The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-08-18
No. 1947 Equity.


I County.
! TI1EH bill flee! in this suit February |, S92
| l. alleges q large indebtedness to BeEja-
uilr F Bowling and Others complainants of
! sl.e " Washington City and Point Lookout Rail
| road Company aud VIM. j. Best, its alleged
President. l. charges the Encouragement Of
the said Railroad company by the said Best !;
his attempt flaudulentiy to assign its property,
aid Ills interests in the same, and the insol-
vency OF the said Railroad Company and the
said I'm. }. Best. IL states that there is
certain mortgage given to secure OondhOlderS,
TO the Farmers Loan and Trust Company of
! New \ ork, trustee, and also that Charles H
Green, Herman k.ttioel, the Heclograph Nan
ufdctuling Company and others have certain
Interests in said Railroad Company. 1t states
furtiiel hat The said William J. Best claims
the oW nership of glea. ajorty OF the stock
ot sad road, and nearly all Of its bonds Sc
cared 10y the mortgage 70 The Farmers Loan
and IIuSt i>mprnJ, as trustee as Aforesaid
I rhe Quiet and HE prayer of the bill is fer
Recase;sh!p OF the Railroad, and of the in
terests u SAID b-st in aud 10 the same, anu
To- i ':i>io iLjou ut rs property, and all the
san H-a :. iit;etes: 10 the same, as we'll as his
interest tr may be, in the aforesaid first
mortgage bonds by safe, and for such other
aid Further relief as may be equitable,
Chates Il. t1ceeIi, herman knubel, aud
the H"cLogiapi! aial,t:ta .iiu'ing Company OF
defendants, IL resIl, course Of
pleading, file then answer which is also in
the mature OF a cross bill, wherein. admitting
the Indebtedness of said Best aud the said
| Rail- cad company to Benjamin F. Bow ling
and Others and the acknowledgements Of said
| railroad company Uy SAID B, ST, as we'll as tie
Insolvency Of them bot State that they are the
holders, As Pledges III 1872 of The !irst mortgage
bonds LegeIi!oetore alluded. to, there being i'll
| ri! only GOO Of same secured rs aforesaid by
| Lhe mort gage TO ti,, Farmers Loan and Trust
! Company OF New York They state that said
| bonds we're pledge. 10 them TO secure ad
vances to said Beet III his operation Of and
| p osecu,ioI OF work upon the said Washing
| ton Lry and Lookout Railroad Company to
| All amount exceeding ($3O,OOO.OO) thirty
| L. Ousand dollars, aud that default has been
! IL abe IL the paymeit of the interest upon al!
| vi The said uonds Tor many years past.
| These defendants unite in the request for Re
| ceiv tiship and ASK that there may be sale Of
| The Washington City and Point I-ookoutlRail-
| road Company. and all its property to secure
| advances made by them, and as equitab lie lien
holders OF the said 1872 bonds secured as al Ore.
sud by the mortgage to the Farmers Loan and
| inst company Of New 'rk.
| On the 23d day Of April, 1898, pet iloi
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| tary TO and sinendatory of the aforesaid bill
| II complaint. aud ,usWer and cross bill of said
| defendants, Greer, knubel aud the Hectograpf
| JuIulanv, which states that at OF hear Forest
| cille iii Prince Georges County, Maryland, on
| he line OF the said Washington CITY and
| Point Lockout Railroad company, there is s
| testain tract of land uf Al acres, more or less
nat N the year 1850, or therea0outs. was pul
chased oy The Washington CITY and Poin
Lookout Ra!.iuad Company, about one month
| subsequent 10 the said aforesaid mortgage t.
| The Farmers Lean and Trust Company o.
| New York but which, il is claimed III said pt
.ion. is fairly covered by the terms of sal,
= -----.. say, --4I -4-aI.cudei within tie prav
| 'oiis, though after acquired property. The sale
=, tract Of lad is claimed adversely by a certain
1 Charles Pelham in pursuance OF 4 sale mad,
ludeg All execution on a Judgment against til,
said Washington Clty and Point Lookout Raj
| read company, the date of said execution anC
Judgment being subsequent TO both the dat
| Of the aforesaid mortgage and the dat
81 tie acquisition Of the aforesaid
| tract u land 10y the Railroa
Company. This tract Of laut the petition
which is filed in the interest OF Charles Fl.
tirecn, Herman knube, and the Hectogrph
M.putActurlns Company, equitable lien hol,
ers o. the aforesaid bonds, asks 10 have sol,
by proceedings III the nature of foreclosure an,
| The proceeds TO be dist rlbuted among the sal
thares Ii GreeI, Herman knnbel and the
Photograph Manufacturing Company, and otl
e. first mortgage bondhoiders: the petition an
order passed therein makes Charles Pelham
part defendant To this suit.
The aforesaid Farmers Loan and Trust con
pany OF New York IS a corporation non res
dent oi tie State Of Mary land, but is residen
u tie State Of New York.
II is theleupCn this Isl day Of August, lS9J
, ordered by The Circuit Court for Prime
Georges county, sitting as Court Of Equity
That The plaintiffs and the petitioners Greer
5 hnuhe., land the Hect graph Manufacturing col
patty aforesaid, by causing copy of this orde
; o beinserted IL some newspaper publshe
In Prince Georges county once in each of tuu
successive weeks before the second day of Sc
te'i- Der, 1875, give notice 10 the said Farmer
loan and Trust Company OF New York {
e. | ne uGjtct and substance OF the bill, answe
\ | and crGs>-hiil ami petition aforesaid, warnln
them TO appear IL his Court, in PERSON or b
) i. cltor, on Or before the II h day of Septei
t Der next 10 show cause, ii any they have, VIII
decree giving the relief prayed in tn
bill, answer aud cross-b!ll and petit, II refe
: ed 10 herein should not be passed.