Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-11-30 | Page 1 | Lawson Firm Settles

LAWS0N FIRM SETTLES Amount Claimed in Gas Company-Suit Company-Suit Turned Over. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. A settlement out of court by which Thomas Y. Eaw-son Eaw-son and the flnu of Lawson, YVcldenfleld s,- Co, nirn.-d ovr KJVi.oOO to Receiver Gt orge Wbarti n Pepper, of the Ray State Gas companv, of Delaware, was confirmed today by j'udge Lowell of tho United Si ites Circuit court. The court i e. , lings first made known the fact that an agreement had been reached in this suit. Pay Full Amount. Lawson, Weidenfield Co . were the financial agents of the Ray state com- pnny In Boston. The plaintiff contended that the company retained funds ln its possession whfoh should have been passed over to liim as receiver for the gas company. com-pany. The defendants admitted that when Receiver Pepper ime Into office they had iibout $7p." belonging to the Bay State company, but claimed offsets theroto. In the settlement which has now becom- effective, the original amount of loVX)") with Interest is allowed.