The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-04
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Ogden. June 3.
A BIG SUIT.

A suit was filed in the district court
yesterday, the complaint of which
reads like the Declaration of Indepen-
ience. It is filed against British
corporation and enunlerates a long
list of services which the plaintiffs al
lege entities them to wages in the
sum of over 100000. The suit is one
of the most important that has been
filed IN long time, and will doubt
less involve title to valuable tracts
in South Ogden, in the Bear River Val
ley and Salt Lake county, now sup
posed to be owned by Lands Trust
company of England and Ireland
Samuel M. Jarvis and Roland r. Conk-
lin, the plaintiffs. are the principal men
in the JarviS-Conklin Mortgage Trust
company.
Samuel NJ. Jarvis and Roland R.
Conklin filed the suit against Lands
Trust company Omitted to recover
$4,000, together with interest on var
ious portions of that sum for various
periods of time, which makes the
amount sued for considerable over
100000.
The complaint alleges that the cor
poration sued is a foreign corporation
doing business and organized under
the laws of the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland. That be-
tween May, 1884, and Jan. l. 1896, the
plaintiffs, ait the request of the de-
PENDANTS, performed certain labor for
said defendants, to-wit:
They purchased for the defendants
an undivided interest, amounting to
$1,000 in a certain tract of land of
about AIS acres in the state of Mary
land, near the city of Baltimore.
at the price of S194,07S, or thereabouts,
incorporating under the laws of said
state the Roland Park company of
Baltimore city, as a land and invest
ment corporation, with a capital of
81, 900, O00
They transferred the $500 interest
in the land to the company thus form
ed and transferred TO the said defend
ants S517, 900 worth of stock at par of
the capital stock of the company as
payment for the land.
They bought 2,O23 additional shares
of said capital stock at so. 46 per share,
and received other shares of the stock
from time to time.
They cared for and advanced the
defendants interests in the said COM
pany, virtually controlling the man
a.@ement and policy of said company,
buying additional land and making i'm
provefnents which cost upward of
$1,000
All these services they allege are
worth $4,000
They also performed services of a
similar nature in forming a corpora
ton known as the Port Royal COM
pany, in South Carolina. These SER
vices they claim are worth S22, $40.
Other services were performed for
the defendants in Augusta, Ca, where
the plaintiffs purchased a lot of land
and erected building, rented and
cared for the same in the interest of
the defendants.
They performed certain other SER
vices in connection with the property
known as Sheldon Heights near Chi
cago, and among these was the Sc
curing of a loan secured by note
and a mortgage on the property known
as Sheldon Heights, and that after
wards the mortgage and note was ex-
tended. These services are valued
at $4,000.
None of these services have been
paid for, although demanded. These
services are valued at $4,000.
They also purchased land and erect
ed building in Baltimore Maryland,
known as the Manufacturers Record
building, costing upwards of $120,000.
They secured a loan for the defend
ants of 100000 on the said building.
These services are valued at $780,;
$4,000 for the planning of the building,
s4,5 500 for managing it, and $1,000 for
securing the loan.
Payment has been demanded and
therefore the above named judgment
is demanded.
Wrbts of attachment have been is
sued to the sheriffs of Box Elder, Salt
Lake and Weber counties, but the
Writs have not yet been-returned.