Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-02
OF CERTAIN MONIES.
A Receivers Export Excepted
to-Two Receivers
Expended SIIs. 900 I'm Developments
Old Receiver Discharged and the
Property Turned over TO l.. A. Bren-
neman.

WAS u III tnS OultSo SeoSNS NSUi'
yesterday at Parkersburg, before
Judges Golf and Jackson; at least
one branch of it was up for consid-
Grafton and decision. The decision
upon the case itself, however, it will
be remembered, was decided last
month in favor of the Elk Fork OIL
company, by Judge Golf, whose
able opinion upon the matter in
litigation has attracted so much at
tention and favorable comment
throughout the country and par!
ticularly in that section called the
"oil country.
The question in court yesterday
is concerning the disposition of
monies advanced by George E. Fos-
ter and others, the plaintiffs. and
the Elk Fork Oil company. the de-
PENDANTS, in the suit decided by
Judge Golf, and which has been
appealed, to c. w. Brockunier, one
OF the receivers. for the purpose of
developing the leased property I'M
der his care and which was in liti.
CATION. Foster advanced $4,000
and the Elk Fork Oil company $IS,-
900, and now Foster wants the
money refunded, which was the con-
tention now before the court. The
Elk Fork company fight the re-
FINDING of the money upon the
grounds that the court had no juris
diction to issue orders granting the
right to the receivers to receive
monies and disburse them in devel.
Plug the property; and that the
,rders so issued were illegal.
Upon these charges Judge Jack
son and William P Hubbard, one
of the attorneys for the Elk Fork
III company, had lively passage
IT words yesterday morning and the
colloquy was heated and bordered
upon the sensational.
Both Foster ct al aud the Elk
Fork people resist the payment Of
he receivers. G. w. Brockunier
and w. A. McCosh, and all par
les in the transaction take excep-
tons to the first named receivers
report of disbursements, but no eX-
ceptions are taken to Capt. Nc.
Cosh's report. Brockunier expend.
ID 500, in developing and Nc
Gosh SIS, 600. Their commissions
are a certain per cent. upon the to-
tal amount of money disbursed by
each and both receivers are petit
tioring for their pay. Brockunler's
money for developing was contrib.
uted by both sides, as stated
above; but McCosh used money al
ready on hand and that received
from the sale of oil, to develop
ment of the portion of the proper
ty he had in his charge.
The legal talent concerned is of
the best in the state. Judge Jacobs
Judge Sterritt and Hon. VIM. P.
Hubbard represent the Elk Fork
Oil company; B. Mason Amber is
for Foster; General Caldwell! is look
ing after Jennings & Gufey's in
'erests; v B. Archer is counsel for
McCosh, and Henry NJ. Russell is
attorney for Brockunier.
The two judges after hearing the
arguments of the attorneys dis
charged the two receivers, Broc-
kunier and McCosh, and put all the
property into the hands of Mr.. L.
A. Brenneman, who went down to
Parkersburg this morning to give
bond as receiver and will return to-
morrow and take immediate posses
sion OF this valuable oil property.
The Elk Fork Oil company PEG
pie are highly elated over this vic
tory and propose to fight the case
from this on with all the vigor they
possess. Robert Mccormick, L. A.
Brenneman, H. w. Mccoy and
other members of the Elk Fork
company attended court at Parkers-
burg yesterday and they are all
much pleased with their victory in
getting the receivers discharged
and the property turned over to
them.
Cascarets, Candy Cathartic, the