Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-10
REEVES Old SCANDAL
Sac County Land Case Recalls
American Emisrant Land
Company Scandal.
Case From Clinton Involves
Corporation Laws and In
corporation Fees.
Col. swalm's Chautauqua Speech
at Des Moines...Cummins
at Waterloo.
pecial to Times Republican.

IL WaleIlOOs
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July lo.-A number of in
teresting new cases are being appealed
to the supreme court and will be ready
for submission some time next year
when the supreme court gets around TO
these cases. The court is SO far behind
with work under the present system
that the nature of a case is almost for
gotten before it is decided One case,
the papers in which have just been filed,
recalls the troubles of the American
Emigrant Company. which involved
scme Iowa men in more or less of scam
0al and annoyance some years ago This
is land title case from Sac county. The
forty-acre tract in question is claimed
by two different persons One line of
title descends thru the swamp land
grant to Sac county. thence to t. f
Brown, OF Des Moines, and finally to the
American Emigrant Company. OF New
York, which failed owing an immense
amount The eniigrant company sold
Y the land to one John Wright and after
/ wards mortgage was foreclosed by
I James Callahan and James C. Savery,
/ the millionaire landowners of this city.
I In the meantime another line of titles
4 came down from a grant to aid railroad
iconstruction in 1856, re- the Iowa Central
Air Line. and then to the Cedar Rapids
| e. Missouri River railroad. thence TO the
Iowa Railroad Land Company and 10
/ John r. stuart. Stuart brought suit 10
| quiet the title and got decree in his
! favor on ths ground that he had never
| been served With notice of the fore
/ closure suit and the adverse claims OF
1 those who relied on the title given by the
I emigrant company Now the person whe
4 bought from Savery ard Callahan ap-
I peals the case. II is one of those annoy
ling cases in Iowa history which illus
1 trate fairly the multitude of biunders
4 rndae in regard to Iowa lands and the
1 questionable methods used by some of
the rich landowners In getting posses
zion of Iowa land.
/ Another interesting case which goes
1 into the supreme court is that of c.
| Lamb & Sons. of Clinton. vs. G. l. Dob
son. ex-secretary of state, involving the
/ corporation laws of the state The life
Of the corporation had expired and ii
/ was sought to extend its time twenty
years more by adopting an amendment
1 TO one clause of the original articles
I When the amendment was fled the sec
4 tetary of state refused to file the same
/ unless paid $3.50. the fee for fling new
4 Interpretations. a little later the amend
nent was again offered and as a new
law had gone into effect the charge de-
manded was s1l5 The company ten
dered 80 cents and brought suit TO COM
/ pei the secretary of state to accept that
! and record the amendment The posi-
4 tion of the secretary of states office is
/ that the time Of the original company
/ had actually expired and II had no right
! 10 adopt an amendmen. to articles or
/ transact any business. The lower court
\ took this view If the supreme court re-
/ verses il the state Will be cut out of a
1 good many big fees for the re- incorpora-
ton of rhe big companies that have been
4 in business about twenty years.
1 Contractors and builders will be In
! terested in an illustration of what can
4 be done in the matter of laying
! foundation in the coldest weather. The.
cement foundation for the new block on
W, W r."nA Aei eo.''si ~ i,es MONIES Vas
4 ,s,ia ~ .'is coidss' Weaehe'' tass winter.
na,.s eoi. !. .'ae'',s shoek ehs'f heaus ana
's''aie'' y "ouia nave 20 pe taken out
/ as cement eoulu NOT De iaiu IN such
i Mea.iier- i,u' rev Gays ago y was ae
4 sired TO take out some OF the founda-
/ ton and the workinen found it utterly
4 impossible to dig thru the solid cement
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! -'s.' -, 80. ,. :. vas "ia',
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me arsleies OF incorporation Tor the
re- Niii'"'i q ,s'iutiimss.eil1 haii-
/ way So'ipahs nav oeeh MEG ana me
e.lii .a it2ails ' y teauN " start business with
/ siVV'g9. capi'ai. lhe iHcorpora'ofs arr
4 .se supseahliai business men OF pu-
1 uua'ie ara there are doout foftS OF
! theih. rms leaves 'hs impression here
/ 'hat 'hls is oIllke many other railroads
| ~ 'ne staee-lt VIII De reality some
1 tlINe.