The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-17

Their defendants Crane, Camp nor
Parsons made any attempt to save
the st. Joseph Lead Company from
losses or to protect its interests in
said proceedings, and have wholly
failed and neglected and refused to
perform the duties of directors and
Officers of said Lead Company to said
Company and to the stockholders
thereof.
That none of the plaintiffs had
knowledge of the manner in which the
dissolution of said Trust Company
was conducted prior to the entry of
the order of the Circuit Court of st.
Francois County and were therefore
unable to take steps and proceedings
to protect the interests of the st. Jo-
seph Lead Company and their own in
terests as stockholders therein on or
before May 81, 1914; that no part of
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sold, but that all of said stocks are
still held and owned by the st. Joseph
Lead Company, except three thou
sand $4,000 shares of the Doe Run
Lead Company which were exchang-
ed for shares of stock in the st. Jo-
seph Lead Company in accordance
with a certain Consolidated Agree
ment"; that out of the assets of said
Trust Company said Rozier and Cayce
paid to themselves the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars (S1,5OO) for their
compensation and paid to said Rozier
for legal services rendered by him
self to himself the additional sum of
twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500),
which payments were improperly
made and without authority of law;
that by reason of the facts in the Pc
tition alleged there was total loss
and damage sustained by the st. Jo-
seph Lead Company of more than
five hundred thousand dollars $780,
OOO).
This, together with other allegations
in the petition, is followed with
prayer that the plaintiffs have no ad-
equate remedy at law and therefore
pray the Supreme Court of New
York to exercise it's equitable juris-
diction and power.
~ Decree that an accounting be
had of the injury to and loss of the
funds, assets and property of the de-
PENDANT Saint Joseph Lead Company
caused by or through the neglect, mis-
feasance and failure of said defend
ants Crane and Camp, of the said
Dwight A. Jones and Roscoe R. S.
Parsons, to perform their duties as
officers and directors of said Com
pany, and by their violation of law
and of their duties as such officers
and directors, and for their neglect
or failure to perform their duties in
the management and disposition of
the funds and property committed to
their charge; that the amount of loss
suffered by the defendant Saint Joseph
Lead Company by reason of the mat
tiers and things herein set forth be
ascertained and determined and that
Judgment therefor be entered against
the defendants, except the defendant
Saint Joseph Lead Company, and
each of them, in favor of Saint Joseph
Lead Company.
~ Decree that the defendant Saint
Joseph Lead Company shall pay to
the plaintiffs such sums as they may
have expended in counsel fees and
other necessary disbursements in
Cured in the prosecution of this &C.
ton in behalf of the defendant cor
poration and it's stockholders, and
that the plaintiffs may have judg-
ment therefor, together with the costs
and taxable disbursements in this ac-
ton against all of the defendants.
(3) Grant such other and further
relief by way of interlocutory decree
and final judgment as may be equit-
able and just.