New-York tribune., 1909-07-13
TIII JUDGE RECEIVER
urrrREE APPOINTED TO
PASS ON ACCOUNTS
1,t;os Brought TO O"st Gilbert H.
Montague, in Charge of the
Pierrepont HoteL.

,,- sn,oiuted Mortimer Fishel
-fe-es 10 pass on the accounts -
-. II Montague, receiver for the fleII ep1i'1
, ,-,-anv This action grows "u' % Hi7
n-.,o-s made by George Lezinsky' 'reaSui Il
,.r,, and a heavy creditor 10 ap-
y - ,sontag1es accounts. LezihsAy o89','7
-,-es+ on alleged favoritism dlsp'ayeu "E
y, u -,-.,,-s- toward another creditor the f''l'l
tne -. Co-,ns-v He asks at the same TIME
-s-,ovsl Of the receiver, without ices
u -bo vas formerly secretary - Jus
.,a[.,o-5 vss appointed on April -. Wheh
,,,,cs+i7r vas fled for voluntary uISS'-
- IF the hotel company The heai'E -
-. ro--7ranx was the owner ot the ho'ei
80 IN West SD street. and is claim q
.non allowed by Montague. was foT ll9 ID"
-,-.s lease rent and damages to the properly
,-sl-- who WAS one Of seventy ''"l''io
= ,v-,ed = large part Of the oapitai sl'sN "a
- r,+ef COMPANY. had 2 claim aealns' ''7
- amounting to SIS So he conp'alheu III
"a. ,s,ition 10 the court that the receiver 'al
-. ,,1y neglected 70 promote the interests u
-, oo-nn-st5on and 20 protect Z wherever l''s-
s,ls for the benefit Of the creditors ana s'ooh
- +,,+ .q-a has favored the landlord in
sre-v possible wav and has allowed Us 'ialii' III
.v.-a,-ar+ amount and purposes To grant
o.hs- claims which are Illegal and unVarraii'eu
,+,,,,- any apparent reason. except that the at
.o-rsx If said landlord happens 70 he his former
csssnaJe-"
--.-sl,v- co-nplai7s of other and smaller al
,,-s,ces which however Justice Erlanger' III
hfs decision appointing a referee. says are
trivial
The ns+frioner further says Of Montague:
II. Lss e..er7n+ad 70 sell the cornpauy's prop
.-tr ~ price greatly below its value and has
,1oz,s5 claim which upon its face Is not luSll-
e.5 IN an amount about equal 10 the other out
e+sr5fnE Indebtedness. He has attempted -
,7sIesd the attorney for one Of the largest Crea
irors ard has refused to help him in the FAafnl-
nafon Of the accounts He has Salo 70 l1iS
co,I-+ that his action has been approved ny all
creditors when as 3 matter of fact the creditors
tnau nothing Of his action. He has generally
cnnduc1ed himself as to warrant the censlre
a this court and his removal as receiver without
fees TO himself or his counsel
Lezinskv said further that the claims Of the
Realty Securities Company were not proper ana
were not proved. His counsel said that the one
4o- sE An0 dana ees 70 the hotel property vas
ridiculous as the company that occupied i
spent $4,000 in itz Improvement As for the
rent claim he said that Il had been paid 70 the
order of the court.
Counsel for Montague said that bezinsky
srtion was born of anirnus against the Realty
Securities Company lie said that Lezinsky had
tried 10 prevent Montague from realizing any
thing out of the estate.
Justice Granger says in his decision that a.
though the objections Of Lezinsky are not sim
nv stated they gre sworn 70. and while he re-
CARDS as trivial TIE objections 70 about fifteen
claims tfe highest OF which is $500. ne cannot
50 regard the objection 10 the $4,000 item.
There must be 2 reference says the Court,
80 take and settle the accounts. where al OBJ
;ecions car be inquired into"