Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1919 — EDWARD WITH US AGAIN [ARTICLE]

EDWARD WITH US AGAIN

LIKE THE CAT, HE ALWAYS COMES BACK U. S. COURT THIS TIME. ilndianapolis, June 20.—Suit for the appointment of a receiver, an injunction and an accounting has been filed in the United States district court by Arthur R. Jones, of Chicago, against Ed Oliver and Marguerite Oliver, of Jasper county, Indiana. Mr. Jones alleges that he was employed by the defendants in 1916 j who were then involved to the extent of more than SBOO,OOO, to manage farming operations on 2,232 acres of land in Jasper county, incumbered by mortgages exceeding $165,000, and that when the SBOO,OOO indebtedness was liquidated and the land free from incumbrance he was to have for his compensation 25 per cent of the remaining value of the land and the crops thereon. During the life of the contract, it is alleged, the defendants agreed that Jones was to have the sole management of the land, none of which was to be transferred or conveyed without his consent. Mr. Jones alleges that in 1917, in order more fully to protect certain mortgages, the plaintiff consented to the conveyance of certain tracts of the land to Caesar Hester, of Chicago; that since that time the defendants have induced. Hester to convey these tracts to other persons, have appropriated the proceeds of these transactions to their own use and "have otherwise violated the contract. It is alleged that, had the contract been carried out, Jones’ share of the land and crops would have’ amounted to at least $25,000. The court is asked to appoint a receiver to take charge of and manage the farms, to restrain the defendants from further conveying or encumbering them, and to enforce an accounting between the parties.