Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
BERRYyILLE.
An Interesting Cnse-Person"' """
General.

GcneEhis
RERRYVIILE. VA, January s.-Cope-
cial)-A special term Of the Circuit Co".'
Of Clarke county was held here on "eu-
nesday and Thursday Of this week. a'
which Hon. c. L. Nicol. Judge OF the
Eleventh Judicial Circuit. presided. An
interesting case TO lawyers was set ioi
hearing at this term; indeed, was
chiefly to try this case that the term was
ordered. The case was that OF Ihorhas
d Gold. receiver of the Berryville Lana
and Improvement Company, against iteeu
q Mccormick, subscribers to the stock OK
the said company. This was an action at
law brought by direction of the court az
set out in a decree entered at the Jahua'S
term. 1898 in the chancery cause OF George
c. Ricamore ct al. vs.. the BerryNlie
Land and Improvement Company TO eh-
force the payment of stock subscrlptlons'
and was In accordance with an act OF the
Legislature passed December Y, 1871 CIV
ing to such subscribers the right to trlai
nv Jury. The case was brought TO Oc-
tober term. 1898, but was not tried then
because Judge Thomas W. Harrison, OF
this circuit. is an interested party, ana
was set for trial on Tuesday, January ith'
On Monday, January Sd, Reed d McCor-
mick, the defendants IT, the case Cd
tanned from Judge William NJ Atkinson.
Of the Corporation Court of the city OF
Winchester, an Injunction restraining
Gold. receiver, from further proceedings
in the case, and alleging that the debts
of the company had not been properly
ascertained. and that large sums of money
voted by the directors as salaries, with
out authority Of the stockholders, should
be credited upon the debts audited in IA
vor Of the directors, who received the
same. The counsel for the receiver urged
the court 10 disregard the injunction, on
the ground that IL was i'm effect an order
restraining the court, but the Court de-
clined TO do so whereupon said counsel
also moved that the defendants in the
action at law be required TO file their
pleas or a statement OF their defence,
which motion was also Overruled by the
Court and the case was continued. Coun-
sci for the receiver have given notice of
a motion 10 dissolve the injunction, to be
heard on the 18th Of this month. The re-
ceiver was represented by Messrs Mar
shall Mccormick of this place, and John
| J. Williams. Of Winchester The stock
| holders We're represented by Congressman
| elect J. NJ Quarles. Of stanton; 4. T..
| Byrd of winchester and S. J. G. Moore,
Conrad Kownslar, and f. b. Whiting, of
! Berryvile.
County Court was also in session on
| Tuesday Of this week. This was regu-
| lar grand-jury term. but there was no
business before the grand jury. a favora-
BILE commentary on the law-abiding dispo-
sitior Of the people Of the county The
will Of Horny ID. Levi was admitted to
probate. his brother. Thomas h. Levi.
I
Miss Gertrude Mccormick, after spend
ing the holidays at her home here, has re-
turned to school in Alexandria.
Miss Moss White is visiting friends in
| Parkersburg w Va.
Miss Mamie W. Mcclure IS visiting rela-
! tives I'm New York
Miss Scovel, OF Lynchburg, Is the guest
Of General and Mrs. Thurman at Thur
mansmeire."
/ Mr.. Charles II. Thompson Of Covington
was at home during the holidays.
Mr.. James +. Lewis Of New York
visited his mother, Mrs. G. p. Lewis. at
"Audley." recently.
Mrs. f.. i. Mccormick has gone to Nor
folk on n visit.
! Miss Katie Sewers. Of Shepherdstown
has been visiting Miss Blanche Hardesty
Miss Nellie Tabler has returned TO her
| home, in Baltimore.