The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-25
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Calvert Coal and Iron Company. ct. al

Calvert Coal and Iron Company. ct. Al
VS..
Winslow M ason, Charles +. Haines, ct. al.
No. 1852 Equity. In the Circuit ECourt for
Garrett County, Md.
The object of this suit is to procure a dc.
cree annulling, cancelling and setting aside
pretended deed from the Calvert Coal and
iron company to one Charles D. Beaumont
trustee, dated 10th day of May, 1902, and n
corded in Liber K. Il. II. No 40 folio 597. ops
of the Land records of Garrett comfy Mary
land.
The bill states that certain Robert A
Parrish, OF Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA was
IN his lifetime the owner of 1916 shares of
the capital stock Of the plaintiff Calvert Coai
ana iron company, which whole capitM
stock CONTESTED of 5000 shares and that Cal
vert Coal and Iron Company is the owner In
Zee OF tract OF land in Garrett county, Ma
ryland. known as Lot No. 3 of the sub-divis-
ION or beatty Plains, containing 800 acres
more or less, and is in possession thereof ana
mas been IN exclusive and continuous pos
session or the same for long term of years
under a deed from Joseph T. Thornton truB-
tee, duly recorded in Liber w. II. t. No IL
tol1o 81 one OF the Land Records of Garreh
county, copy of said deed being filed with
the bill marked "Plaintiffs Exhibit Ar that
on the IND of February, 1901, the said Robert
A. Parish, being owner of the aforesaM
SnareS OF STOCK made and executed his last
VIII and testament on or about the 10Th day
OF March, 1871, died without having revoked
the same and said will was duly admitted 10
probate by the Register of Wills of the City
ana County of Philadelphia, Penn, and y
now or record of record i'll the office of said
Register of Wills in viii Book No. IA, page
5Sl, ana that Letters Testamentary were
granted thereon unto the plaintiff, Marie
Gaul, the eXecutriX therein named and DUN
certlhed copies of said will and a certiticabs
OF the grant of said letters are filed with tho
bill marked PLAINTIFFS Exhibits and c."
respectively. The BIN further charges that
the said defendants, Winslow Mason, Charles
f. Haines, Charles o. Beaumont, trustee
ana the other defendants whose names D.
the compliments are unknown have CON
Splred together with the intent and purpose
10 Iraudulently, Illegally and unlawfully de
pr1Ve the complainantS of their right ana
title to the aforesaid tract Of land and charge
that the said defendants above named and
the other defendants whose names to the
plalntffS are unknown have assumed to act
as the officers, stockholders, directors and
agents OF the plaintiff Calvert Coal and Iron
company and have attempted to exercise
the rights conferred by law upon said plain
tin and have assumed to exercise the fran
cnlseS thereof, all Of which acts on the part
OF the said defendants above named arc
illegal and void, they the said defendants
having no interest whatever in said prop
erty, stock, franchises and rights of Calvert
Coal and iron Company, and that the deed
to the said Charles o. Beaumont trustee
dated the 10th day OF May, 1902, purportins
TO nave been executed by Winslow Mason
fraudulently representing himself to be the
President and Charles +. Haines, fraudu-
lently representing himself and pretending
TO be the duly constituted attorney and
whereby they undertook to convey the afore-
said tract of land to the said Charles D.
beaumont, trustee, and which deed is re-
corded in Iiber +. H. II. No. 40, folio 5g7 one
OF the Land Records of Garrett county, and
copy of which is filed with the bill marked
| PlalntlffS Exhibit D." is fraud and con
St1tuteS cloId upon the title of Calvert Coal
and Iron Company to said land, the stock Of
which corporation with the exception OF
twenty-five shares belongs to and is the sole
property OF the said plaintiff Marie Gaul, e1-
0eVIGpn nn1pr M
said Robert A. Parrish, deceased, and that
the said pretended deed, unless set aside
and Cancelled by the Court of Equity. wiz
deprive the compliments of all their rights
and interests of every kind to which they
are entitled i'll said property and will STRIP
the compliments of all said property and
VIII DeStoW the same upon the said defend
ants above named and their co-conspiratOrs,
whose names are to the compliments un-
known and who have assumed the power
ana undertaken to exercise the franchises of
Calvert Coal and Iron Company and who
have no right and title to the same.
That the pretended deed to the said Charles
.. Beaumont, trustee, is wholly without
| legal consideration, is fraudulent and void
and should be set aside. cancelled and an
nulled by this Court.
The bill then prays that the said pretended
deed purporting to have been made and ex-
ecuted on the 10th day of May. 1902, by said
calvert Coal and Iron Company, through its
pretended president, WinSloW Mason, and
Charles +. Haines, its pretended attorney in
fact and agent, to the said Charles o. Beau
hiOHU. trustee. may ne dnDulleu, cancelled
and set aside by the decree of this Court, for
general relief and for an order of publication
against the said Wfnsow Mason Charles +.
| HaineS and Charles D. Beaumont, trustee,
who are non residents of this State, and also
an order of publication according to law, re-
curing the unknown persons and parties
who have assumed to act in connection with
| the above named defendants as officers.
stockholders, directors and agents OF said
Calvert Coal ana Iron Company, of the OBJ
ject and substance of this bill and warning
them to be and appear i'll this Court, in per
son or by solicitor on or before a certain day
to be named therein to show cause, if any,
why decree ought not to be passed as
prayed.
1t is thereupOn, this 18th day of February
1904, ordered. by the Circuit Courtfor Carrots
county, sitting in Equity that the plaintiffs
by causing copy OF this Orderto be inserted
i'll some newspaper, published in said Gar
rett county. once in each of four successive
weeks before the 18th day of March, 1901, give
notice to the said absent defendants of the
object and substance of this bin. warning
them to appear in this COnrt in person or by
solicitor ON or before the 18th day of March
next, to show cause, if any they have, why a
decree ought not to De passed as prayed.
f. I. TOWER, Clerk.
True copy-test;-
Is. 4. TOWER, Clerk. 49-5