Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-05-19


the stand, having been previous
" duly sworn, was further cross
examined, and deposed and said
as follows:
CROSS EXAMINATION
(Resumed)
BY Mr.. Ellis:
Q-You are still under oath
Mr.. Gray, as you know.
Now, | believe you testified
Friday that one farm was pur-
chased by the A u t o m o I tiv e
workers Building Corpora
ton
MR.. GOERLICH: Qnterpos-
ing) We would like to renew
our objection to this line OF
questioning on the grounds OF
immaterislality and irrelevancy,
MR.. ELLIS: / don't believe
you have to renew it. It is in
the record. We permitted that
one to go in and think we dis
cussed at some length the ad-
visibility of putting it in all the
time. Your objection is in the
record We let it go In and 1t
goes to the entire deposition the
same as Mr.. Steinberg's.
Now, will you repeat as much
of the question as / had made,
Mr. Notary.
(Question at line 7 this page
read by Notary)
BY Mr. Ellis:
Q-consisting of ninety-six
acres in area, for the sum of
twenty-thousand dollars, is that
correct?
A-Somewhere around that
figure, that's right.
Q-You recall having signed
check in that amount for that
farm?
Al believe that Is correct.
Q-Now then, another farm
consisting of approximately one
hundred thirty acres was pur-
chased for the sum of twenty
five thousand dollars by the
Automotive Workers Building
Corporation, is that correct?
A-Somewhere around that
figure, yes. It's close.
Q-Csn you recall having
signed a check for the purchase
of that farm
A--Thats right.
Q-Then, | believe you also
testified that a third tract OF
land, an orchard, consisting of
eighty acres approximately, was
purchased for the sum of six
thousand dollars, Is that cor
rect?
A--Thats right.
Q-So that all told the Auto
motive Workers Building Cor
poration purchased a total of
three hundred six acres of farm
land adjacent TO the Summer
Camp?
Al don't know II you'd call
II exactly farm land. Some OF II
is woods, and some of il is un-
der cultivation.
Q-But that amount OF acre
age was purchased by the Auto
+ motive Workers Building Cor
poration, is that correct?
A-The acreage is correct.
Q-And, for that amount OF
acreage they paid the sum OF
fifty-one thousand dollars. Is
that correct as you recall il?
A-Well, II IL adds up right.
] didn't add II up.
Q-Is that correct, the sum
OF those individual amounts?
A--The individual amounts
are very close.
Q--So that they paid approxi-
mately one hundred sixty-seven
dollars an acre for this land In
Lenawee County, Michigan?
Al never figured that out
to know what IL was exactly.
Q-But those are the tracts
purchased and those are the
amounts paid for each tract?
A-That's right.
Q-You are sure Of that?.
A-Approximately. 1 might
be a couple bucks off ono way
or the other.
Q-And you recall having
signed checks for those respec-
tive amounts?
A-Thats right.
Q-Now within your recollec- I
ton, Mr.. Gray, how much was
spent in total on remodeling
and re-equipping these farms?
A-That ! really don't know.
Q--Do you have an estimate
OF the total amount spent?
A--N0. / don't.
Q-You have no recollection
whatsoever?
A--NO, because some OF that
wasn't charged TO it and, there
f0re,--well, i don't know what
you mean. That's a trick ques-
tion and you're talking about
the total charge, and that I'm
not sure of.