Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-07-20
CASES
IN DISTRICT COURT
Mandy esAnswer
to Sensational
Charges
VAST SUMS ARE INVOLVED
The Cienega and Houghton
Tract in This City in
Litigation.

Arthur R. Manly, president of tn,
Taos Valley Land Company, Taos
| New Mexico. is in the city in consul
tation with his attorneys and has filet
his answer to the complaint of Marth;
S. Hill, Charles H. Hill, Alexander F
Prescott and Mary R. Prescott against
the Taos Vale Land Company anG
himself.
Mr. Manby's answer, as we'll as thai
of the Taos Valley Land Company, is
| a very voluminous and detailed docu
ment. The defendants deny all the
material allegations of the complaint
and especially those charging hin
with misappropriation of company
monies.
The plaintiffs allege that the actual
purchase price of the property con
veyed to the company by Mr.. Manly
did not exceed two thousand dollars,
whereas Mr.. Mandy claims that it cost
up into the thousands of dollars. He
says that so far from the plaintiffs
taking his word as to the titles that
they consulted Santa Fe attorneys; he
alleges that the purchase of the Olds
and Potter stock was made with
monies borrowed by him from the
First National Bank of Trinidad and
not with any monies derived from the
Hills in any way. To the allegation
that he had misappropriated thirteen
hundred dollars of company funds, he
answers that the company is indebted
to him in about thirty-one thousand
dollars, which he furnished to it by
using his own credit with banks and
other persons, and that an accounting
of the concerns of the company made
by an accountant acceptable to them
indicates that Mr.. Manly had paid into
the company from November 12, 1906,
to October 21, 1908, $73,O12 as against
the $4,000 contributed by the Hills.
He says that the so-called Hadley
tract was purchased by him long be-
fore he had any knowledge Of the
Hills and long before they had contrib
uted anything to the company. In
other words, the Hills advanced $50
900 on November 13, 1906, and the
Hadley tract was purchased by Will
liam Frayne September 6, 1905, and
by Mr.. Manly from Mr.. Frayne April
II, 1906.
He makes counterclaim against the
plaintiffs, charging them with con-
spiracy to undermine and destroy his
assets and prays damages in the sum
Of 100000.
If the suit proceeds it promises to
be one of the most interesting which
has ever been presented to the courts
of the Territory, both by reason Of the
tremendous interests involved and the
deterrent effect which it will have, so
long as it continues, upon the prog
ress of Taos county, and because of
damages sought to be recovered by
Mr.. Manly on his part on the charge
of conspiracy.
The allegations of the company's an
swer follow very closely those of Mr.
Mandy, though differing in some de-
gree. The company also makes coun'
terclaim against the plaintiffs for dam
ages claiming conspiracy to degrade
it's assets and to acquire it's proper
ties at rock bottom prices, brought
about by the conspiracy and
asks damages in the sum of 100000.
Messrs. Macbeth & May, of Denver
Colorado, and Renehan & Davies, OF
Santa Fe, New Mexico, represent the
defendants.
Santa Fe Real Estate Involved
Levi A. Hughes today, through his
attorneys, Renehan and Davies, filed
motion in the case of J. H. Fulmer,
/ Jr., of Mishawaka, Ind, VS.. Miguel
A. Otero, trustee, praying that he,
Hughes, and certain persons associa-
ted with him in the project to form
the Santa Fe Realty Company and to
develop irrigation and land enterpris-
es around this city, be made parties
defendant, alleging failure on the part
of Fulmer to comply with his contract,
and Offering to take back the so-called
Cienega and Houghton properties and
return the price received therefor,
If right to do so.