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Court records from lawsuits related to Malibu Ranch
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Ephemera - Malibu
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Chamber of Commerce promotional guide and business directory, 1965; postcards with artwork by M. Sheehan ("handmade original serigraphs"). Includes 2 volumes: The determined Mrs. Rindge and her legendary railroad: a history of the Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway / by David F. Myrick. A checklist of articles concerning the Hueneme, Malibu & Port Los Angeles Railway / from the indexes of Charles F. Outland. Ventura County Historical Society, 1996. [May K. Rindge] Gable, Valerie. Malibu. Malibu Books, 1984.
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Railroad bridge on the Malibu Ranch
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View of a railroad trestle bridge for the Rindge railway (incorporated as the Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway) in Malibu, California.
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Bastanchury and Union Bank v. Times-Mirror Co., CA Supreme Court 4th Civil No. 3279
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Reply to Petition for Transfer and Hearing by Supreme Court. Juanita C. Bastanchury and Elizabeth Eadington and Union Bank & Trust Company of Los Angeles v. The Times-Mirror Company, Appeal from the Superior Court of Orange Count Hon. George K. Scovel, Judge.
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Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway records
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This small group of records consist of one box and two volumes. The following items are in the box: 1) Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway stock certificates; 2) a catalog book entitled Steel Rails and Accessories by the Pennsylvania Steel Company; 3) Malibu Tidewater Railway stock certificates (blank); 4) Hueneme, Malibu and Southern Railway stock certificates (four stubs filled-in); and 5) Ventura County Historical Society quarterly publication entitled The Determined Mrs. Rindge and her Legendary Railroad. The first volume is Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway cash ledger with entries listing disbursements from 1903 through 1913. The second volume is Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway financial journal for issuance of stock, road repairs, and taxes from 1903 through 1922. Included in this journal is a copy of the company's bylaws.
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Lawsuits and legal papers
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This series includes material related to two lawsuits dealing with Collis P. Huntington and Henry E. Huntington. The first, the Colton lawsuit, was a case brought against Ellen Colton, widow of David D. Colton, attorney for the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the "Big Four" (Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker), against Leland Stanford, et al. Alfred A. Cohen was their attorney in the case. The material is made up of legal documents, correspondence, invoices, copies of testimonies, affidavits, memorandums, agreements, and others, from 1861 to 1924. There is also some material related to Charles Main v Central Pacific Railroad Company et al (also including the "Big Four"). The second case is Henry E. Huntington v Lewis & Simmons. Huntington brought the case against art dealers Maurice Lewis and Isaac Simmons, claiming that the George Romney portrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons and her sister, which he had purchased, was neither by Romney nor a portrait of Siddons and her sister. The trial took place in May 1917. The painting was found to be by Ozias Humphry [sic] and portrayed the Waldegrave sisters. Huntington was refunded his money. The material is made up of correspondence, documents, newspaper clippings, proceedings, and photograph evidence used in the case.
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Land rights records for property included in the Maxwell Land Grant
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Assorted court records and land deeds related to land originally included in the Maxwell Land Grant. Includes a quit-claim deed for land in San Miguel County, New Mexico, between Madison Calhoun and Henry M. Porter (1882); court records related to Eliza C. Winburn vs. Alice Clara Heck et al. (including Lucien B. Maxwell, Charles Beaubien, and the Maxwell Land Company), 1930; a warranty deed between J.A. Heyde and Company and Thomas P. James for land in Union County, New Mexico (1906); a grid map of land belonging to the Vinson Land Company in Otero County, Colorado; and court papers for Walter Clement et al. vs. William H. Dyer and Charles F. Whitcher regarding the Maxwell Land Grant and Good Fairy Mine (1897). Also includes a manuscript entitled "Fortunes in Western Lands," which speculates on the future of gold mining and territory expansion in the western United States, and some business correspondence belonging to Charles Springer, mainly related to his highway activities in Oklahoma and New Mexico. The donor, Rev. F. Stanley, was the author of The grant that Maxwell bought (1952).
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