The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-28
Legal Tangle to Puzzle Philadel-
phia Lawyers.
ABOUT THE MULTuM IN PARvO.
Attorneys Think the Company Well
Named, So Far ~ Trouble Ii Con-
cerned-S. G. Fails Application
for Receiver D~nied-Leaves
pf.sntt0 ana Defe nAants In . Di-
H>uma With at Least Two Horns.

Tire wisdom Of Solomon weaa have been
taxed b. lawssxt wtloaa 4atruded iiSc4i
on Judge aoare in the equity department
yesse~ day. The saat was for tbs appoint
meat OF O. receiver for the property OF the
Mussurn In Parvo Mining Expedition. ana
WA is Fought by 8. c. Falls against d. r.
Forlopster Frank kadkte. Henry Smith
Hariy Q. Marsh and John Laahaeh. al 81
whom hail from Philadelphia ard are
bound for the nor;hw esstern coast CT Alas
la- A receiver was denied Fails, who
wanted TO dissolve partnership with the
rgss 81 tho ak petition. Dut even now the
lawyers IN the case 90 not know where
they stand.
TIE last week has not been p'eaaant
one for the adventures from the City OF
Brothersy Lose. Fratsrna. d.scord has been
rife among them. ard reached It's climax
yss' erday when F'a4As hurried into court
with his application for a dissolution Of
partnership an accounting and the APP
p~.a;hneut Of "a receiver for the property
OF the company. Visions Of aeiay. too hor-
Tf5le to endure. fitted through the usually
placid rr.Isds Of tha SIX defendants. sxieer
30 be away on their search for gold, and
the remarks some Of them made concern
ing the dignilled profession Of tho law and
have caused Blackstone 20 turn In his
grave.
The breach betwsen Falls ard the others
of the expedition occurred some time ago.
The partnership articles were signed on
February ) In Seattle. At that time each
man agreed % contribute SSfJ to tho cosn-
mon fund 20 pas his share of the expenses
of the expedl Jon. ana 10 do his share 10
further ita objects. The articles were not
r-tfrt =
left mutually understood. out OF this fac;
grows part Of the trouble A. arst the
plans of The expedition were 10 make the
Journey - the north or the schooner
BELLA. which became involved IN litigation
and never sailed. Then Il sas resolved TO
sifi OH the Navarro.
This step Falls oppressed. He thought a
PROSPECTING expedition in a deep draft
steamship an abaurslity and said so. The
majority ignored hiTn, he says, and kept
right on making preparations for depar-
tHfe On the Navarro. Then he became con-
WINGED that he vas being frozen out, and
announced his determination 10 quit the
party He demanded the return Of the 500
he had already contributed The demand
we refused The money had been spent
for supplies ana the majority saw no good
reason why Fails should have ii back, any
way. They Informed Falls that they were
living up 20 the articles OF partnership and
tsat thoy were standing pat"
\ Yesterday. when the natortY'ea best offer
az conpf omlss go IL Is aaia. had been re-
fused Fal!s brought the threatened suit
Tho rms iority also hired lawyers and pre-
pared 10 fiat &c. The motion for a receiver
was denied IS Judge Moore. who held that
IN the nlsseiice Of an allegation OF the In
snhencY OF the defendants the motion
No3'd rot tie. FAILS lawyers had feared
fhis bat they couldn't anese that the de.
PENDANTS were insolvent. for ~ n matter
q fact some Of them are rich men when
they ar" "a; honc Judge Moore held how
ever that the complaint was sufficient To
Justly dissolution ~ The partnership and
sta accounting on th's ground That the ar.
t'sd"s of agreement were Too iudenune 10
b. binding
tle HtGanis are BOW So "a peculiar posi-
Ton Tn" SIX defendants ara ffso =, ..4y
whenever the Navarro VIII take them. and
WIKI them wifi "a FAils' shan, Of ,he ont
III. R'.t Il they Eo. ie VIII iravt them urae-
hc3@N - Falls n4~~sv for he could thcn
80 ahead and obtain "A juJRue,t fer th,. re-
turn or ht@ St". fer the attorneys for IN.
defendants wopla ae poWvricas without the
test nlotS - their stion,s Or thu Other
haid. fai}s lax yrs cannot Se,, how he ar,
'0i'rct thn Judgment. even If he gt,a n
without stcat trouble. l. Sc possible ,i=o
that Judge Moore might refuse to tfv 4he
cfss until ;ha Fhiadeithiaps ca,,,A f,,,L
from A'ask1. Il they ever do
Inc possibilities ar> - atsgnr-s..s, thar thn
LAWYERS hato headaches u hrn thrv ,hfnk
~ them.