Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1894 — THE STURGES-FARWELL CASE. [ARTICLE]

THE STURGES-FARWELL CASE.

Judge Tuly, at Chicago, .Thursday, in the Sturges-Farwell suit, found for the the plaintiffs. Mrs. Sturges is given *75,000, William Sturges is given credit ol *111,490 on a note for *140,000. J. V. Farwell was given a judgment for *28,50*J against William Sturges on another count. In the Marquette contract, where *IB.OOO was deposited, the court gives J. F. Farwell 510,000 and the balance of 58,000 to Mrs. Sturges. The 575,090 ordered paid to Mrs. Sturges is on the capitol contract, which was the main matter of litigation. The Court holds that while Mr. Sturge; was not regularly employed, yet his services were accepted by the company and must be paid for. The Court overrules the contention that Mr. Sturges’s services are of no value and holds that he did good work for the company. The litigation, which is ended by this final arbitration. has extended over a long series of years and involved a claim for 52,000,090 for services rendered by William Sturges In promoting tho Texas capitol scheme. Th; capitol was to have been built at a cost ol 51,500,000 by John V. Farwell, of Chicago, his brother, ex-United States Senatoi Charles B. Farwell, and Congressman Abner Taylor. They wore to receive from the State of Texas 3,000.090 acres of Texas land stocked with 100,000 head of cattie The building cost more than was expected, and to obtain funds Sturges attempted to interest foreign capitalists, being promised, he claimed. 40 per cent, of all profits over *3,000,000. The dispute was over ths value of his services. Mr. Sturges is nou in a sanitarium, his mind having failed during the present hearing.