The age-herald., 1900-11-24
.ELYTON LAND co.
 TO BE DISSOLVED Majority ~of Stockholders Want
 Corporation Ended / VERDlCTS AND JUDGMENTS Kinney Case In Criminal Court, Quinn Case In Circuit Court and HarweII
 Case In City Court,
 On Trial. 9I
VERDlCTS AND JUDGMENTS

Another step in the famous Elyton Land Company litigation was taken yesterday when the majority of the stockholders of that company filed a petition in the Cham cery Court to have the corporation dis solved. A suit is now pending in this city, filed by William H. Hall and the Maryland Trust Company, to enforce the lien of judg- ments obtained by them against the Ely ton Land Company. It is thought that in the present proceeding the property be sold so as to put good titles in the pur- chasers.
 A synopsis of the bill filed yesterday js as follows:
 First-That the Elyton Land Company is a private corporation, incorporated under the general laws of Alabama, with the ob ject of buying lands and effecting the building of a city at or near Elyton, and was incorporated December s, 1887, which was confirmed by an act of the Legislature of February 2S 1889.
 Second-That the capital stock of the cor poration is $2Oo, ,OOO
 Third-The petition then sets forth the names and residences of the stockholders and the number of shares owned by each.
 th-Representatives of various de- ceased stockholders are then named.
 Fifth-The names of the petitioners and the number of shares owned by each are set forth, making a total of 1885 5-6 shares.
 Sixth-That on October l, 1894, the Ely ton Land Company sold it's property to the ETyton Company, and since that date has ceased to do business; that all of the prop erty so conveyed, as well the property held in trust for dividend trust bondhol1- ers has been sold by decree of this court in the case of Semmes and Tompkins, exc cutors ys. the Elyton Land Company ct al. on the cross bill of the Maryland Trust Company and that conyeyances were made and the purchasers put in possession. That since said decree was rendered Mrs. Susie Martin Morris filed her bill in this court to annul said decree and conveyance and the mortgage which the Elyton Com pany had executed on the property so con- Veyed to it. and for the default of which said mortgage, as well as for the non-pay- ment of the dividend trust bonds of the Elyton Land Company, was foreclosed in this court, and the recefvership under the Semmes and Tompkins bill was asked to be extended to her suit, and petitioners are advised that on appeal to the Supreme Court from a refusal of this court to eX- tend said recevership that court held that the sale to the Elyton Company was void and ordered the receivership extended 10 all property formerly of the Elyton Land Company which came into the possession of the Elyton Company.
 That if the sale and decree aforesaid Is void that the Elyton Land Company, sub ject to the equities which may have arisen from the payment of purchase money into court has a large amount of property, list of which is attached to the petition. If said sale is not void, then said company has no assets.
 seven-Petitioners ask to dissolve said Elyton Land COmDanV and that all stock holders not joining in their petition be made parties.
 Circuit Court.
 In the Circuit Court yesterday a demurrer to the complaint in the case of J. G. Bryan vs. Mitchell Grocery Company was sus- tained.
 The case of Robert N. Quinn pro ami, vs. Tutwiler Coal and Coke Company, damage suit for personal injuries, is still on trial.
 City Court.
 In the first division of the City Court there was a verdict of sS50 in the case of Noah H. Fancher vs. the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company.
 A judgment for the defendant was rem dered in the case of Jim Chamblee vs. Hood and Wheeler.
 The case of Watt Harmell vs. J. M., L. D. and s. A. Depuy is on trial. Plaintiff claims that one of the defendants, deputy constable, forcibly entered his house at Ensley and took out goods. He is suing for $1O00 damages.
 In the second division a divorce was granted plaintiff in the case of Mark Lott vs. Katie Lott on the ground of voluntary abandonment.
 A decree was entered confirming the re- port of sale in the case of R. E. Collins ct al. vs. John G. Fox ct al.
 Three small suits on open accounts were