Show EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND IN Vtint Cite Suan Laud and Cattle Company Vniit CHICAGO July IGA suit for 800000 was begun in the United States Court yesterday morning by the Swan Land and Cattle Company Limited of Edinburg through their snlicitors Messrs Swift Campbell I against Alex H Swan and Thomas Swan of Cheyenne Charles E Anthony of Po oria Charles A Wilson of Chattsworth Ills and the following nnmed persons of Chicago Joseph Frank Morris Rosen baum Godfrey Snydacker Lewis E Frank Henry L Frank Ellery E Spinney Bertha Snydacker Patrick Long Eugene Arnstein and Samuel Marks In 18S2 the Swans and the Frank Livestock Company the National Cattle Company and the Swan Frank and Anthony Cattle Company composed com-posed of the above named parties ware grazing cattle over the ranges in Wyoming These corporations joined with Jos Wilson of Edinburg and sold out for 2553823 to the Swan Land and Cattle Company which Wilson had worked no among the Scottish capitalists among them being Lord Doug I las Gordon and Colin J MacKenzie The complaint alleges that tho purchasers relied i I upon the false representation of Alexander II Swan upon the untried inventories of cattle and upon the reports of one Thomas Lawson an agent in tho pay of the selling companies The com plaint says that instead of 89167 h td f cattle as represented there Was no more han fionnn nil inf i in many other respdotq wera th nm > ton < Mi which were shown them untrue It making the sale the complaint says that Swan rep resented that the number of calves l from the herd would equal I2282G while in fact there were only 1600 The complainants ask 800000 which they say would only about cover the loss they sustained Tho suit brought yesterday is a sequel to the failure of tho firm of Swan Brothers of Cheyenne a few weeks ago It was then announced that the Swan Land Cattle Company would be in no way affected but it is known that immediately after the Swan Brothers failure some of the Scotch directors of the cattle company hurried to this country and it is supposed the suit brought yesterday is the result of their investigations |