The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-01
WRANGLING OVER
THOSE DEEDS
The Counsel for the Heirs
Want to See More
of Them.
Delmas & Shortridge Claim to
Have Fulfilled the Order
of Court.
1t Is Arranged That They Be Sub.
mitted to Full Inspection
in Court Tc.Morrcw.

The Craven deeds to the SansoIne and
Mission street Fair property are doing
very well in sustaining the interest in the
late Senator'S estate that was wrought up
by the famous pencil will.
Reuben II. Lloyd had submitted a mo-
ton before Judge Slack complaining that
the order of the court calling upon Delmas
& Shortridge to produce the deeds for the
inspection of the attorneys for Mrs. Gel
richs and Virginia Fair had not been
obeyed. He asked that the court issue q
peremptory order requiring the attorneys
10 produce the deeds in court.
When the matter came up yesterday
morning Mr.. Lloyd was disposed to have
the master continued until Friday. He
said that since the application for the or
der had been made several Photographic
copies of the deeds had been taken and
given into the hands OF the experts en-
gagged by the counsel for the heirs, Messrs.
Ames anG Carvalho. He also learned ne
SAID. that an inspection of the original
document had been promised for Wednes-
day morning. and the :efore he did not
desire to push his motion at present, say
ing that If the promises were fulfilled he
would Withdraw it altogether.
Mr.. Britain, representing Delmas &
Shortridge, objected to either a con-
tinuance or withdrawal. He was pre-
pared TO show, he sad, as matter of law,
that the court had no power to make an
order of examination except where there
was proof offered that it was matter OF
necessity. This had not been done.
Judge Slack expressed the belief that
there had been unnecessary delay. He
said he saw no better way than to order
the papers into court and then decide
what TO do with item.
Britain insisted that he would like to
be heard, and accordingly the court set
the matter for the afternoon at l clock.
At that hour Judge benson presented a
number of counter affidavlts, settins forth
that every facility had been offered the
counsel on the other side TO inspect and
photograph the deeds, even more so than
the court had ordered. The afidavits
were made by Stephen Roberts, w. s.
Jones, J. L. Ross of Tabers Photographic
studio, and Attorney Britain.
The atiidavits being admitted George
Knight sprang to his feet and declared the
proceeding farce. He said the order OF
the court had been wholly disregarded
and not only that, but the counsel had
been treated very discourteo1sly at the
Photographic studio. He further said the
order ought TO be made as he feared the
deeds would be destroyed or done away
with before the case came to trial.
III the painstakIng care OF the counsel
fer Mrs. Craven can avail, said Mr.. Short
ridge, 81 can assure the counsel that
these deeds will be at hand and in evil
dence when the case comes to trial.
Mr.. Britain said the remarks of Mr..
Knight were entirely out OF place ami
besides were not true in fact. He said
the experts, Messrs. Carvalho and Ames,
had been shown every courtesy posi- BILE;
had been allowed to inspect the deeds and
been furnished with Photographic copies,
and no reason existed for suspecting their
perfect honesty in the matter.
YES" said Knight, hotly, you al
lowed Carvalho and Ames to inspect the
deeds, but you first tied them up in an
ironclad contract, which they were re-
quired to sign"
81 have only to say that that statement
is false in every particular said Britain
coldly.
The matter was concluded finally by an
order being made by consent that the
further examination of the deeGs, which
was to have been held in the office of
Delmas d Shortridge, would take place in
Judge Stacks courtroom on " ednesday
afternoon, Delmas q Shortrldge reserving
the right to except to any other experts
save Ames and Carvalho. and also pro-
viding that the deeds be not taken out of
their custody.