The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
THE ILLEGAL STOCKHOLDERS.
MUTUAL COOPERATIVE BOOKS TO
BE BROUGHT INTO COURT.

Abe SmaIFs Motion for New Trial to
BE Heard TO-mOrrOw-Judge Fall
Iigant TO Decide the Application
for NOn-Suit in the Liberty Street
Cases To-day-A Big COOperage
Concern Incorporated.
The plaintiffs in the suit for injunction
against the majority stockholders of the
Mutual Cooperative Association filed an
other amendment to their petition yester-
day. in which they give the names of for
ty-six parties to whom they state one
share of stock was transferred on Jan. 20.
and the names of eleven others to whom
they state one share each was transferred
on Jan. a.
These parties, it is charged. were made
stockholders in name only, by having one
share transferred to them for the purpose
of controlling the stockholders meeting.
Another feature of the amendment is
that the association was not organized
for the purpose OF making money. but in
order to enable its members to secure the
necessaries of life as cheaply as possible.
1t is stated that it is perversion of the
original purposes of the. association for
parties to buy up the stock as an in
vestment and then use it to make a profit
for themselves. For these reasons an or
der was asked requiring the defendants TO
bring into court tomorrow the books of
the association showing who we're the
stockholders Dec. 81, and how much stock
each held and what transfers of stock
were made during January. as well as the
books showing the condition of the BUSH
ness, and the stock and cash on hand and
- "A hos ts..E
an order directing that all of these books
pc brought to the hearing on Saturday
In the meantime, the aforementioned
stockholders have been restrained from
voting at any meeting until the court has
passed upon the questions at issue.
The Liberty street paving cases are lust
reaching an interesting point. The argu-
ment on the motion for a nOn-suit by the
detendants was concluded by Mr. J. K.
Saussy last night Judge Falligant TOOK
the papers, will consider the matter at is
this morning.
just before the argument closed last
night point was raised over which there
was quite a spirited little contest. Messrs
Saussy and Richards contended that the
agreement was that the d. c. Bacon suit
and the ID. G. Purse suit were to be tried
| together, but as different suits, and that
they might introduce evidence In one ana
not IN another if they saw fit TO do so.
Mr.. S. b. Adams, for the city, disputed
that proposition, his contention being that
the two suits were being tried together
for convenience, and that any evidence in
troduced in one must apply to the other
and vice versa, IL being the supposition
that the evidence applied to both cases.
| Judge Falligant Will also render a de-
| cision on this very warmly contested
point this morning.
The motion for new trial in the case
| of Abe Small, convicted of the murder of
| Policeman NeVe and sentenced to hang.
will be heard Tomorrow. instead of to-
hn fHnrr .farfv. H..
| The motion will be argued for the defend
| ant by MessrS. Charles N. West and L.
=: Ravenel, and by Solicitor General w.
| W. Fraser for the state. The grounds
| of the motion are practically that the
court erred in allowing the admission OF
improper evidence, and that there has
| the defendants favor. The hearing is ex-
pected to be quite an interesting one.
An order Incorporating the Union Coop
| erage and Supply Company was granted
to Messrs. w. E. Huger of Charleston,
s.. c., J., W., Hardesby of Montgomery
| The company is given authority to deal
! in cooperage and cooperage supplies, anc
all other property, used in conjunction
with this class of business. The paid in
capital is to be $4,000, in shares of S1Oc
| to $500 900.
| The principal office of the company will,
be in Savannah, though it is likely the
mandatory will be located somewhere
| IN the central part OF the state. 1t Is
! given the privilege of doing business in
| other states and territories, and is in
| corporated for the usual period of twenty
| years. Some of the largest cooperage
works in this section. will combine witn
this company, which expects to CONSOLE
date large portion of the business.
A consent decree and order was taken
| yesterday in the superior court in the
! case of the Seymour Furniture Company
| and others against Uhlfelder q Co Hall
/ of the accounts are to be turned over tc
| J. ]. Harrison in full settlement of his
| claim. The other half of the notes anC
| accounts have been turned over to MIR
| Charles ]. White for collection. The re,
| ceiver is directed to pay the following
| parties the amounts specified: T. J. pa.
ley, Waterman, $54s NJ. Prayer, rent. $50
| insurance fee, 81; Sol Wilensky watca.
| man, $34; clerk of superior court on ac.
| count, $25; S. j. Brown, attorney for the
! moving creditors. SIS; and to Charles Cob.
man, receiver $25. The court allowed al
| unsecured creditors to take judgments
| against Uhlfeder & Co. and against Nor.
| ris and Jacob Uhlfelder individually.
In the court of ordinary yesterday the
| will of George w. Shaffer was probated
| in solemn form.
]. F. Brooks, administrator of the es.
tate of Mary Clancy, filed a petition for
! letters dismissory.