The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-16
ADJUsTERS' FEE
EXCEEDS SCHEDULE
Regular Tariff Would Have Given
Craig, Wright G. Walker $2,loO;
They Collected $4,000

l remember tneTe was snelNlnb IL. 4
he basement because We pulled u
Town To- make a larger nre area, and
make as good a showing as possible
for the insurance adjuster TO look at.
DO you mean TO say that you pulled
goods down TO present the appearance
OF greater damage than there actual.
ly WASP"
Il refuse TO answer"
This was sample of the testimony
given by John C. Wright. OF CRAIG.
Wright x Walker, Monday afternoon,
in the case brought against the Iirm
by Hugh Dillon. aud on tr al IN Judge
Mandel S court.
Wright spent an uncom Ortablc aft
ernoon on the stand. Attorney J. II.
Pound. who was conductinc the cross
examination. flashed on Kim one Of
the firms contracts for adjusting, with
scale OF prices on the back. The
prices run from 10 per cent for losses
OF $500 10 $4,000. down 20 per cent
for losses OF 100000 and over. The
eos. Of the Dillon adjustment. accord
ing 10 their schedule should have been
: per cent or about S2,l00 They col
1 lnctcd $4,000 for the work. and II IS
4or return OF the alleged excess IN
this fee that Hugh Dillon started suit.
Where is the contract YOU made
with the billions asked Mr.. Pound.
We never made "A contract. We
discussed il with them and they told
us 10 go ahead on contingent basis
Did YOU give them one Of these
contracts 10 sign
No They talked with FiXel and
then told us 10 60 ahead
Then IL was agreed that YOU were
10 have all you got over 100000"
yes"
Then had you collected 100000 you
would have been entitled ~ 100000
Yes Had We collected sl,OOO,ooO
we would have been entitled 10 $500
600"
Wright was then asked about the
condition of the basement following
the fire. but he displayed a lapse or
memory He couldn't remember II the
elevator ran 10 the basement. how the I
shelving was arranged, or how mucG (
goods were there.
II only know what Dillon told me, I
that there was only $4,000 worth OF /
goods there. and dare rot uncover
il 10 the adjusters."
and YOU say you got 100000 from
the companies for the loss in the
no. We got 100000 from the goods
destroyed in the basement and on the
irst floor"
Mr.. found continued TO question MIR
Wright. Tuesday morning, regarding
he stock In the Dillon store at the
time of the fire.
You claim there was 10000 worth |
Of stock on the first floor, $4,000 on |
the second floor, and $4,000 In the
basement. That makes less than 500
600. and yet you settled for $4,000
and s1f,o00 satvage'' gu
Yes"
so YOU got $4,000 insurance and
salvage when there was never more I
than $50. 600 in the store?'
THAT is my opinion.
$50 YOU stood BY and saw Dillon |
swearing 10 the proof Of loss under /
an oath administered by one OF your 4
employees. under which he claimed a |
loss of $50 ,000?"
Yes"
You knew that was perjury"
Il did not
Mr.. Pound devoted some attentio. |
TO the testimony OF the billions that
goods were carried from the store
by the adjusters.
is II customary TO take goods from !
damaged stocks?"
1T is customary for the adjusters 10 |
kuY goods az the rate AT which the
saIvape is inyentoried -
us it fair to take $3.50 worth at
1922
1T is"
The witness was then questioned
about the day spent in an effort to
get the adjusters for the underwri:-
ers 10 raise the insurance The first
offer. ne said, was $4,000 and sal
wage After a day Of haggling this
was increased 30 $50. 600.
Then that day was spent In the
interest of Craig, Wright & Walker
wasn't it," Mr. Pound asked but MIR
Wright claimed that the billions also
benefited