Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04
BAY STATE GAS CANNOT
TRlFLE WITH COURT
II Must Have Its Stock Book or Dupll-
cate at Its Wilmington OfhCs by
First Monday in February
OR PRESIDENT WILL GO TO JAIL
Alice is Now President, and Not
Addicks.
OTHER BUSINESS IN SUPERIOR COURT

all Of the calendared cases were put one
eas aneau.
The case Of Barbara MCGOWAN ct al,
VS.. the B. & P. R. r. Co., was put at
iIe end OF rbs list, anu all s2Lsnses
we're imposed on LilDnrne Chandler, at
lorney iIr he plaintiff.
Mr., Sanborn, representing the de-
fendant. informed the court that he had
been given notice by Mr.. Chandler to
De ieeGy ana tna5 Le lad gone u the
expense of getting IA witnesses from
Raltir ore and Philadelphia. As Mr..
Chandler asked for the postponement,
Tue eours impo.eI tne paj luent OF the
expense OF postponement on him.
The case cf Charles Reynolds ad-
jninisttairix VS.. August Niewig was
non-suited. Tbs case was over an in
surance policy on tho life of Charles
Ravnolds which had been made yer
TO Mr.. Fiewig as security for debt.
1t is alleged u at Mr. Siewig collected
the ueoS nom the policy ana laiied 10
turn the balance of the money over to
She relatives OF ihe deceased.
:. s Auams, attorney for ite
plaintiff, being unable to prove the
oi.cy, the case VAS non-sGf,el. ".
f. kurt2 represented the Geience.
The case OF Sarah Cciiin vs. Robert
A. Conway was reported settled and a
Judgment for the defendant for costs
was given.
Ibe case of Robert j. Coffin VS..
Samuel r. Mcdaniel was reported
settled
Settlement was lso reported in the
Wilmington Aerie, No. "a, Il. U. Ii.
L., ~ - l,,t,.. A a1r,f,
Cordsry, in which the plaintiff alleged
OF wheat belonging to min, the jury
gave verdict for tne GefendaHt.
The-casc of jerome j. Shephard VS..
the Hercules Powder Co. was dscon-
tinued.
In the Superior Court Saturday
an argument was heard in the case of
H. Content & Co. VS.. the Bay State
Gas Co. and J. Edward Addicks. The
argument was on rule heretofore
granted to show cause why an attach
ment should not be issued for failure
OF the defendant company to comply
With the peremptory writ of manGamus
ordered heretofore against tho Fay
State Gas Co. compelling them to keep
in their Delaware office in this city
their original or duplicate stock ledger.
The attorneys for the company sought
| to have the court accept certain list
Of stockholders, giving itas duplicate
ledger.
1he court refused to accept this
excuse for compliance with the writ
and made peremptory order that the
duplicate be brought to the office in
this city by the first Monday in Fehru-
| airy next. The order will be enforced
by imprisonment if necessary.
1t appears by this action that Ad-
dicks has resigned and tnat j. Frank
Alice will have to answer as president
Of the company for each.
The return of the attorneys for the
defence as explained by Mr.. Ward was
as follows:
| Mr.. Ward said that the Bay State
Gas Co. mad complied with the order
| of the court. He said that the COM
pany had in its office prepared book
| containing all of these stockholders
and the number Of shares held by them.
| The book also contains the list OF
| transfers of stock. The company, MIR.
Ward also said, had in its local Office
book of the original sale of stocks
and the name of the purchaser Of every
share OF to k OF the company to the
present moment The book contains
| the address of every purchaser of stock.
Besides this book there are the books
containing the original data from which
| this stock ledger is made up.
| The court held that Mr.. Ward Is
return did not show that he had COM
piled with the law in producing the
proper accounts in the case.
Judge Grubb said the matter came
down TO the question whether the l3ey
State Gas Go. should be found guilty
of contempt in not complying with the
order Of Inc court to produce original
stock lsdger of the Bay State Gas Co.
Mr. Ward saidtia il the court would
give them time they could purge them
selves of any contempt and that il
what they had produced was moi
| sufficient they would try to comply
with the requirements of the court.
Tine court wanted to know how long
he would require.
After short conference with w. Fl.
| Miller of the defendant company, he
said :hat Mr.. Miller was of the opinion
that it would take a year.
The court would not listen to that.
Mr.. Ward then scaled it down to siz
months.
MIR. Limburger, of counsel for ths
plaintiff, said that in company with
another the books under letter A were
copied in a day. He thought that the
work CT copying the original woulc
not take over two weeks.
Ths court continued the hearing OF
tho rule and extended the time tC
February.
In the divorce case OF Louis J. Lingo,
| t. n hn vi Int
was ordered TO pay $40 10 the defendant
for the purpose OF paying the expense
Of thu trial. franklin Broekson i,
attorney for Mrs. Lingo aud Thomai
Davis represents the defence. w. W.
Knowles is commissioner in the case
Messrs. Salisbury, Ponder and Curtis,
counsel for plaintiffs, at the request o
counsel for the defence, moved for
Lostponemsnt of the big damage sui
case of the executors of Joseph Blatz
for $50, GOO damages for the death o.
Mr.. Blatz, which was caused by grad'
cros sing accident on the r., W. 81 b.
railroad at Beech street crossing. Thi!
is tine largest damage suit ever brought
in the Superior Court of New Castle
county. Tne court granted the motion
and the case goes over until the Feb
ruary term.
Alleging that hs has been perma
nently injured by blow over the heac
with a pitchfork in the hands oi
George B. w. Rhoads, Henry X.
Armstrong is suing MIR. Rhoad
on the charge of trespass. The cast
began in the Superior Court Monds!
afternoon Rhoads is well-knowr
farmer living near Odessa and tn,
blow was struck during an alteration
in the threshing yard on Mr.. Rhoads
farm in October, 1901. John Bigg
and E. r. Cochran, Jr., represent Arm
| strong, while John II. Rodney ant