The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-09-01
No. 1917 Equity.
In he CircrN CoWt for PRIME GtorgrS
COunig.

TIIE Bill llat in this suit February Il 50,
l. alleges Il large Indebtedness to Bel ia
min F. Bowling and others compl,ini.lts, OF
the Washington City ana Point lockout Rail
road Company ami Wa. j Best. its alleged
President. |. charges the acknowledgement OF
the said Railroad company by the said Best
his attempt fraululently TO ign its property,
and his interests i'll the same, ana tie inso'-
vencv Of the said Railroad Company and the
said I'm. j. Best. l. states that there IS a
certain mortgage given to secure kondholders,
to the Farmers Loan and Trust Company Of
New ork, trustee, and also that Charles Il
Green, Herman kurlb-, the H-ctograph MN
ufacturing Company and others have retain
interests in said Railroad Company. 1t states
further that The said William J Best claims
the ownership Of great majority OF the stock
of said road. aud nearly all of its bonds Sc
cured by the mortgage to the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company, as trustee AS aforesaid -
The object amt The prayer OF the bill is f r
Receiversbip of the Railroad, and Of the liz
terests Of sain Best i'll and 10 the same, anu
for a disposition OF It's property, and ali The
said Bcs,'a Interest ia the sa;ue rs we'll as his
interest, is III may be, Isl the atore>a'u ii s.;
mortgage bun.s by safe. and Tor such ether
and further relief as may be equitable.
Charles II. Green, herman knubel, and
the Hectogrsph notwithstanding Company ii
defendants, i'll regular couIse OF
pleading, file liIeir answer, which Is also in
the nature of Il crn>S-biil, wherein. admitting
the Indebtedness OF SAID Best and The SAID
Railroad company 10 Benjamin f. Bow ling
and others, and the acknowledgements Of said
railroad company by said Best, i, we'll as the
insolvency of them both, state that they are the
holders a>pedgees Of !,!'2 OF The first mortgage
bonds hereinbefore alluded. to, there bensin
ali only 1900 of same secured as aforesaid b.,
the mortgage to the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company Of New l DIRK They state that said
bonds wee pledged 10 them to secure ad-
vances to said Best in his operation Of nd
prosecution of work upon the said Washine
ton City and Lockout Railroad Compa Ito
an amount exceeding $50, 0OO.ou) thirty
thousand dollars, aud that default has bee
made in the payment of the intere st upon al
of the said bonds for many years past.
These defendants unite III the request for Re
ownership and ask that there may be a sale of
the Washington City and Point Lookout Rail
road Company, and all its property to secure
advances made by them, and as equtab lie lien
holders of the said 992 bonds secured as stDre-
said by the mortgage to the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company uf New TX.
On the sd day OF April, 1888. A De, iliou
was filed in the above named SUIT supple meu
of complaint, and answer and cross bill OF said
defendants, Green, Nnu6Al and The Hnctograph
Company, which states that 1t or hear Forest
vile, i'll Prince George CIuaty, MARY, land, on
the line of the said Washington CITY and
Point Lookout railroad company, there is
certain tract Of land ii Il acres, more or less
that in the year 1880, OF thereabouts. was pur
chased by the Washington City and Poin,
Lookout Railroad Company, about one month
subsequent to the SAID aforesaid mortgage to
the Farmers Loan aud Trust Company of
New York but which, it is claimed in said De
tition, is fairly covered by the terms of said
mortgage, and is included within its provis
ions, though after acquired property. The said
tract of laud Is claimed adversely by a certain
Charles Pelham III pursuance Of sale made
under all execution on a judg meut agains the
said Washington City and Point Lookout hail
road company, the date oi said execution and
judgment being subsequent % beth the date
of the aforesaid mortgage and the date
of the acquisition OF the aforesaid
tract of land by the Railroad
Company. This tract OF laud the petition,
which is filed i'll The interest OF Charles III.
Green, Herman knubel, and the Hrctogrph
Manufacturing Company, equitable Ii Ell hold
ers of the aforesaid bonds, asks to have sold
10y proceedings i'll the nature of foleclps,re,a and
LIE pIOCttuS W Dt ulSLI ibultu ailioEn The SAID
Charles IL. Greel, Herman kuubri and the
Hectograph Manufacturing Company, and 9th
er first mortgage bondhoidei>: the petition and
order passed therein makes Charles Pelham
party defendant to this suit.
The aforesaid Farmers Loan AMI Tyrs. com
pany OF New York Is u corporatini! non. resi-
dent Of the State of Mary lau,! blt j, res mt
of the State of New York
1t is thereupon this Isl day of August, 1895,
ordered by the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges county, sitting As Court OF Equity,
that the plaintiffs ana the petitioners Cir, en-.
knutel, and tue 1lect graph Manufacturing com
paby aforesaid, by causing copy OF this order
o be inserted in some newspaper published
in Prince Georges county once in each OF four
successive weeks before the second day OF Sep
TENDER, 1893, give notice to the said Farmers
Loan and Trust Company OF New Intk Of
the obj G. and substance OF the bill, answer
and crossbll and petition aforesaid. warning
them to appear iii this Court. III person or b.
Sol citor, on or before the Il II .dav of Sep'rm
Der next, TO show cause, if any they have, why
decree giving The relief prayed in the
bill, answer and cross-b.lI and petition refer
red 10 herein should not be passed.
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