The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-18
TRIED TO CONVERT
GUESTS OF HOTEL
This Is Charge Made Against r.
Z. Leggett in Answer to
Complaint.
HE WANTED THEM ALL
TO BE GOOD SOCIALISTS
Interesting Chapter Is Added to
the Savoy Hostelry
Litigation.

That Robert E. Leggett, a prominent
Socialist, besides being incompetent to
manage the new Savoy hotel on East
First South street, endeavored IN and
out Of season to convert his guests to
his own political views and III so doing
drove his guests and prospective guests
away from the hotel and ruined ITS
business. is alleged in answer to Leg
gett 5 suit In the Third district court
against r. V. II. Hansen, j. G., and
C, G.. Potts, John j. Thuesop and F.
b. Scott TO recover $1,000 alleged to
have been paid for that many shares
of stock in the hotel company under
fraudulent presentations.
In a counter-clalm, damages In the
sum of $4,000 are demanded of Leggett
for his alleged mismanagement. Leg
gett, while manager of the hotel last
fall. was n candidate for presidential
elector and state representative on the
Socialist ticket, but this Is not set out
in the answer filed Thursday by Scott
for himself and the other defendants,
The Savoy Hotel company was or
ganized about April %, 1908, taking
over in payment of capital stock of
$4,000, divided into as many shares
of 81 apiece. the interest of Hansen and
/
house on East First South street Leg
gett, in his suit filed December is last,
said that he was induced by Hansen,
agent for the other defendants, to buy
1000 shares of stock in the company
upon the representation that the furni-
ture was free of Indebtedness and that
the property and business were reason
ably worth $4,000. Afterward he
found out, he said, that there was a
mortgage of $500 on the hotel furni
ture and that the property and bust
ness had no cash value beyond $1,000.
There were few guests aud the hotel
was not on paying basis, he alleged,
and ne demanded his $1,000 back.
Incompetency Alleged.
Scott IS answer denies that Hansen, in
selling Leggett the stock, acted as the
agent of the other defendants, and
after his attorney, r. L. Wixom, in
vestigated and advised the purchase
Furthermore, he was made aware Of the
$4,000 mortgage on the furniture, Scott
says. Scott sets out for himself that
his only interest in the company is 100
shares of stock which he received for
drawing up the articles Of incGrpora~
tlon.
In the counter-claim ii is set forth
that Leggett represented TO the defend
ants that he was competent hotel
manager and on the strength of this
representation he was made manager,
and with his wife and children was in
stalled in the hotel and given rooms,
light and heat. lie was not competent,
however, it is alleged, for the reason
that he unreasonably turned away
guests and prospective guests of the
hotel. BY endeavorjng to convert his
guests TO his own political faith he Of
Tended them, OF the most of them, it is
alleged. and thereby ruined the bust
ness. Leggett alone is responsible, the
counter-claim sets out, for the worth.
lessness Of the stock of which be com.
plains. Not only he. but the defend
ant stockholders, have been damaged,
and it is asked that Leggett's s action
be dismissed and that the defendants be
given judgment for $4,000 against him
for his alleged incompetency
c. &. Potts is general manager of
the company, j. q. Potts treasurer and
Scott secretary: Scott and Thueson
were also candidates on the Socialist
ticket at the last election.