The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-06
a LAST HE GETS IT.
100 HoDe~ Dee1g1oa GIVING 4. =.
Petvfn . JsAonens, View A0sone-
- - e11oyooo. stan1s, Dssssss
All Parties - 3he Action We're
y~e Given usilee 0R Appeal.

4ho Denny hotel esse. which hss FUR
r16hed employment to 20 many lawyers
- rs made ffe tnterosfluG 70 such Z
ernuber Of creditors, b a. last finally set
- b. the supreme court. which has dis
olfnood the appeal Of the Cornell untver-
~ against the judgment granted BY
1uaeo Humes to Fabien 8 Potvtn- II has
foen . long. weary wait for settlement.
- there viii probably be relief felt By
- connected With the case, even the law
~orx The Judgment rendered to Potytn
1neIudea also the numerous and divers 9TH
= claimants who have liens against the
Dnny Hotel Company. But Potvin h the
ene. The others get q few paltry thous-
ands. while he. after paying al claims,
vfil get about $500 fortune His at
feeueys, Stratton. Lewis 4 Gilman. John
WIley and George r. De Steizuer. viii a.
Stds Sle.gA Altogether the judgment now
ansounts 10 s2i0.ooo
TabIen 8. Potyin was the contractor
Mo built the Denny hotel for the Denny
Uetel Company. Times were booming
~ and the hotel was planned in ac-
eerdance with the large ideas which then
eesvaI1ed IN everything. 1t was 10 BE-
naiace, where the traveller could In truth
~ On the comforts Of a home. and more.
TO- But II cost . great deal. money be-
IN 70 run short. stockholders refused TO
mt up more. and NJ last, In order 70 con-
s11nuo the construction. ti00 600 was raised
= mortgage. This mortgage was pur-
chased by Cornell University. The 1900
vent 40 the other money had gone. and
SIN there appeared but the skeleton Of
u magnificent hotel intended. Then. af-
~ working awhile for nothing. they gave
& up and went to fighting In the courts
Dyogyone who could ind any excuse for
o doing took hand in the fight. There
Uuro about thirty claimants. and each
one had from one to half dozen lawyers
When they gathered together In q court
soem It was like q convention Of attor-
o1ya. The firm Of Cole. Heaton 4 Dawes
mas engaged by the university. The
Danny Hotel Company WAS defended by
DwFke. Shepard Z Wood. II was = most
intricate contest. and for the last two
sr thrss years has kept the legal minds
eoacerued At . high tension.
Tue decree in the consolidated Denny
1otei eases was signed by Judge Humes
b tbe superior court last March. award
lng Potvtn Judgment against the hotel
company In Siss. 3n-7s. with interest 1T
eer cent. together with an attorneys fec
e $1,000. me dien OF the Judgment to BE-
prior TO that Of the 800 900 mortgage held
by the Cornell university The hotel build
Ing and grounds were ordered to be sold.
and the proceeds applied az follows:
Ftrsf-To the payment Of the costs of
- reference, ~ per stipulation. one-half
20 b paid to Cornell university and one
Aalf to Dexter Horton h Co.
eecond-To the payment Of tho Hen and
judgment OF Schwabacher Bros. 4 Co. for
Q.S6.0. with interest at 10 per cent from
April Is. 1891. with costs. including an at
sorney fee OF $40. S9.7s for Hing and re-
cord:ng lien notice and ssl2 OF the judy
ment len OF Charles Hfn 4 Co.. <orether
With interest and costs
Thiru-To the payment OF the costs Of
potvtn. including his attorney Tee Of $40.
~.
rourth-To the payment Of the 1udR-
ments and liens OF tue nrst rank. the
1udgments and liens TO bear interest 1t 10
~ cent. from their respective dates, to-
eether with attorneys fecs and fees for
ahne and recording. as follows:
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