Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-03-07

New YoRK, Feb. 2s.-John II. Judge
has obtained from Judge Andrews in the
Supreme Court a temporary injunction
and ordered to show cause ON March 5th
against the Mercantile Trust Co. as trustees,
restraining them from voting ON certain
stock of gas companies that are made de-
PENDANTS in the action brought by his
client. The other companies that are de-
PENDANTS in the action are the Boston Gas
Light Co., the Roxhury, South Boston and
the Bay State Gas Co. of Massachusetts,
and the Bay State Gas Co. OF Delaware
and the same-named company OF New
Jersey. The injunction is to restrain the
trust company from voting on the stocks
at the meeting that was to be held to-day.
The plaintiff, to whose complaint no
answer has as yet been filed. says that lie
is the owner of l6 Of the bonds of the Bay
State Gas CO., of Delaware In 1889 lie
says the Delaware company became the
lawful owner of bond of the defendant
Bay State Co, of Boston, conditioned for
the payment by the latter of 81, 500, 600 and
~ per cent of the earnings of tho Boston
company for term of 80 years. under
which bond the Boston company paid
$3.50 900 year in dividends. In 1898 he
alleges, j. Edward Addcks unlawfully took
from the Delaware company the bondpf
y, ON, OOO and without permission of the
otoShuolueF5 uellVeTtu II 10 lle nay SlaCe
Gas Co., of New Jersey, and that then the
latter delivered the bond to the Mercantile
Trust Co. aud the trust company delivered
10 back to the Bay State Gas Co. of Boston.
The bond was wrongfully, he declares,
cancelled, and the Delaware company was
SO deprived of chief part OF its assets,
and the value of its stocks and bonds was
greatly deprecated During this time Adj
dicks was president of the Boston and the
Npp IarSaU nj 10 alc, al1ouoI
that IN pursuance of the agreement made
on january list, 1889, between Addcks and
William IL. l., Dillaway, the trust com
pany became holders of the stock of the
several gas companies of Massachusetts,,
and the New Jersey company, and issued
a series Of bonds called Boston United
Gas Bonds" the aggregate of which was
Sl2,000,0 900 and which bore interest at )
per cent
Il is further alleged that Addicks and
Dillaway assigned their rights to nominate
officers and directors of the Massachusetts
company to the Delaware company; that
Addieks, us an officer of the Delaware
company, and the company itself nomi-
mated for election as officers of the defen-
dant companies himself and Frederick r.
Addicks, and the election was to take place
to-day. It is alleged that this election
would perpetuate and continue the illegal
and fraudulent actions that have deprived
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the Delaware company of its assets.
BOSTON DIRECTORS DIsGusTED.
BosToY, Mass, Feb. ga more dis
gusted company of men has rarely been
seen than were the directors of the Bay
State Gas Co., who met at the company's
office on West street this afternoon. They
had intended holding their annual meet
ing, but they didn't. The injunction issued
by Judge Andrews of New York, put an
affanfnul hrata n In ,raaaaIttNuc
COMPLAINT IN PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia Evening" Telegraph, Feb. asth.
On Saturday, the 18th instant, President
Judge Finletter of common pleas court
| No. 8, on application of Carmille Weiden-
| field, granted preliminary injunction
against the BecktoH Construction Co.,
| limited j. Edward Addicks, and others,
restraining them from making certain
disposition of particular shares of security
mentioned in the bill. The allegation was
that the defendant company made an
agreement with Henry H. Rogers for the
purchase by syndicate of certain gas light
| company's stock, &C., owned by the de-
| PENDANT company, at less than the market
value, &c, and the court was asked to de-
cree the contract to be illegal and void
| To this the Beckton Co. filed an answer,
giving detailed statement of the trans
actions involved, and denying all the
material allegations of the complaint.
The matter came up for argument before
| President Judge Finletter and Judge Reed,
Richard C. Dale and Tredwell Cleveland OF
New York, representing the complainant,
and A. D. Freedley and John G. johnson,
the defendants. After the production of
proofs and the hearing of argument. the
court this afternoon dismissed the bill of
complaint.
The amount involved was large and the
loirn otu ,,F I'D
fully when the injunction was originally
granted.