Evening star., 1902-08-28
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News From
Montgomery County's Capital.
ecial Correspondence Of The Evening star.

Special correspondence or The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. MD. August %, 1902
Judge John c. Motter has handed down
his opinion in the case OF the National
Chautauqua Company of Glen Echo against
the Baltimore Building and Loan Associa-
ton. The object of the suit was to have
declared null and void certain collateral
mortgage held by the defendant corpora
tion on the property Of plaintiff, and to OBJ
tain injunction to restrain alleged threat
ened trespass on said property by the de-
fendant ard its agents and employees
A preliminary injunction was granted,
with leave to dissolve on auwer filed and
motion to that effect. An answer was filed
ard a motion made for the dissolution OF
the injunction, but that was superseded,
after the taking of testimony, by an order,
agreed TO by all parties, setting the whole
matter down for final hearing.
The bill alleged that the defendant cor
poratiOn w2s about to commit various
trespasses under the guise of a mortgage
executed by the Glen Echo Company to the
defendant. which mortgage, the bill al
legged is void for the following reasons:
That it is ultra wires under its charter.
said corporation being without power to
execute such a mortgage; that the mort
gage was not authorized by any meeting OF
Stockholders or directors of the Glen Echo
Company. and that If valid there was no
default authorizing foreclosure proceedings
or to take possession of said real estate
without judicial proceedings.
Judge Motters decision dissolVos the tom
porary Injunction and dismisses the bill OF
complainant. with costs to the defendant.
Messrs. Talbot and Talbot appeared for
the building association and Messrs. Talbot
and Prettyman for the Glen Echo Company.
AT the regular weekly meeting of the
board of county commissioners for Mont
gomery county the report OF the exam
iners on road, petitioned for by Charles A.
CHAMPION and others, was considered and
ua of lDfil Mat is made The
road asked is from the Georgetown and
Rockville turnpike to Somerset Heights.
The commissioners entered into a contract
with a Pennsylvania firm for the construc-
tion of an iron bridge across Watts branch
a. the Darnestown road, about mile from
this town, and for a similar bridge across
Hawling's river, on the road from Laytons-
vile to Unity. The former VIII cost $3.50
and the latter 1865.
The petition Of Edward t. Brown, repre-
senting Elizabeth Carter to be an insane
pauper, was, upon the certificate or Drs-
Anderson and Linthicum, granted, and the
woma will be committed TO Montevue Hos
pital for treatment.
In a one-sided and loosely PLAYED con-
test the Rockville base ball team defeated
the aggregation from PoolesVille at the fair
grounds here this afternoon in the presenca
of a large crowd, quite number making
the journey from Pooiesvtile to witness the
game The Poolesville boys were unable to
connect successfully with the delivery OF
Nicholson, the Rockyilles' pitcher. while
the home team batted the Poolesville
pitcher at will The score was l6 to 3.
Rockville made IL hits and errors, and
PoolesyilIe hits and Z errors.
The lineup was as follows: Rockville
Harris center field; Braddock left field; s.
Dawson, catcher; Wilson, right field; Day,
first base: r. Brewer, second base: Nichol-
son, pitcher; e. Dawson, shortstop; n.
Brewer third base. Poolesville-Hersper-
ger center field; Tunnel, third base; luby,
catcher; Griffith, first base; Miles. left field;
Sellman, shortstop; Sellman. second base:
Stang, right field; Bell, pitcher.