Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-01 | Page 20 | Sugar Company Motion Argued

Jurisdiction of U. S. District ; Court in Case Is Point Disputed. Questioning the jurisdiction of the , United States district court to serve j summons on certain nonresident defen- j dants, a motion to quash the service began yesterday before Judge Tillman D. Johnson in the case of the Everglades Ever-glades Sugar and Laud company of Florida, against James P. Sprunt, A. G. Goodwin, A. W. Gabbey, John Pin-gree, Pin-gree, the Merchants' bank, Thomas B. Stearns of Denver, estate of Joseph It. DeLamar of New York, Leouidas G. Skliris of Utah, and Alfred B. Quin-ton Quin-ton of Kansas. The case, which has been pending for more than a year, is a suit In equity ' Ujj'olving approximately $150,000 claimed by the plaintiff company in the factory and holdings of the Delta Sugar company. The plant was built by Mr. Stearns and financed by Mr. DeLamar. Charles D. Vallette, representing the plaintiff, is hero from Florida. He is assisted by Frank B. Stephens of the firm of Stephens and Smith of Salt Lake. William Story, Jr.. appears for the DeLamar heirs, and W. L. Hart-i Hart-i man of Denver represents Mr. Stearns. Herbert It. Macmillau of Howat, Marshall, Mar-shall, Macmillan & Crow, appears for Quintou and Skliris, while W. W Kay represents J. P. Sprunt and A. G. Goodwin. Good-win. Tho complaint alleges that under a trust agreement the plant was built on a site donated by the farmers of the Delta district and that the Everglades company was instrumental in interesting interest-ing the builders of the plant in the project. The suit is to determine the promoters' interests in the project.