The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-17
Collection of Debts

The N. C. Gum case and the Nina i Ragan case were each cases where I 1 had tried to collect debts due the firm that : was Il partner Of and had prop crty levied on and sold under eNecu
 tion and after I bought the property in
 these part,es sued me Tor the property. 1 : won each of these suits.
 "The Edward Thompson company suit 1 and the Bancroft Whitney Co. suit re- suited from a financial embarrassment which l sustained on account of the | failure of the firm of which 1 was
 me mber l merely stood these people off
 until I could make the money to pay them, and did pay them every cent l claimed O: me.
 l "The two NJ. A. Guy suits referred to were absolutely without merit and
 while I was always willing, ready and anxious to. try each of them. the plain l tiff would not go to trial and dis
 missed each of said cases and paid the costs, and I did not pay one penny in either of same. and was not liable for
 one penny morally. legally or other. wise.
 l "Tfe West Publishing company suit
 referred to in 1910 was on a contract with the West Publishing compans. and which the evidence shows conolu- sively on the trial and without dis pute, that the West Publishing com pany had not complied with their con- 1 and tho lawyer representing them. real izng this fact, dismissed the case and | the same lawyer brought another suit. l I had suit against that lawyer for forging a note on a negro pending at , the time and after two or three years
 delay the West Publishing company compiled with their contract by fur
 nishing me the books which they had sold me Then I offered to pay to the lawyer they had at that time ev- l cry dollar I was justly due them and
 the only dispute between them and me
 was S27. The lawyer representing thei1
 at this time wrote me offering to take
 the money which I was offering to pay if I would ease up on the suit against him for the negro. Of course, l de- clined to do this. but continued to ot- 1 fer to pay every dollar l was due. even after they placed the matter In the
 hands of other lawyers. except they
 claimed l should pay S27 more than l
 thought I ought to pay and l refused
 to pay the s27, and they sued me.
 Sold Books to Partner
 | Tho [. D. Powell company case re-
 ferred to is where had young part
 ner at Ashland under a contract with
 me not to create any indebtedness | against the firm. This book company | sold him a set of books without my
 knowledge and consent and after had refused to buy the books mySef. After l this young man had withdrawn from my l firm this concern sued me for $9o | claimed on the books. When the case came up for trial | was unable to go
 to court on account of being engaged l in some other court, and I lost the
 case. judgment being rendered against l me for the amount of the books, where- | upon the young man turned over to me | the books and I paid the judgment and costs.
 "In the r. G. Courtney matter. MT. lCourtney was bankrupt. owing about S7000 l represented him and filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy for him. He paid me $250. The bankrupt court held that he had paid too much fee: that S100 was enough, and that had to refund s150, which I did. had this to do in another case once
 before that MT. Martin overlooked. "The John A. Garter, Jr. suit for $50 brought against me in 1914. is for com missi he claimed due him for sell ing some property which he didn't sell. He sued in the justices court. The jus tce rendered judgment against me and appealed and the case is still pend ing; and if judgment is rendered against me, he will have no trouble in making his money. A court report CT took the testimony on the trial of this case in the justices court and I
 am willing for any fair-mnded reput-