The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-28
(lGiles City Amertcan.)

suit was fleA In the district court
Tuesday BY Ira B. Tourtlotte. admins.
traitor for the estate Of Robert II.
selway. against the Iowa Loan aad
Trust company, Thomas Tcoin. re-
cetver Tor the 0elway Steel Post COM
pany. and the 0elway Steel corporation
or Virginia ana Herman Il. Budke.
The suit 10 to have deo0s nS ocnvey-
auce Of land In Custer and Powder
River counties set aside. It h alleged
that selway entered int IN agree.
ment for the reorganization Of the
fence post ccmpany and the steel com-
pany, and IN order to nnance the prof.
sct conveyed several thousand acres Of
land in this and Powder River county.
to the Iowa Lean and Trust company
which was made trustee OF the prop
erty In Iowa, wyoming and Montana.
It seems that ON petition OF Henry
w. Lex and q. 6. Harlan. Thomas
Tcbin was appointed receiver tor the
Selway concerns. The complaint sets
up the fact that Tobin encouraged
selway to turn ever his property to
the trust company and assured seiway
that it would be . safe thing to dc.
The receiver, It IL alleged, agreed to
assist Ia the reorganization Of the
company, ana to conserve the re-
sourcesato prctect the interests Of Sell
way, ION the strength Of the promise
Of the receiver, 1t 10 alleged that Sell
way was led and induced to enter into
an agreement with the trust company
ana turn over to the concern his deeds
and ccnveyances.
Mr.. selway died May -. last. intes-
tate, leaving his widow. Caroline b.
Selway, who resides at 1855 East Grand
avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. neAnie Sell
way, q daughter 31sy6arOld living
In Lincoln. Neb.: Robert M Selway Jr..
10 years old, who 10 at West Point.
and Maewalla Selway. Is years old.
residing with er mother In Des Motnes.
1t seems that Selway was imposed
ON when he turned over his property
in order to save his business In Iowa
in which he had sunk q large amount
of money. The Selway Steel Post COM
pany manufactured posts from steel
which was mined by the Selway Steel
corporation Of Virginia, also in which
Selway had placed considerable capi-
tai.
Hundreds Of fence posts manufac-
tured by the Selway company were
shipped to Powder River county and
placed around Athe selway land. 1t IL
C14lmo0 tue pUUt0 WcEO sAUO ll8ut OuU
could not be driven into the ground.
that holes had to be dug before they
could be Bet. Just how much capital
selway lost in the Iowa venture has
not been stated.
Administrator Tourtlote asks that
the curt order all the conveyances set
aside and the deeds Selway gave to
the trust company be declared vcid.
Seeks DowFy Right to Estate
Through her attorneys. Norris, Nurd,
Rhodes and Hallett Of Glasgow. Mrs.
Caroline b. Selway hled suit in the
district court Saturday against Bonnie
selway. Robert Selway. Maewalla Sell
way. the Iowa Loan and Trust COM
pany. Thomas Tobin. receiver for the
Selway steel Post and Fence company.
q corporation Of Iowa. and the Sell
way Steel Corporation, q Virginia
corporation.
The plaintiff asks division of prep
erty that she may receive her one
third dover right to the estate of the
late r. R. selway. who left several
thousand acres In Custer and Powder
River counties. the bulk of the land.
however. being in Powder River
county.
The court is asked to APPOINT three
disinterested commissioners to allot
the dover out Of the leases and tene-
ments She also seeks to recover her
cne-third part Of the annual value Of
rentals and profits Of the land from
July s. this year. to date OF decree.
1t IL alleged that the defendants have