Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-14
TWO IMPORTANT GASES HEARD.
The Big $ one Gap Rocsivership aud the
Oyster Habeas Corpus.

Judges Gof and Hughes Of the United States
Court, put N good days work yesterday. They
held sessions OF two courts and hal several i'm
portant matters brought 30 their attention.
Judge Goa. who arrived from Vest virginia
Yesterday morning, had an especially tfying
day Rs ne sat alone ia a case to which several
hours were devoted. With The exception OF
sho-t intervals for dinner aud supper he was on
the bench until ncsrly midnight
The session Of the Circuit Court o. Appeals
was quite brief. Decisions denying tho petitions
for reargutncnt we're handed down IN the fr'iJ~-
in. cases: Goa .es * Co. 10. the United State',
from th- Circuit Court oi the District OF Aary-
land and Williamson Talley, trustee, and Ernest
II. Chalkley rs Curtain & Conner, from the Cir
cult Court O, the Eastern District OF virginia.
The efcc, OF tho decision IN this latter case = 70
reverse tie ruling of the lover court where the
deed Of assignment from tnalKleY WAS not su--
t.,ncd aud 90 direct thnt the assets be dis
tributed as provided IN tho deed.
BIG sTONE GAP BEcgIyrRSHIP.
The first case taken up in the Circuit Court
was that 81 NCGe re. trueiee, and others
against tne Big Ston" Gap Improvement COM
pauy, which was argued both IN the afternoon
and al night before Judge ,fOG.
Ez-Atlorney-G General Frank :. Blair aud Judge
William l.. Kuea rcprcscntei the coinpiainsni-,
| whilo Nessrs. 81. John Bowie, Of Louisville, and
1 a. r. Bullti, Of Big stone Gap, appeared on be-
| half Of the dafeuIauts.
Attbe last term OF tho court, on motion OF
! NcGeorge ana other stockholders oi tho compA-
I
/ Nc 5srs. Taggelt aud Ii. Sin. Wool were ap-
! pointed rcreiyors, aLd yesterday tho
/ company, through IL counsel, asked Tor
! me removal o. the receivers ANA mat the
/ property Of the company should be restored 70
MIR. II. {. Wood enc Of the receivers, IN
partial report submitted IN tae case shows thht
| the mortgage debts and interest amount 10
| sa23. 3.2227O.
Inyestments which are total loss to the i'm
proyement company aggregate slfs'S4o.f 4.
| Inciuded IN these sums are tne ioudNlng Hons;
/ Ia iurnancc conUsnY, sS|,OcOi ei-ctflc-hght
| company. s3O,O 900: Biz stone Gap Il. ami \.
/ Company. s5S,O0O: donation 20 louisvilie ana
Nashville Railroad Company si1,4Si. l..
The receivers report says the toiai value o'
| tho company assets in the hands 81 tho tris-
tees arc s76 600; cgsn value ct lands estiIn ited
! at 40 " gl5O, ,O)O; bills payable. s'iS,@%R.'O;
! mortgage debt, 56O,0uJ interest on same,
| Si2D.00O: excess OF liabilities over assets.
! S6gO, 12p.1O.
mo afidayit submitted by the president OF
4 the co!upany showed ihat t1o company vas iu-
! corporated February 1883. lt was composer o.
/ aboat twonty laud-OWnsr srs and covpOrstors.
/ VINO hld purchased lanls nt liig stone cap Win
n view Of Fronting 10y an elFGhcs 10 pfico,
winch would arise from sac buiiblhg OF ran
roads into The coal fields lug aJjacOnt ihcreth
/ About . ,O00 acres OF lands were c0nvoyoi 20
! th3 company by the associsl 81 OWnert. 10 pay
| meat FOR these iands. sl,VVOOOp III INST
mortgage bonds aud sLoOo.oOO IN ssconc-
! mortgage bonds were given for lands
| which had cost abOgs 100000. In 1890 the
company gave a bonds OF 100000 In stock
and valuable grounds for depots, &C.. 20 the
/ south Atlantic and Ohio, and later on gave the
/ Nashville aud Louisville road grounds az Big
Stone Gap for their depot, siding. aud other pa--
| poses.
OYSTER HABEAs-coKPus CASE.
The court was engaged from . 10 o'clock In
the afternoon Ia the hearing OF the haoeascor-
/ pus case OF koo-rg l. Wharton aud severn Nei-
son. These men, who are ciilzeas OF Maryland.
we're arrested ia Accomac county anu nued
aud imprsOned for illegal drcdgins Ia
Pocomoke sound. The ca-s grows out OF
| tho dispute as 10 the rights OF Nary ana
ana Virginia in this sound and inVolyes
ali the questions that have arisen In the long
standing 0oun arr y-line controversy. when the
| case .Ine up yesterday AttorneS-GenerAl scott
made return for sheriff Wise, Of Aocomsc, and
the Maryland people fied demurrer.
| Argument then bsgup. Colonel Iaomas
). nods5n opening Tor Maryland. lie
had rot concluded his speech when
the supper recess. was taken and VIII ro-
rume ,h,s mornlng. Aiforney-Gsneral Poe and
General Bradley 4. Johnson are also hero Tor
thar state. Virginia Is represented By Attorney
| General scott ana t;r. lanes II. Fletcher, dr.,
| Common wealth's AttorneT OF Accomsc county
| usn !. . will ,snnsume whole OF tO-t