The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-09-22
No. 1917 Equity.
In the CircnH Cont for Prince Georges
County.

NNIIE bill filed in this suit February |. 1892,
L alleges 4 large indebtedness to Bel, ia
min f. Bowling and others, compliments, OF
The Washington City and Point Lookout Rail
road Company and Wm. }. Best, its alleged
President. 1t charges the mismana.em-nt OF
the said Railroad company by the said Best :;
his attempt fraudulently to assign its property.
and his interests in the same, and the insol-
ven'y CT the said Railroad Company and the
said " III. }. Best. Ii states that there IS a
certain mortgage given to secure bOudholders.
to the Farmers Loan aud Trust Company OF
New y ork, trustee, and also that Charles Ii
Green, Herman knubel, the lIectograph Nan
utacturins Company and others have certain
interests in said Railroad Company. 1t states
further that the said William J. Best claims
the ownership of 4 great majority of the stock
of said road, and nearly all of its bonds Sc
cured 10y the mortgage to the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company, as trustee as azores iid. -
/ The object and the prayer of the bill IS for
Rcceivership Of the Railroad, and of the in
terests of said Best III and to the same, ana
Tor a disposition Of It's property, aud all the
said BeSl'> interest in the same well as his
interest, as far may be, in the aturesa Il ii ST
mortgage bonds by sale. and Tor such other
and further relief as may be equitable.
Charles Ii. Green, Herman khubel, aud
Tie tDiup iHN d
defendants, in regular course Of
pleading, file their answer, which is a'sp in
he nature of a cross bill, wherein. admitting
the Indebtedness of said Best al the said
Railroad company to Benjamin +. Bow ling
and others, and The Acknowledgement Of said
railroad company by said Besr, as we'll as tie
insolvency of them both. Estate that they are thu.
holders, asp edges of 992 of the first mortgage
bonds hereIubefore alluded To, there being III
all only | 900 Of same secured AS aforesaid by
the mortgage to the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company OF New York They state that said
bonds Were pledged to them 10 secure ad-
vances to said Best i'll bis operation Of and
prosecution of work upon the said Washing
ton City and Lookout Railroad Company tn
an amount exceeding (S3o,0O oO) Thirty
Thousand dollars, and Il Il i, fault has been
made in the payment of tie interest upon all
of the said bonds for many years past.
These defendants unite Ill tlIt. II JueS' {. Il 90
cever>hip aud ask that there Li.y d.. a >.tl" of
the Washington City and Point Look nj Rail
road Company and all its property 10 secure
advances made by them and as rqui'ab e Iru
holders of the said ~ boiI,iS secure al re
said by the molis,gc t" th, F.ttinrr> l. ,ii an,
Trust Company Il New TX.
On the - | day Of April, ISL, l." i ion
was filed in the above named suit supple, III ~
of compliant. and answer and cross bill OF SAID
defend ,IIS, Green h ulIhr and the lIrctogrl ;plI
Coinpanv. which States thai II or near + rest
Vile il; Prince GtOr.e'> & nuuiv, NJ trylauh on
the lire of HE sid Washington City lui
Poiut Ln"k"ut R.Ilr"td company, the :. is i.
certain tract of land ii II acre, more OF less,
that inile year 1880, or thereahnuts. IS pur
chased by the Washington City and FONT
Lookout RAILROAD Company, about one oath
subsequent to the said aforesaid mortgage 10
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company OF
New Nalk bit which, il is claimed il. sud pr
lilion, is fairly cuvetr.i 10y The t"rH- OF said
NOR! gage. and is included within lis provis
ions, though aiier acquired property. r!'e said
tract of land is claimed adversely ny Il certain
Charles Pelham in pursuance Of 4 sale made
under an execution on IA judgment az tins' the
said Washington City aud Point Lo"k,ut l.ill
road company. the Il tle of sand executions and
Judgment being subsequent 10 both the date
of the aforesaid mortgage and til" dda
of the acquisition of the aforesaid
tract of land 10y the Railroad
Company. This tract Of land the petit Oh,
which is filed in the interest o. iarles IL.
Green, Herman Knuhrl, and the Hectog apl
Manufacturing Company, equt tble len hold
ers of The aforesaid bonds, asks b. have sold
by proceedings in the nature of fDrecln .inal
the proceeds to be dist ributed among the SAL,
Charles H. Greer. Herman knnbel and th'.
Photograph ManuftcI urins Company, aud 9th
er first mort gage bondhnder>; the petition and
order passed therein makes Charles Pelham
party defendant to this suit.
The aforesaid Farmers Loan and Trust com
pany of New York is IA corporation n"n.r"si
,ient Of the State OF Mary land, but is res dent
of the State of New York.
II is thereupon this l>t day of August. l>9i,
Georges county, sitting as Court of Equity,
that The plaintiffs and the petitioners Green
knurel and the llecto@raph Manufacturing com
pary aforesaid, by causing Il copy of this order
@ be inserted in some newspaper publ shed
in Prince Georges comfy once in each of four
successive weeks before the second dav of Sep
TENDER, 1898. give notice to the said F,rmers
Loan and Trust Company OF New York of
the object and substance Ct The bill, answer
and cross-blll and petition aforesaid, warning
! them to appear in this Court, in person or by
Sol citor. on or before the II h day of Scptcm
Der next, 10 show cause, if any they have, why
a decree giving the relief prayed in the
bill. answer and cross-bll and petit II refer
red 10 herein should not be passed.,
JOHN Is. BROOKE, \. J.