Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-07-28
MANY MATTERS
In DISTRICT COURT
Mandy Injunction Continued for Time
= Being But Adjustment Of Diff
cuIties Confidently Expected.

cuIties Confidently Expected.
In the case of Martha S. Hill ct. al,
VS.. the Taos Valley Land Company
and Arthur R. Manly, brought in the
district court for Taos county, and
which has been on trial ana argument
during the past four days, in reference
to the continuance of the interlocutory
injunction heretofore granted, and the
prayer for receiver OF the company's
assets, Judge McFie last evening rem
dered a decision, holding that the in
junction should be continued. not gen
orally according to the plaintiffs pray
er but until the further order of the
court so that an opportunity might be
given for modification. if it could be
had, of the contract of sale Of the An
tonic Mantinez land grant to w. l..
Crissman, A. P. Peddle, j. Fl. Trewin
and George T. Hedges, of Cedar
Radios, Iowa, which it was the par
ticular object of the injunction to de-
feat, owing to uncertainty as to its
real meaning and effect. The defend
ants offered to have the injunction
continued because they had come to
the conclusion that until the obsurdities
in the contract were removed 1t would
be impossible to determine whether it
would be advantageous to the COM
pany. 1t was practicable to take this
position because so far as the evi-
dence at this preliminary hearing went
it was not made plain that the con-
tract had in fact been entered into
for the reason that notifications had
been suggested and requested by the
intending purchasers to which there
had been on apparent assent by the
company.
The plaintiffs demand for receiv-
er was abandoned.
1t is not known at the present time
whether the parties of the second part
to the said contract will contest to
such modification of it as will remove
the uncertainties as to it's effect which
ere claimed to exist in it, but nego-
tiations have already been entered
upon at that end.
The charges of wrong doing and
misappropriation and mismanagement
on the part of Arthur R. Mandy, it Is
generally conceded were not establish
ed by the proofs, and that in any event
they dwindled into petty irregularities
which did not injure the company or
the stockholders in any appreciable de-
gree. Pending the negotiations for an
alteration of the said contract, the
case will not be pressed further on
either side.
Messrs. Huff & Cook of Chicago, and
A. A. Jones of Las Vegas, represented
the plaintiffs, and Macbeth & May OF
Denver, and Renehan & Davies of this
city, represented the defendants.
Yesterday Judge McFie ordered a
peremptory writ of mandamus to is
sue William G.. Sargent. territorial
auditor. upon the petition of Jacobo
Chaves, superintendent of insurance, re
quiring the auditor to approve certain
salary warrants given to Peter M.
Linau for services as clerk in the office
of the superintendent Of insurance
Renehan & Davies represented Mr.
Chaves.
In the case of J. H. Fulmer, Jr., VS..
Miguel A. Otero, trustee, involving the
question whether or not the so-called
Cienega, Houghton and Cartwright
properties in this city, conveyed to the
said trustee by Levi A. Hughes, Will
liam H. Pope and H. B. Cartwright and
others should be declared to be held
in trust for the plaintiff, in which case
Levi A. Hughes and j. w. Reynolds
filed a motion by Renehan & Davies,
their attorneys, presenting the conten-
tion that they and others were prop
er and necessary parties defendant
to the said cause and praying that
the plaintiff be required to bring them
in as such, the court yesterday sus-
tanned the said motion and held that
Otero was not trustee solely for the
benefit of the said Fulmer. but was
trustee as well for the said Hughes,
Reynolds and others.