Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-31
action recently trough. there. Here is

action recently brought tnerc. hcre ~
what the former says;
"ibefc IL another sensation on deck. and u
wiz particularly interest," ttottfng-horso circles.
This sensation IA the Ming by A. D. Ford, ~
Richmond. Va, Of n euit OF eiectment against MS
con, D. w. Ford, of 'Castietoa Stock Farm m
this county.
FACTS " THE CASE.
Tho gsaintln. A. J. Ford, "a tho proprie--
tor OF Forde Hotel, In Richmond. and
various other properties, the aggregate value o.
which was recently appraised, ~ Us stated. NJ
nearly soov,uov. seems ,na, yo sn1' past
Va she Ford household, Colonel Ford and wife no'
having spoken 10 each other for Year,. Ihih I'M
happiness seems 70 have resulted from n prop
erIy Transaction. Mr. Ford and HE son aacs,
now deceased, rented the Eutaw Hotel, 10 Baitl-
more. during the Jnitod states Centchnial.
Finding they were losing money they applied 70
tho proprietor. Colonel Garrett, and asSei re-
lease from TIER contract. This was gran..u,
and the Fords were allowed 20 transfer mo
lease. Tho second lessce, failing 70 pay nli ma
fental-a balance Of sc,0O0-Mr. ford' ~ oppo-
siion TO tho advice OF his attorney, lrnnslelrea,
all his properly 20 his wife, as Garrett pressed
Ills claim. Mr.. Ford had after this transfer Deen
made trustee for hts wife and children, man
aging the estate as u IN his own nsule: ne
came 70 Kentucky, purchased 'Css.osou 800
Farm and leased Il for term OF three years
20 bie son, v. W. Ford, and John 4. heInuoa;;
bis son-in-Iaw. IL Is said that the ron ssne1
the lease but Mr. Herrdon ora no,, a yo,S Tha
lease Will expire In March next
the WIPE TAXES LEGAL sTErs-
"a short time nro Mrs. Ford and children
hroueht snit against A. j. Ford, 10 dispiace him
"a trustee. The case was tried ana talleu. inc
court however, allowed further dcpositlons 10
he taken In Kentucky from the wife and some
OF she children. A. J. Ford, accompanleu Oy
lis attorney, Preston Cooke, arrived mere ihur ~
DAY aud were present Of me taxing OK %. W.
Forl's deposition. Mrs. Ford declining to testify
These depositlons are said 20 be very racy, ana
when presented in court VIII producea genuine
sensation. .c..,o,o,
ton stock-Ferm' and all its improvements pu'
admits that the stock--s number OF horseshoe
long 10 his son, u. W. Ford.
"Ihe facts ia the case are known 70 Du, a 10"
hero AT present. but viii create genuine sensa-
ton Ia turf circles, especially when iuliy 10
yeIoped by the pending suit for etectment'
the Transcript, in the paragraph omitted
from the above, speaks OF domestic trou-
HES in the households of some of the
Younger nembe Of the Ford family, but
from what can be learned here IT does not
appear certain that IT'S information nthls
point is entirely accurate.
THE RICHMOND SUIT STILL PENDING.
The suit brought in the Chancery Court
Of Richmond in December, 1880, pY Mrs.
Ford and children 10 disp'ace Mr. Ford as
trustee and TO secure a settlement. DC, IS
Mary Lucy Ford by her next friend. Is. w.
Ford. rs. A. J. Ford. trustee, and all four
of the cbildren-Mrs Florence Is. Quincy,
Mrs. Mary Lee Ilerndon, Boiling W.. and
Stewart II. Ford, arc made parties. The
bill filed, like many of the other papers IN
the case, is volumlnous document, and
charges that all OF the property controlled
by Ford was bought with trust funds ans.
ing chiefly from the successful conduct OF
Ford's Hotel. which as the Powhatan
House. was purchased by Ford In Noyem-
Der 1867. aud sold the next March TO Will
liam Fontaine, who conveyed II to Mrs.
Ford. In this and all subsequent deeds
MIR. Ford was made his wife's trustee.
BOND gEoURED.
On the 9TH day of last April Judge
Lamb, after argument by counsel. decided
10 REQUIRE a trustees bond of Mr.. Ford IN
the sum of $4,000 for the faithful per-
formance of his duties in the collection,
disbursement. and accounting for all
funds, allowed fifteen DAYS in which TO
give such bond, and required the trustee
10 make quarterly reports. Dir. Ford did
not give this bond, but took an appeal,
and Just there the case now stands.
Judge Lamb on the 9Th Of April referred
the case 10 Mr. Jackson Guy, one of the
commissioners of his court. who is TO re-
port on all matters touching the value and
condition of the estate. Dispositions of all
the children have been tsken-two OF
them here aud the other two 10 Kentucky.
Major Leigh X. Page aud Messrs. Mere
dith Il Cooke are counsel for Mrs. Ford.
and Messrs. Staples d Munford represent
her husband.
THE EsTATE APPRAISED.
In the large batch of papers in Mr..
GUYS possession is the following appraise-
ment, made by Mr.. Ford, of the value OF
the property controlled by him as trustees
Richmond: Fords Hotel. furniture, &C..
$3.50, 900; Virginia House. Si0,75O; 81.
Clair Hotel, S65. 900; Ford's Law build
ing, $40, 900; Broad street between Seventh
and Eighth streets. S6}, 1000: Lumpkln's Bot
tom, Broad and Wall streets, $4,000; to-
bacco factory, stable, and laundry,
Twelfth street, 500. 600.
Kentucky Property: Castleton Stock
Farm, furniture. improvements, and stock,
$4,000 Small farm near Castleton,
So. 100.
Hampton aud adjoining Soldiers Home
and Normal School, $4,000.
York county property, adjoining YORK
town, 737 acres, $4,000.
Gloucester county property, adjoining
Gloucester Point. $4,000.
North Carolina property, Sl0.OOOytotal,
1851 ,45O. Paid up lIte-insurance policy III
the New York Mutual Company. S7,5OO-
grand total, $5Ss, $50.