The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
= Calvert Coal and Iron Company. ct. al.

= Calvert Coal and Iron Company. eft. AL
VS..
Winslow N ason, Charles +. Haines, ct. al.
NO. l252 Equity. In the Circuit ECourt for
Garrett County, Nd.
The object OF this suit is to procure de.
cree annulllng, cancelling and setting aside
q pretended deed from the Calvert Coal and
iron company TO one Charles D. Beaumont
trustee, dated 10th day of May, 1902, and re-
corded in Liber L. u. Il. No 40 folio 5g7 ono
land.
The bin states that certain Robert A.
Parrlsh, OF Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was
in his lifetime, the owner of 1915 shares of
the capital stock of the plaintiff Calvert CoaI
and Iron Company, which whole capitaI
stock CONTESTED of 1000 shares and that Cal
Zee OF tract of land in Garrett county, Ma
ryland. known as Lot No. 3 Of the sub-diyis-
ion OF "Beatty's Plains" containing 900 acres
more or less, and is in possession thereof ana
mas been IN exclusive and continuous pos
session OF the same for long term of wears
under deed from Joseph T. Thornton trus-
tee, duly recorded in Liber W. II. T. No. Il,
1ono Of, one OF the Land Records of Garrett
county, copy of said deed being filed with
the bill marked plaintiffs Exhibit Az that
on tne 22nd OF February, 1901, the said Robert
A. farlsh, being owner of the aforesaid
shares OF stock made and executed his last
VIII ana testament; on or about the 10th day
OF March, 1901, died without having revoked
the same and said will was duly admitted TO
PROBATE by the Register of Wills of the City
and County of Philadelphia, Penn. and Z
now OF record of record in the office of said
register OF Wills in viii Book No. PA, page
OIL, and that Letters Testamentary were
granted thereon unto the plaintiff Marie
Oaui, the eXecutriX therein named, and duly
certified copies of said will and a certificate
OF the grant of said letters are filed with the
Dill marked plaintiffs Exhibits and CT
respectively. The blll further charges that
9 u Sald DEFENDANTS, Winslow Mason, Charles
f. Haines, Charles o. Beaumont, trustee.
ana the other defendants whose names to
the compliments are unknown have CON
splred together with the intent and purpose
10 fraudulently, Illegally and unlawfully de-
pilVe the compliments of their right and
title to the aforesaid tract OF land and charge
that the said defendants above named and
une oUnef defendants whose names to the
pla1ntlffs 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
chses thereof, all of which acts on the part
OF the said defendants above named are
Illegal and void, they the said defendants
having no interest whatever in said prop
erty, stock, franchises and rights of Calvert
coal ana iron Company, and that the deed
to the said Charles o. Beaumont, trustee
dated the 10th day of May, 1902, purporting
10 nave been executed by Winslow Mason
Iraudulently representing himself to be the
President and Charles F. Haines, fraudu-
lently representing himself and pretending
10 De the duly constituted attorney and
o7Sio VI Ndlftlb OOdl anu iron COmDanY
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 Liber f. z. T. No. 40, folio 5g7, one
of the Land Records of Garrett county. ana
copy of which is filed with the bin marked
Plaintiffs Exhibit D." is fraud and con-
stltufes cloud 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 GauI, ex-
6pUiCna no xxyi1a f
SAID Robert A. Parrish deceased, and that
the said pretended deed, unless set aside
and Cancelled by the Court of Equity, will
deprive the compliments of all their rights
ana 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 complainants un-
known and who have assumed the power
and undertaken to exercise the franchises of
Calvert Coal and Iron Company and who
have no right and title to the same.
mat the pretended deed to the said Charles
y. 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 supporting 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 F. Haines, its pretended attorney in
fact and agent, to the said Charles O. Beau
mont, trustee, may be annulled, cancelled
and set aside by the decree of this Court, for
general relief and for an order of publication
against the said Winslow Mason, Charles F.
HaineS and Charles o. 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 and Iron Company, of the OBJ
ject and substance of this bill and warning
them to be and appear in this Court, in per-
son or by solicitor on or before certain day
to be named therein to show cause, If any,
why a decree ought not to be passed as
prayed.
IL is thereupon, this 18th day of February,
1904, ordered, by the Circuit Courtfo Garrett
county, sitting in Equity that the plaintiffs,
by causing copy of this order to be inserted
in some newspaper, published in said Gar
rett county. once in each of four successive
weeks before the 18th day of March, 1904, give
notice to the said absent defendants of the
object and substance of this bill, warning
them to appear in this Conrt in person or by
solicitor on or before the 10Th day of March
next, to show cause, if any they have. why
decree ought not to be passed as prayed.
f. Z. TOWER. Clerk.
True copy-test:-
+. Il. TOWER, Clerk 49,