Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-12 | Page 8 | West end Attached by Jim Bulter Co.

WEST END ATTACHED BY JIMJUTLEfi CO. Possible Judgment Relative to 25,000 Tons of Ore Is $1,500,000 n attachment for Jl 500 000 against the West End Consol dated Alining company on application of the Tonopah Jim But ler Aiming company an Arizona corpora tions has been served by Deputy Walker acting under Sherif MaUey says the Tonopah Dally Bonanza The attachment is to cover the value of 2o 000 tons of ore alleged to have been taken from the West End MacISamara ledge in the Eu reka and Curtis claims. The ".aluo of this ore Is estimated at JoOOOOO and with e emplaxy damages allowed under the statute won d involve a possible judg ment for $1 500 000 The attachment was accompanied by a cash bond of $o0Q0 fur shed by the Jim Butler Th s sets at rest all optimistic reports of a pending settlement between the com pan es and indicates a further prolonga uon of the 1 tigation. The next move will "be for the defend ant company to apply to have the attach ment d ssolved. This will force the speedy hear ng of the case on its merits and n the meantime the district court will be asked to modlf the attachment so as not to interfere with the operation of the propertr No rea-on for the attachment was as s g led by J E E ans who is associated w th Uugh H Brown as local attornes for the p alntiff corporation and who is the on one of the attorneys connected with the case who is in Tonopah On the other hand Horatio Ailing of the West End staff arrived from San Franc sco this morning and, when ap pnsed of t e suit, Instantly took steps to ascertain the cause for the sudden develop nent. It s stated the authority for th at ta hment was an order from Cljde Heller and Curtis L ndley in San Francisco fol lowing the vis t of the senior counsel of the Butler s de to Tonopah on October 2