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. 'Hrien, AN attorney of this city, was
today awarded Judgment for tl52,
46i.o6 by = jury in the district court
and thus became a winner again in his
long fight for n share of the huge prof
its made by Richard J. Bolles in the
sale of Florida fruit lands. 0 'Hrien
sued Bolles for *3Ol,OoO for services
rendered and money advanced.
BOlles has twenty days in which t.
file a mot on for = new trial, asA il
this is denied he says he will appeal to
the state supreme court. He 10 said ~
be a multimiIionaire and WAS ut ons
time president Of the Colorado Springs
Mining Stock exchange.
Attorney John r. Smith of Denver
cio'sed the argument for O'Briea. He
declared that Bolles acquired his hold
iaes through the brains and energy Of
o 'DSien, who broke down his health ~
devising and executing plans taa.
brought in millions VI dollas to BolieA
Counsel for defendant declared that
BolIes did not seek O'Bsisa : sAvice
befsre beginning the Florida vestsse
aad that O'Bsien did rot know sf the
sehsne. BelIes, he aid, made fesner
Govssnos Jennings sf Fosida - effes
for loo, 900 acres Of Land at . essfss-
enee in Gleawsod Springs 80 ~ stSts
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O'Bsiea k.sw that his client haa ssy
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'twses b OBsisa aa1 Dsales iassavisS tks
Flssids Esuit LAads company. Relying
upon . written agreement With Bs,les,
it wns said, O'Bsiea brought suit nof-
than . year ago for . oae.foarth inter
est in the enterprise. In the lower
court the decree was in favor Of
O'Brien. Upon appeal to the supreme
court the decision was reversed by /.
divided court, three Of the judges being
in favor of BoIles and two in favor Of
O O'Brien.
Bolles 10 Well known in Glenwood,
being ne owner Of The Hotel Glenwood
and the Bellies Fa.eh, including the polo
grounds, south Of tovn- A few years
ago Bollss and O,Bsien entered into a
eoetraet fer Tie exp'eitstiss Of F1ssids
fruit la.ds upoa which Bellies lad &C.
cured N option. O'Briea attended to
the legal wosk a.d everything west
we'll, but whea Bellies realized the in
neass profits that would cone through
the sale sf tAese ls.ds 10 sesgAt to set
aside . partnership contract between
the two whereby O,Bsien was to have
one fourth Of the profits Of the Florida
enterprise. After considerable litiea-
tion the contract was set aside in one
of the higher courts.
O'Brien not only garnisheed $96, 900
held in the First National bank 1t Col
orado Springs as dividends from the
sale oI the Florida lands, but on July
8, 1912, he filed . writ Of attachment
and levy in the clerk . office in Glen
wood attaching all Of Bellss' property
in Garfield county, but this writ was
filed two houN after Bolles I'D re
corded . Assd By which he conveyed
the Hotel 0ieawssd 70 JoAa n. asl
Ella b Bellies, EASTERN sslstivss. Later
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