Arizona republican., 1921-05-21
COMMISSION SUIT IN PHOENIX COURT
 REACHES OVERSEAS

\ case international in character. is engaging the attention of superior court No I Judge Stanford presiding. IL IS the matter of Hugh Daggs against the Gila Land and Cattle company, Burger Lie of Christiana, NorWay; his brother-in-l law, R. Hjer- Schow and Vic Hanny. administrator oI tne estate of the late Captain John ChriSty-
 his action twas brought for the tcaiection of S12,000. the balance of a ccmmission of s22.000 due MT Daggs IIi connection with the transfer of the santa Cruz and Palomas cattle ranches near Gila Bend, to the pres ent Ciia Land and Cattle company, of Mhich Mir. Lie and MT. Hjerschow are the principal stockholders. Mir. Lie was formerly president of the Scan oinaNian line of steamers.
 The plaintiff had secured an option on The land in question, embracing about 4.50o acres, and he entered into an agreement with Captain Christy Tor the sale of it to the principals of Captain Christy. His commission, it IS alleged, was to be $5 an acre. the price of the land to be $40 an acre. Before the death of Captain Christy more than year ago s10,000 of the commission had been paid.
 IL IS the contention of the defense that Captain Christy was not acting as agent for Messrs. Lie and Hjer- schow- but that they were dealing directly with him and were not, therefore. concerned in any arrange ment he had with other persons
 As Captain Christy is not here, the plaintiff is depending upon a mass of kilograms, letters, cablegrams and fadiograms that passed between thrisflania- London, New York Phoenix, Fl Paso and Clifton between the principal defendants and Captain christy or between each other. These documents are being identified by a son of Captain Christy. one of the witnesses for the plaintiff.
 The defense is mildly objecting to their introduction on the grounds of irreievancy and inmateriality, but they are being admitted where the originals are being presented.
 There was one interesting letter by Mr. Lie who described the difficult ties he encountered in London in in- teresting Englishmen in the purchase of cotton. One of the difficulties was the sentiment of Englishmen al that time against all things American, and the other was the exchange situation. It was the intention of the new own CTS or the land to go into the cotton growing business on an extensive scale. But that was to be only one of the many large activities in this and other countries, in lumber, silver and copper. There seemed to be no difficulty in securing money for their various enterprises from various ~rgroups with which they were con- nected-
 There was offered one letter from MT HJerschow to Mir. Lie. written some time after the presidential election The letter was in Nor wegian. but there was presented with It translation which was referred to MT. Hjerschow by MT. Hayes one or the opposing sttorneys, to be passed upon as to its accuracy. Mr. Hjerschow smilingly offered some minor corrections and the letter vert in, that is. all of it except the follow ,ng political observation that indi- cated Mir. Hjerschow had been iii the country long enough to get a correct r slant at public affairs. He wrote:
 Well, Wilson Is out. His benefit Cent intentions were net sufficient to counter his ency clonedic ignoi ance
 When it appeared that tive rarrisen views of Mir. Hjerschow might be in- jected into the proceedings, Mir La ney. the associate of MT. Hayes, and Democrat. suggested a realignment of the attorneys if party lines were to be maintained. That is, it would he becoming for MT. Barnum and himself to sustain the policies of the late president against the attacks of MT. Hayes and Judge Sloan.