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from 1854 to 1857. and he was not I'M
known to fame then. His career on the
When but rs years Of age, Price took
possession of the territory of Alta Cali.
fornia in the name 5f the United States.
s sna became He h she hr st pdRi faff fne Of oity thai 81
San Francisco and develop the Pacific
coast The public are only partially
r records t Retn case aas Il Rro thsf e Forest Un W y.
Price. Stripped of the technical ver-
bage, the facts are as follows
me husband Of the petitioner was 2
present suit was based on an allegation
tina while in California Forest acquired
some land and was called away, irving
to Price a power of attorney to dispose
OF It, which he did, and that he never
made MADE good the purchase money to his
Chaicery in 1874. in aid Of an unsatisfied
Judgment received June Z, 1887, by Sam
m ono Forest, deceased, for the sum of sl7y-
A effort was made to find property, but
counsel were not successful, and the case
lay dormant until August :, 1892, when
that the sum of $4,000 was about to be
paid to Price by the United States Gov
T rme according to an act Of Congress.
thls act had just been passed to reirl-
burse Price for monies advanced to the
government during the period Price was
on the Pacific coast. The claim was sup
made.
Mrs. Forest asked that d receiver be
appointed and that Price be enjoined
from handling the funds. An order was
made in 1898, requiring Price, then alive,
to show cause why the receiver should
not be appointed and he be prevented
from taking any action whatever that
drafts or checks the government was
about to pay to him. The total amount
named by Congress was s45 ,s04. OS.
On the 5th Of September. 1898, seven
days before the return of the rule to
show cause, Price obtained some of the
government drafts and cashed them. He
was then adjudged guilty of contempt of
til July, 1894.
During the interim the former Cover
nor resided with his daughter in New
rork S making perlpdicaI trips to his farm
made, as a rule, on Sunday, so that SER
vice could not be made on him.
and ne dMring h one y FL e mISmaay v watch ed
service was made, and he was subjected
to several nterroigaives under an order
Of the Court. Price admitted having
his conduct on the, ground that he under
stood that It, being a specific appropria-
ton Of the United States government, it
e ceht not t pe USED SEQ 1 fo TT the payment Of the
dcred that Price make requisition to the
Secretary of the Treasury or the United
States that the SUM of $3l, 900 still due be
paid to the receiver appointed by the
Court. This he did not obey, and he
was arrested and committed to the E,er-
gen County Jail In contempt. After re-
fusing assistance for some time, he final
" gave way, and his release was secured
Then the case was bitterly fought. or
May 8, 1894, he WAS again &djudged guilty
Of contempt of the CourtNof Chancary,
and ordered to reHtore to the receiver ISL,
704.08 or go to the common NIL. He was
again imprisoned but was 'Nnortly re.
leased because OF rapidly failing health,
and died soon afterwards. Stnce his
death the case has been carried TO- the
Court 81 Errors and Appeals, whore, after
innufnerable oclaye, the decree OF 1.-the
Chancellor Wa5A fIfHx1ncd recently