Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-23
WATER CONF. my 5
TROUBLES AIRED
CLAIMS MADE THAT TRANS
FERS WERE ILLEGAL
Investment Concern Says 1914 Shares
Were Included In Stock Turned
Over to Board of
Directors

The trouble between ell. r. Garret,
organizer. of the lnglewood Water COM
pany, and his business associates which
blossomed forth in the superior courts
several weeks ago when Garret made
startling charges against his one time
partners, again appeared in the courts,
yesterday in O suit filed by the Guar
antors and Investment company
against the Inglewood Water company
and the directors of the corporal tion.
Yesterday the allegations of Gar
ret's personal suit against the members
of the board Of directors of the water
company were repeated, since the
suit of the Investment company Is
closely allied with the transaction
wherein Garret alleges his stock in the
company was taken from him.
Says Stock Was Included
The complaint of the company is as
follows:
That up to February of this year,
Garret was chief owner of stock, own
ing about S155400 worth of the Ingle-
water company's property. The COM
pany further alleges that in the stock
owned by Garret, Il portion of their
stock, amounting to about 104 shares,
valued at 5000 share was included.
The allegations upon which the suit
for recovery of the stock is based re-
peat the charges made by Garret some
weeks ago.
1t is said in the complaint of yes
terday that on Feb. 81, a conspiracy was
formed between Charles Lloyd, James
Cook, Henry L. Morgan, Ross Il. Hick-
cox, Willoughby Rodman and Others,
to get Carrots stock from him. 1t is
further alleged that on February u
Garret was called to the private office
Of one of the defendants in the case
and there told that evidence had been
secured against him tending to show
that he had forged paragraph in a
deed to A. G. Freeman, former owner
Of the water companys property.
Alleges Intimidation
The complaint also alleges the other
directors told Garret that unless he
turned over his stock to the company
and an additional 10000, they
would proceed against him both in the
criminal and civil courts and that at
that time their attorneys were waiting
in the next room with papers which
they would promptly file did he, Garret,
refuse to accede to their demands 1t
is further claimed that the other direct
ors threatened that II Garret refused
they would publish the alleged forgery
Of the deed in the papers which would
have caused Carrots financial ruin.
After setting forth the above in their
complaint, the attorneys for the invest
ment company allese that the water
company fastened to buy up all the
stock and keep it all IN their hands
without letting any Of the smaller
holders of shares know anything of the
transcation while the shares were de-
clared void and new ones Issued to GER
tain members of the board.
Tt is now said nv the Ctuara ntO Ora and
Investment company that about a hum
dred shares of stock belonging to them
was included In the amount taken up
by the directors of the company and
they ask that the shares be returned
TO them, since they We're not trans
ferred in legitimate manner, that the
directors be restrained from selling the
stock and that further relief be granted
them, according to the will of the court.