The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-22
BIG LAND CASE DECIDED.
Judge Martin Rendered a Verdict for
the Defendants.
AN APPEAL WILL PROBABLY BE TAKEN.
The Shipments for the Month Are Get
ting to the Big Fieures--Cardum
Has Gone Outside.

Beaumont. Texas April 2L-The big half
million dollar damage suit was decided
this morning by Judge Martin aud resulted
in victory for the defendants
W. +. II. McEaddin, W. W. Kyle and v.
Wless The judge rendered Judgment
for the plaintiffs for 5000 but placed the
costs OF the court ON the plaintiffs The
5000 was the earnest money that had been
paid by the plaintiffs to the defendants aud
was rendered to the plaintiffs in open court
prior to the trial OF the suit. There is every
likelihood that the case will be appealed
If the plaintiffs are not granted a new trial.
dust ON the owe of the boom Mcssrs
Fagin, Roberts and CorleN entered into "A
trade with w. L. H. McFaddin ct al for
the purchase Of twenty-scycn acres ioln.
ing Spindle Top for the sum of $1,000 and
they paid the sum W 5000 as earnest
money To bud the trade pending the eNami-
nation of the abstract. fhe land In the
deal had already been leased TO Captain
Lucas and the lease had been filed for
record. Later on McFaddn notified tue
plaintiffs of this and that broke UP the
trade and McFaddin then wanted to pay
them the 5000 They claimed that the
facts had not been properly represented
and that they had been damaged 10y Nc
Faddin in the sum of 100000 on account
of the delay and the tie up which was
forced upon them.
II is NOT known to this day whether the
land is oil land, but II is near the flowing
wells and no wells have been found dry
that would show 1t To he dry also. the
dry wells being just as far away as the
gushers. This made the matter all the
more uncertain and made the case a hard
fought one from the beginning.
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There have been no further develop
ments reported today about the race
trouble at Spindle Top, though Deputy
II.
noon for the purpose of making several ar
rests. The negro Fletcher * still IN Beau
mont and will not be allowed to return to
the hill for the present.
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The use of cartheu reservoirs has been
taking firm hold of late on the Beaumont
producers and the probabilities are the
result of Manager Wallis tests on the clay
found here will induce many others to look
after this kind Of storage. 1t was these
earthen reservoirs that caused such a row
at the last legislature, but they will hardly
Oc allowed near enough TO the field TO
prove hazardous; because Judge Martin is
watching that matter as closely as the com
mttee that he has under him, and
they are not going to submit to any tanks
being too near the field TO damage Il from
ire
Another cause that is making the oil
people look with favor to the carthcu res
elNoir is that there IS not near so much
danger Of fire from the oil, as has been
demonstrated conclusivcly during the last
few weeks. tank Of oil was actually
oXtinEuished with blankets after II was
on fire, which Is something tnat no one
thought of before.
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The big steamer Cardum went outside
today to take the balance Of her cargo.
She will carry the customary 5000 bar
rels. This boat is becoming quito a visitor
to Bcnumout--or rather Port Arthur, aul
her voyages have done much 20 run up
the shipments.
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More than 5000 cars Of oil have been
| shipped from spindle Top during this
month and the record should rcacn nearly
5000 before the end. This amount includes
the oil shipments by water also.