The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-04
GENERAL OFFICES INCLUDED.
The Entire Plants Now Taken
In.
ANOTHER NEW ONE YESTERDAY
Albert Lusk Will Attach the Proper.
ties of Both Companies on
5000 Claim.

The financial troubles that are overhang-
ing the big canning and dried fruit houses
of Albert Lusk & Co. and the Lusk Can
ming Company, as told exclusively in THE
CALL of yesterday morning, have not yet
reached an end. Yesterday added an
other chapter to the difficulties and fur
nished more thread for the loom of CON-
plicatious that before a settlement is
reached will furnish most interesting
points of law.
Late in the afternoon third attachment
was filed against the corporation under
the suit of Eugene c. McKane as assignee
eff the claim of the Pacific Can Com pany,
amounting to S4113 This last levy was
made on she office of the company at 122
DAVIS street, and includes the fixtures.
books, papers and all property belonging
to either of the fruit CORPORATIONS to be
found within the three rooms on the Sec
ond floor of the building at the above num-
Der. known as the general offices of the
two companies.
This last attachment covers completely,
under the one suit, all of the personal
property that is known to the attorney for
the plain tiff, General John II. Dickinson.
An investigation into tie realty owned by
either OF the corporations is now being
conducted, and if any is found it will fall
prey to fourth levy the moment it is
located.
all of the attachments are being made
out against the corporations, ignoring their
claim that both companies have for over
two years been in the hands of John
Coffee as permanent trustee. The rea-
son for this is that when the suits come to
trial an ATTEMPT will be made on the part
of the plaintiff attorney to show that for
all time since and prior to the date claimed
by the Lusk Company for the transfer of
their property TO the trustee they have
been doing business under the firm name
of A. Lusk & Co. and the Lusk Canning
Company. In view OF this the defendants
will attempt to show that if on that date
transfer was made to a trustee it was done
Tor the purpose of serving a case such as
the present difficulties have drawn them
into.
at the time of the alleged transfer, in
1892, the corporation had just passed
| through the process of insolvency, paying
10 ana % cents on the dollar. That settle
ment being effected and the obligations
| subsequently paid, there was no reason it
can be claimed for making transfer other
than to be an inpediment TO the collection
! of past due accounts.
! The suits to collect for Eastern creditors
| have not yet been commenced. but in all
probability will be to-day or tomorrow. 1t
was the intention to commence action on
them yesterday, but General Dickinson,
with whom they had been placed for col
| lection, has been awaiting further advice,
which he has not yet received. Upon its
receipt he will commence proceedings.
From an unexpected direction yesterday
! the CORPORATION will be greeted with a sur
/ prise in the form of an attachment covering
! all the property now already levied upon,
| in new suit brought by Albert Lusk to
! recover 1901 claimed due him from the
| company for many months. The action
| is precipitated by the fling of the other
| liens, and will be done with view to
| securing himself in case other creditors
| follow in line and bring suit.
As told in yesterdays CALL, this claim
Is and has been fer some time in dispute
the Lusk Company claiming that instead
of their owing MIR. Lusk he is indebted to
them in tie sum of $500. Respective
| suits for these amounts are now pending
Yesterday afternoon MIR. Lusk came
downtown and conferred with his attor-
hey regarding his levying upon the cor
porations' property and by him was ad-
vised to do so. He left the Office saying he
would to-day.
CONTRARY 10 all expectations yesterday
Lusk Il Co. did not raise the attachments
already levied by bond. as they declared it
was their intention to do. They were
still in effect when the Sheriff locked up
| the doors of the Office, warehouse and fac
tory on the closing Of Business at o'clock
last night. As to what their intention is
in this regard nothing can be learned from
Vice President Henry Jacobs, and Presi-
dent IsldOr Jacobs is at present out of the
city and will not return for several days.
Until his return in all probability nothing
will he done.
AS yet the other San Francisco creditors
have made no move, but it Is understood
that meeting will be called the first part
of the week an0 some kind OF statement
got from the companies. After the re-
ceipt of this they will then consider what
course they will pursue.