New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-09
MIST FILE CORRECTIONS
Justice Giegerich's Decision Partly
IN FGUOr of Poicgholders.

,z-fhout leaving the bench Justice Glegerich. in
.,e supreme Court. yesterday decided that the
,T-rusl LIES corrected lists of pOlicyholders must
= sled at Albany within ten days. and further
--ec,ed lists from time TO time until the ballots
- been sent out. He denied however fho In
.--national Polcyholders' Committees demand fha.
~ company be compelled to permit the committee
a have access 10 the company's address stencils.
~ 70 send out its circulars on the stencils
RI 10 last night the company had not decided
ztbether or not it would appeal from Justice
slegeTich's decision
The committees motion was for an order oil
-seting the company 10 show cause why a per
,nptory writ OF mandamus should not be issued
compelling the company TO furnish its alleged i'm
,srfect lists recently filed at Albany, and 10 fur
ssb the committee with the company's new stencil
Ts, Of poncyholders.
Incidentally Justice Giegerich suggested TO SAM
me- Untermyer, who represented the committee.
-, the policyholders might call the company's
oacals 10 account for the money expended in pre-
,s-ing the stencil lists
several lively tits between Mr. Untermyer and
Waiter Shaw Brewster, who represented the COM
,any marked the argument OF the case
Members Of the international committee ac-
claimed the decision a striking victory for their
sac Mr. Unternyer said that the committee had
r,ade every effort 10 obtain correct list from
he company, but without avail Continuing, he
saa in part:
The company al an expense Of 81 50 thousand
M Of the pocyhoders which was incorpect aSd
vifh which We have been supplied
re have employed twelve poStCffice exparts 70
assist II getting our circulars sent ont h1r
Is per cent q the envelopes have been returned
70
he stencil company at $50 a thousand again ont
n our pockets. TO make new and correct lists avS
iher circulars are being forwarded to the correcf
addresses, while our circulars cannot reach the
plicyholders
Il costs them only 20 cent a thousand. while If
costs s. thousand to address our circulars 10
he poltcylolders-
There has been a persistent and dishonest evasion
O. the law oT the directors of this company a
deliberate attempt 10 throttle the policyholders
A infamous. unheard-of performance has
never found IFS way into court Of justice
We have only until September is to nominate q
LIST O. tlrlF-slA directors and unless can obtain
and correct list Of the policyholders we can
reach them, and many OF them VIII be dis
fTanchised.
NT. Brewster. in opposing the motion described
tire manner in which the lists were prepared saying
that tie company received from its agents through
out the country the name and last known address
Of every policyholder, and that six copies of the
Us; prepared from these returns were made out
and al Tie company required 10 do was to give
the last known address Of each poicyholder which
had been done.
we are not bound 10 supply the list week by
SAD, olt 10 supply one list. and that we have
y think" said Justice Giegerich, the policy
holders should be placed in position to receive the
very latest information on all matters affecting
their interests
Justice Gegerich incidentally twice called atten-
non 70 ne fact that his wife was policyholder in
The Mutual Life.