The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-10
A Defense Association Has
Been Formed at San
Miguel.
WILL OPPOSE THE NOE HEIRS.
Attorney Lane Says the Quitclaim
Deeds Are Unjust in Great
Many Ways.

Franklin K. Lane of Lane & Lane, who
have been chosen as attorneys by the San
Miguel Defense Association to oppose the
suit OF the Noe heirs. speaking yesterday
in reference to the interview with the at
torney for the Noe heirs which appeared
III Yesterdays CALL, said:
'That interview was nothing more nor
less than an offer to sell quitclaim deeds
at low figure. 1t was an advertisement
for the business of the syndicate of attor-
neys who have brought this suit and thus
cast cloud over the homes OF 5000 people.
They wish it to be understood that for
nominal consideration they will quitclaim
to the poor man, but that they are hot
after the rich mans land. In other words,
they are fighting the rich, not the poor.
What nonsense! See, here is their
complaint-the first. we are informed, OF
eighteen they are to file. Now, in this list OF
$50 defendants there are, SO far as we can
learn, but two rich men sued, and they
are not among the richest in the district,
nor are they those who hold the most I'M
occupied land.
'Where is Adoiph Sutro's name? Where
is the Croker estate? Where is the South
ern Pacific Railroad? Where is the City
and County of San Francisco? These and
many other wealthy individuals and cor
porations own great tracts OF land In the
San Miguel Rancho, yet they are not sued.
They want to scare the man OF small means
into buying Il quitclaim deed for his little
home, and with the money thus raised
they will be able to bring more suits and
keep up long and harassing fight.
at ought to be distinctly understood that
every man who pays dollar for quit
ole bat dnIl IN "a q O
against his neighbors. The man who buys
a quitclaim deed is feeding the enemy.
That's all there is to it. It's an old, ola
game here in this City, but it has been
tried once too often. 'We do not intend to
sue poor people, says Mr.. koscialowski,
the plaintiffs attorney; yet all the people
he has sued are poor.
'It is true that Judge Sanderson over
ruled these demurrers to the complaint
last Friday What of it? The demurrers
were not argued. They were overruled for
want of prosecution. | hope people are
not so ignorant as to believe that the over
ruling of a demurrer is a recognition In
the slightest of any merit in the Noe claims.
1.-THE whole purpose of the utteranceS of
the plaintiffs attorneys is manifestly to
scare ignorant and poor people into buying
quitclaims. But the good gentlemen will
be fooled. The people of the San Miguel
Rancho have organized to fight the case
to finish and they expect all the home
owners in the district to join their associa-
ton.
$50 long as there was no organized de-
Tense on the part of the property-owners
nothing was said as to selling ouitclaims
at low figure. Oh no, they were out for
blood. They wouldn't agree to extend
time single day. They took default the
minute ten days were mp. Twenty eight
defaults have already been taken. But
when they found that the people of the
San Miguel were out for blood themselves
they advertise the fact that they have a
choice assortment of quitclaim deeds on
hand at cut rates. And they try to make
the ignorant believe that the law is with
them because demurrer was overruled.
The San Miguel Defense Association has
found a way, however. by which it is
cheaper for the poor man to defend his
property than to buy these Noe people of. "