The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-16
THE TRLEPHoNE SUITS.

The litigation between tho Telephone Man.
ufacturing Company aud the Sumter Tel.
ephone Manufacturing Company hiss aroused
great deal Of interest, and last Wedues.
DAY, May the 9'b, when Judge Ruchaoao
heard the returns to the rnl.s 10 show csuse,
W'ued againet the Sumter Telephone MFG Co
on the motion Of attorneys for the Telephone
Mfg Go , and against the Telephone Mfg Co
90 the notioo OF attorneys Of the Sumter
Telephone Mtg 70 quite crowd was pres
ent 10 the Court Housp. The Telephone Me
Co 10 askiog for an ipjunction against the
sumter Telephone Mfg. Co add O. T Mason
and r. G. Manning, while Me.srs Mason and
MaauinR, stockholders 10 the Telephone Mo.
Co, are asking for the appoiotmeu of Q
receiver to take charge Of thai company.
The Telephohe Mfg. Go is represented by
Havosvorth i Hay nsworth and ". H. Lylss.
Esq, and The Sumter Telephone MIG. ca 10
represented BY Lee / beise snd Jos W.
Barn we'll, EsQ.
AZ almost lhs Same ground 10 covered 10
both cases and the ssre facts arc 10 issue it
Was sgreed oy the sttcrue;s to bear tho re-.
turns 10 both cases before taking up The argu.
ments. The retsros aod afadavis in support
OF ths allegation contained therein are very
voluminous.
When tho reading Of complaints ana
auswers aud numerous sffdavits aud exhib.
tie was concluded the arguments were begun.
W. n Lyles, Esq spoke in favor Of tho
motion for tho grantiog Of an irjunciion
against the Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co and
against the application for the appointment of
. receiver for The Telephone Mfg. Co. He made
40 elaborate legal arg ument 10 the course of
which be cited great number of authorities
in support Of bis copteutioE.
On the other side the arguments we're made
by Aessrs. Jos. W. Barn we'll sod R D. Lee.
who covered the ground ably and thorough b.
support their position. At 8 O'Clock Judge
Buchanan sdjourned the sitting until 10
O'Clock Thursday morning.
thursday morning d. Noise, Eco made
bic argument against the application for 40
tnJunction. He spoke for several hours, re-.
viewing the whole field of argument, citing
authorities in support Of bis position, and
replying to the argument of Mr Lyles
Mr.. Lyles replied 10 brief but clear cut
argument 10 which he quoted additional au.
thorities 10 rebuttal OF those produced BY
the opposiog attorneys.
The papers we're then banded 10 to judge
Buchanan aud be will take the cases under
consideration
The cases are probably tho most interest.
ing from the legal point Of view 90 account
W VIC Poots VI INV IN ISSUE, do well ~ the
local isenes Involved that have ever been
brought in local court, and throughout ,he
bearing and the lengthy legal and technical
arguments there was large and deeply in.
terested crowd present The attorueys for
both sides bad gone deeply ioto The law bear.
ing upon The poiots 10 issue and they made
the strongest possible presentation of the
cases from both sides.
10 few words the main Issues involved
are:
10 the application for an ipjunc,lon agaiosi
The Sumter Telephone Mfg. 20. The claim is
Get up that the name is similar to that of the
plaintiff corporation aod is an Infringement,
on the franchise Of The plsiutiff corporation
10 the application for the appoin tmeot of q
receiver for the Telephone Mtg. Co.. the
plaintiffs, Messrs. Mason aud Manning alleee
that thsy have been wrongfully deprived oil
their positions in the said corporation, and
that the affairs Of the corporation are being
mismanaged 10 the delriment of the stock.
holders. and that The sppointmeu, Of a re-
ceiver 10 necessary for the protection of ,bs
etc OK boldere