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Show SUIT IS FILED AGAINST THE STRATTON ESTATE DEIsVER. Jan. ; 13. Through Attorney Harry H. Lee, the Stratton Independence company (Umtted) yesterday , filed in the United States ; court a : suit, for . 86,000.000 against the executors and trustees of the Etratton estate, and also against L Harry Har-ry Etratton, heir-at-law." . s. ; -f -The complaint alleges that, at the time the mine- was. sampled- preparatory to concluding the sale which .had been ne-rotlated ne-rotlated through the Venture corporation of London, the samples were "salted." so that thl?tot$jmt of ore estimated on those samples was valued at 87,000,000, when in reality the re la sight was worth only 82,000,000, or lesa It is alleged that the sacks of samples were opened and quickly but .thoroughly sprinkled with rich, ground-up si Ivan it e. The Venture corporation will also bring a similar suit, claiming that Its expert,-C expert,-C A, Richard, was deceived by the salted ore, and the individual stockholders will also bring suit for the return of their money, alleging-that they were Induced to purchase stock at 85. 810 and 815. which m reality was not worth such prices. - |