Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1919 — ED. OLIVER IS ONCE MORE [ARTICLE]

ED. OLIVER IS ONCE MORE

In the Limelight, This*Time In the Federal Court. • Indianapolis, June 20. —Sult for the appointment of a receiver, an injunction and an accounting has been filed in the United States district court, by Arthur R. Jones Chicago, against Ed Oliver and Marguerite Oliver of Jasper county, Indiana. Mr. Jones alleges that he was employed by the defendants in 1916, who were then involved to the extent of more than *BOO,OOO, to manage farming operations on 2,232 acres of land in Jasper county, incumbered by mortgages exceeding *165,000, and that when the *8(W,000 indebtedness was Hfluidated 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 transferreef or conveyed without his consent. Mr. Jones alleges that Jn 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 incumbering them, and to enforce an accounting between the paroles.