Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-11-03
DEFENDANTS GALORE 1!
Lycoming Fire Insurance Cases
to Be Tried in November.
ABOUT FIFTY THoUsAUDIBvoLvBD


Colonel Benjamin Nlelds and waiter II.
Hayes wan Represent New Castle
County Defendants - Litigation That
Grew Out of Two CONGREGATIONS.
Civil suits involving about $50, 600
will come up for trial in the Superior
Court Of this county on November q. They
are those Of the Lycoming Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, John A. Bsebsr.
receiver, VS. the New c stle county
holders of the company 3 policies The liti
cation promises to be the most impor
tant Of the term involving, as It does,
such large amount of money and so
many persons all over the state.
Scores of Defendants.
Receiver Beeber, ex Congressman Nc.
Cormlck Of Williamsport, Pa, and J.
Alexander Falton, of Dover, are expected
to represent the plant fl Colonel Ben
iamin Nields and Walter II. Hsyes are
counsel for the defendants of New
Castle county They are Augustus n
/ Chapman, Henry NJ u bley, j. +. Theo
dore Feukel, Isaac A. Fighter, Patrick J.
| Cahill, j. Paul Brown, William
| Crossley. William 5. Waite, Jo-
seph r E Montgomery, Francis
B McCann, Thomas and Samuel Nc.
| Clary. Daniel McCusker, James T. Nor
gan. Isaac " Lloyd, Nathan Lieberman.
Harry Lape, Gustave Konitzcr. John c.
Kennedy, William NJ Holt, Beniamin
Hrst, Eliza Harris, Central Presby terrain
I H.
| enkopf. William II. Morris. M. Wolfson.
Vincent c. Walker, Charles Richardson.
/ Ephraim 7. Walton, Francis n.
Buck Gate Walton, Whann & Co } Jocot
Stuck, John Febrenbaek, Samuel Pen
nington. Richard l.. Price, Samuel Price
William B Norton, Edwin r. Cochran
GuutheI, Samuel j. Pierce, JohI
tees If the Grand Lodge oI
|. o o. f., l.. Frank Ellison, Hartman s
Fehrsnbach, Warren Harper, John G
Hardness, Marion l. Hardcastle. JOSEPH
Graham, John T. Graham, Jonathan r
George, J. p. T. Feukel. Israel A Fols
Garrett, Wilson aud William Finley
Stephen Downey, William T. Crossley
George w Bash. William Bright. Georg
w. Baker, r. b Alrichs, Nathaniel b
Danforth, James Fl Shoemaker, Johi
Taylor, Rice & White, Alexander Saville
Lydia Price, George w. Morrison, Jane
r. Morgan. Edward Murphey. Roher
Tong, Edwin e Cochran. Richard
Price, James l.. Curry and Charles II
Salmon.
la addition to these Hoifecker q Hof
fecker will produce some defendants
I Ia. 81 80 nh -
and then there will be dozens to draY
from, policy holders who are holding Of
and letting those named pay the lawyer
90 do the fighting for thsm Ia thl
Three counties there are in the neigh
( borhood Of 500 cases Some Of ther
have already been tried and the receive
non suited.
Story Of the Litigation.
The Lycoming Mutual Fire Insuranc
Company was chartered in Pennsy lvanil
, The main Office was at Muncy. Pa, bu
10 operated in nearly all the Midi
Atlantic states Il was supposed in II
palmy days, TO be the largest mutual "a
insurance company In the United Statel
The rates were much lower than stoc
companies and the company did quite
business in Delaware
Likenearly all cheap insurance q prove
to be worthless Two Pennsy lvania tow
/, were swept by FIRE in one week. Til
Eycoming had a great many policies
force ia both places It was unable
meet its claims and went into the hRnC
Of receiver, Mr. Bseber being the maj
This was lack ia 81
a The Assessments Resisted.
Receiver Be,ber laid heavy asses
ments on the members TO meet q
. liabilities. He proceeded to cole
e them in ali the states When ObisctiC
was made by the insured and q
J.. matter was taken TO court the receiv
succeeded In collecting all sssessmen
g ia every state with the exception
Delaware. Here the payment was pc
sistentls FOUGHT in court and out
court There we're four trials at Dow
and tue receiver wss non suited eve
time One Of the important opinions
D. tho oourt xuac 1n1ivarad NJ the Nav fprI