The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-09
FUEL COMPAN IS
AGAIN DEFENDANT I
Two More Actions Brought by
Government to Recover
Coal Land.
PROMINENT SALT LAKE
MEN NAMED IN SUITS
Lands Involved Amount to
Nearly Fifteen Hun
dred Acres.

The attorneys for tho United States
have fled suits in equity against tho
Utah Fuel company, Alexander II.
Cowie and the Morton Trust company
of New York for the purpose of rccov-
ering from the company 144l.5l acres
of coal lands situated in Carbon and
Emery counties. These suits, two in
number, were filed in the federal court
on April 2S and May 3, respectively.
In the suit of the United States
against the Utah Fuel company which
was fled on April 2S, 1909. the bill in
equity states that n number Of citi.
2ens, some of whom arc quite prominent
IN the social and business circles of the
city. had entered into a transaction
with John j. Judson, q resident of Salt
Lake City, whereby tbcy took advan-
tage OF their rights as citizens of tho
United States to take up certain land,
situated in Carbon and Emery coun-
ties, for the purpose of turning these
claim deeds to tho property. Each of
these persons, namely, Robert j. Glen
DINING, Fred NJ, Wolf, George y. Law
renee and Myra Carpenter, fled their
claim papers TO 100 acres Of the land
and just before the patents We're issued
they made out quit claim deeds to Jud-
son, who In turn decided the property to
the fuel company without any considera"
tion except 81.
The one exception is in the case Of
Florence Kimball, who decided her 160
acres to William Neldon, who in turn
conveyed the property TO Alexander II.
Cowic, who was one of the officials of
the fuel company.
The bill also states that the cor
poration paid for each of these claims
the sum of $50 per acre, or $4,000 for
each loo acres involved. In this par
ticular case the Morton Trust company
of New York is also made q defendant.
In paragraph Is the bill in equity states
that the Morton Trust company of New
York obtained a lien upon all of the
property of the fuel company by
II certain trust deed, executed ou
March !, 1901, for the sum of $1,000
600, the trust mortgage being made TO
secure the payment of bonds issued by
the fuel company TO the Morton Trust
company.
The Second Action.
In the case OF the United States
against the Utah Fuel company and
Alexander II. Cowie, which was filed on
May 3 in the federal court, and III
which go acres OF land was involved,
' ut loliuNluS pcopl'- ~ - dlJtG'n. tboh
part III tho scheme whereby the land
was decided TO the fuel company:
Charles w. Lawrence Of Salt Lake City,
James Il. Orbison. n former clerk in the
National Bank Of the Republic, who is
at present in California; Morris NJ.
johnson and Harold l.. Jones of Salt
Lake City. The grantee in this case.
who received the quit claim deeds and
who in turn decided The property TO
Alexander IL, Cowic, was Lewis r.
of Walkers bank. The TO-
tai amount in this last case is In tho
of %l4,930, The descrip-
tion of the land involved in these suits
follows:
The north half of tho north half Of
section 30, in township II south, Of
range east. Salt Lake meridian.
Lots / aud >, and southeast quarter
of northeast quarter of section s: and
lot 4 of section 9, township 10 south
of range II east.
The northeast quarter of the south.
east quarter of section s; the southwest
quarter of fine northwest quarter; the
west half Of the southeast quarter of
section 9, in township ID south, of range
II east.
The south half Of the southeast quar-
ter of section s, and the east half Of the
northeast quarter of section II, in town.
ship ID south, range j east.
Tho north half OF the southwest quar-.
ter. and southeast quarter of the south
west quarter of section 16; and the
northeast quarter of the southeast quar-.
ter of section II, township l. south,
range II east.