The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-25
ON A CHANGE OF VENUE
Papers in a Lewis and Clarke
County Suit Filed Here.
AGAINST THE VEIN BROS.
Complaint Alleges Tha John II. Vein
Transferred Certain Goods to His
Brothers for the Purpose Of
Defrauding the Plaintiffs.

The papers in a case of Charles Kauf-
man & Bros. and about a dozen other
plaintiffs against ohn II. Vein. Joseph
w. Vein and julius Vein, were filed
yesterday in the district court on a
change of venue from Lewis and Clarke
county.
The complaint alleges thai Kaufman
Bros. IN Dec. %, 1899, secured judg-
ment against JOIN ii. Vein for $3.50
and SIS costs. The sheriff was able to
collect only s125 on the execution, which,
after deducting the sheriff's fees, left
a balance of Sis. so to be credited to the
defendants account. The judgment
was obtained for goods, wares and mer-
chandise sold.
The following other judgments were
also secured against John II. Vein:
Gordon & Ferguson, $321.95 and $12.s5
costs: Smith & Patterson, 1924 and
1880 costs; D.. G. Percival & Co, $210.50
n $12.S5 costs: Hayden w. Wheeler
& Co., $43S.S5 and $3.50 costs; L.. G..
Wachsmuth & Co., 1882 and $3.50 costs;
Blum Bros, $353.60 and $3.50 costs:
Simons. Hatch & Written, s314.55 and
$3.50 costs. On none of these judg-
ments, the complaint alleges, the sheriff
was able to collect anything.
On the 18th of November, 1898, the
defendant, with intent to defraud the
above named creditors, made and de-
lfvered to Moses Morris, a paper pur-
porting to be an assignment of all his
property and that he preferred credi-
tors other than the plaintiffs. preferring
them for about 1000, and delivered to
Morris a stock of goods when he pre-
tended was all that he owned and
~-hs0l 800 -~N 1921 90 a
Morris, on selling the goods at an as
signee's sale, did not realize enough to
pay the preferred creditors.
The plaintiffs allege thatWein. at the
time of the assignment. had i'm his pos
session a stock of goods worth IS, 900.
which he a purchased of the plain
tins and other persons, but he did not
place them among his assignee stock.
He delivered these goods to his broth
ers, Joseph w. Vein and julius Fl.
Vein. n they received the same with
out paying any consideration. They
have been carrying on business in their
own name, while they in fact are doing
it for the benefit of John II. Vein. IL
is further alleged that the Veins con
spired together to hold the property
in the brothers names for the purpose
of cheating and defrauding the plain
tiffs herein.
The complaint further states that the
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Clarke county were placed in the hands
OF the sheriff of Deer Lodge county.
and that he served the papers on
Joseph w. and Julius Vein, but they
denied having any property belonging
to John H. Vein.
The plaintiffs ask that Joseph w.
Vein and Julius H. Vein be compelled
to render an account into court and
account for all the property and money
received from John H. Vein; that it
be adjudged that the property belongs
to John II. Vein and that the same be
sold and the money received therefor
be applied upon the plaintiffs claims.
A transcript on appeal was yesterday
filed in the district court in the case of
John Lappin VS.. Pat Conlon, a suit for
VOL. The case had been tried in JUS
tice Williams court, where judgment
had been given plaintiff for the amount
sued for. from which judgment defend
ant appeals.