Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-02
CONTROL OF QUARRY IS
INVOLVED IN LITIGATION
Appeal and Supcrscdcas Granted i'm
Case of Williams Slate
Company.
TWO FACTIONS DEADLOCK
Each Fights Right Of Other 10 Name
President and So Secure Advan-
taSc In Management Of Valuable
Property in buckingham County.

The control Of slate quatrics In
, buckingham County valued at several
hundred thousand dollars for which
rival factions OF tho same family havo
been engaged III a bitter fight since.
last August. will BE- determined b.
the State Supreme Court Of Appeals.
which yesterday granted an appeal
and supcrscdcaS from u decree of the
Circuit Court OF Buckingham County,
virtually giving the control of tho VIII
1iains Stat: Company to james I.
Sloan, John II. Williams. H.. and \. T..
Evans. all OF Richmond.
The petition narratCs the story OF a
highly successful industry founded near
.irvonia in buckingham. many years.
ago by two brothers, Evan r. and
John X Williams. which was conduct
Cd in harmony until the brothers died,
and The two sets OF heirs, each holding
sc shares Of the company'a l.22o
shares Of capital stock developed dif-
fercnces which led ia the bittcrcst
rivalry.
Evan II. Williams. the second Of the
tv'o founders. followed hi. brother TO
Tie grave in 1911. leaving his shares to
his wife The prcSideucy passed to
Thomas Il. Williams, who headed tho
company until he died Jun. 80. 1915.
Under the terms OF tho coinpanv's
charter. the board o. directors con
sisted Of four members. constituted
before tn" death OF Thomas f. Will
!ams. Of himself and a. r. williams.
representing the children OF Evan r.
Williams. and James T. Sloan and Tohn
X Williams Jr, representing tn" chill
d,cn Of John Il. Williams
FACTIONS DEADLOCKED
On QUESTION OF CONTROL
Gpon the death OF Thomas L. VIII
lams. the two factions became dead
locked on III" question OF control and
,l,.N,.
Impossible TO elect president TO carry
on tn" business. In these circuno
stances the heirs OF Evan Il. Williams
namely. y. L. Glasgow. Thomac!a Will
iams Glasgow and Alice Il. y VIII
Hams. widow OF Thomas T.. Williams
, flied bill in chanccry in tho Circuit
Court OF buckingham County. asking
Tor tho appointment Of Il receiver and
! for an injunction against James 7.
sloan and his associates restraining
them from Interfering with tho OPP
Grafton and control OF Tn. plant by the
plaintiffs.
The court granted temporary in
junction and appointed as receiver 4
". Williams On August 81 1916.
Sloan and John r. Williams. Jr. two OF
the three surviving members Of the
directorate. held Il meetinl. at Arvonia
and elected y. L. Evans a member %:
the board and president Of tn. COM
f''HE- ne erection LOOK place AFTER
the court had appointed u receiver
TO tho chancery bill filed BY the
plaintiffs. Sloan and his associates
Ned an answer In wh.Ih they de-
ciar"d there was no necessity for 4
r"cciversh!p since TWO OF three mem
o"rs Of tho board Of directors had met
and elected president. thus disposiug
OF the plaintiffs alteration that the
board was so divided that IL could not
agree on an executive to carry on the
business. Dispositions were taken, and
later the court entered an order dis.
stlving the temporary Injunction. and
directing the receiver 10 turn over the
hooks and assets Of the company to
=. L. Evans. From this order the SUI
brcmc Court yesterday awarded an
appeal. fixing the bond at $4,000
CLAIM ELECTION OF
EVANS Is ILLEGAL
The appellants charge that the cleo
ton OF Evans was illegal. since the
Two board members who elected him
ala not constitute quorum, and he
cause the election took place after the
receiversh!p was ordered They charge
mat Evans was the Instrument used b.
inrncs T. sloan in cndeavorinr on a
previous occasion TO get control OF the
Williams Slate Company. Evans the
petitioners assert. is bitterly hostile to
their interests.
sloan. who is president OF a rival
quarry near Arvona. married Virginia