Evening journal., 1895-10-19
MRS. BOYD VS.. MORROW
as Carried Her Case From
Superior Court 10 Chancery.
sUIr involving ABOUr sl2,OOO

The Petitioner Wants $1,000 Principal
and Interest From Isss-she charges
wnfuI Fraud and Mr.. Morrow VIII
Be Given Another Opportunity TO Ex-
plain why Her Request should Not
he Granted.
The suit OF Martha A Boyd VS.. James
Morrow, of This city, which has been
shifted from the Superior Court TO the
CURT Of Chancsry, Is attracting much
interest, particularly IN legal circles.
The amount involved Is nearly $f2 coo,
s. 600 OF IL being principal and 81 600
interest " hlch has accrued during the
past seventeen or eighteen years, dur
ing which time Mr Morrow is alleged TO
have had fraudulent possession OF the
trust funds
Harry Emmons represents Mr. Morrow.
he has not yet fled his answer 70 the
bill Of complaint flied In Mrs Boyd's be
half by Harman & Knowles, her solc-
itors. The orators named ia the bill as
complsinants are Msrths A. B iyd, Albert
Boyd, William N Boyd and George @
Boyd. OF Chesterville, Chester county,
Pa.
The bill sets forth that Sarah A Robl-
son. late Of this city, died in August,
1868 Her will bequesths to her daugh
ter, Martha, the wife OF George O Boyd
5he interest OF So 600 duriny her life
time. and a5 her death, the principal
sum TO be divided, share and share aliks,
among her surviving children, or
the issue Of any children WHO may
have died Her executors were author
izsd and directed to invest the So. 600 IN
bonds and mortgage. we'll secured Ia
real estate situated in New Castle
county. II WAS stipulated that they
must act within enc year after her death,
and the interest paid TO Mrs. Boyd In
semi annual instsllments, Albert ~
and George @ Robinson, Sons OF the
testatrix and brothers Of the beneficiary,
were made executors under the will and
trustees OF the Boyd trust fund The
trustees, it Is alleged. on April l. 1869,
loansi the money TO James Morrow, be
securing 1t by bond and mort gage, the
mortgage rsciting that the money was a
trust fund On February, 13. 1878. the
trustees had satisfied OF record the trust
mortgage against Morrow under An
agreement that he should execute and
give to them a.mortgsge OF 81 600 on
property ia the north western side Of
Luib CibJ WHICH Lucu nclu III
company with Henry V Seidel, aud that
he would pay off and have satisfied Of
record the Two mortgages against the
Robinsons, individually known as the
Sharpe mortgage and the Worklngmsn's
Loan mortgage. and pay over the
sums OF 81 6l2 80 and $S25 re
Fpectively so that the Robinsons could
then give to Mrs. Boyd = first mortgage
Of 50 600 on the property thereby fully
securing her because OF the satisfaction
by the trustees Of tho S. 600 trast
mortgage against Morrow. That Morrow
failed to live up to his part OF the
agreement Is broadly stated by the
orators, who say they he utterly.
willfully and fraudulently refused In
whole or in part to comply with the
terms OF the agreement so far as they
applied to him, aud still refuses TO pay
either the principle or interest or any
portion Of either Of them, the default in
the matter of interest running back to
April 2 1878 Mrs Boyd and her felio y
orators aver that they never knew Of
the satisfaction OF the trust mortgage
until about one year ago.
They ssk ths chancellor to c)mm aud
Morrow to truthfully answer all the
allegations set forth in the bill of com
plaint. though answer under oath be
waived, aud to further compel him to
pay the So 600 with gaccrned interest to
the Robinsons or some trustee named by
the court.