
Joseph g Hu.chlson. Thence north
45 degrees east. "a perches to a stake a
corr er for these aud lands retained by
said Hutchlson, thence south 46 degrees
east, so peIchts 20 new post and rail
fence and thence with said fence south
45 degrees west, "a perches to the place Of
beginning. cJntaiuing within said meter
and bounds l2 acres Of land, be the same
more or le'
LAND WITH HISTORY
This lot Of land has a history. The in
strument Of transfer is dated October 81
1890, Just before the election which
foisted Hutchison into Office The twelve
acres we're transferred TO him by his
father, Joseph @. Hutchison, for $3.50.
II was not taken TO the Office OF recorder
Of deeds for record until some time after
the election whom the property qualifca-
tions Of the new commissioner were being
inquired into. The assertion was then
made by some that the transfer had been
Rnte-dated in order that Hutchison might
not be deprived of his seat How true
this is no one but the parties themselves
can tell
A LOT IN TOWNSEND
The second and last acquired property
is lot in Townsend, containing about
2.773 square feet OF land, which he
bought frcm Thomas Lattomus on
January 16. 1891, for $50
This makes his property qualification
foot up TO f555
A NUMBER OF JUDGMENTS.
There are large number Of judg
ments on the docket against this prop
erty. Among them are the Snyder,
Harris, Bssset Company Of Pennsyl.
vania vs. d. p Hulchison, trading as
d. P. Hutehlson & Co.. 1923 So. H. O.
Conrad. attorney; Catharine A. Hutch'-
son, $500, the belief having been ex-
pressed that It was q confessed judg-
ment; Parvls & Biggs. SlS9 40 Biggs,
attorney; Ezra B. Whiteman, Sl0l, Hof-
fecker Hoffecker, attorneys. raar
II viii be noticed that this does not
include all. The .Rmmons claim is fnot In
IL. Without going further into the nat
ter there Is shown to be 81. 443 95 In
judgments as an Offset to his property
qualification Of &555.
His mothers claim Of $500 has pre-
cedence Of all but two judgments They
are those Of Parvis 4 Blggs, which was
secured In 1882, and Ezra B. Whiteman,
secured In 1884 But any OF the screditors
can force a sale and leave him without
freehold qualifications, even II prior
judgments take all the proceeds.
HR SETTLED ONE JUDGMENT.
Yesterday well-known attorney sait
that he had 4 small judgment against
Commissioner Hutchison. He went {,
him and demanded a settlement OF
sale. pointing out TO him his disqualifica
tion In case Of sale. he put the mattel
30 forciby that Hutchis)n settled
Lawyer Emmons will work his case II
about the same way. and, In all proba
bility so viii some Of the others now tha
the cat Is out OF the bag.
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