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WHO OWNS THIS SALOON? Crowley Says It's His, and Cousin Is Hired Man. So Goes to Law When the Latter . Offered to Sell Him His Own Property. Asking that James J. Crowley, his cousin, be restrained from continuing as manager of his business interests in a saloon in Fourteenth street northwest, and that he be regarded as a trustee and compelled to surrender the business in litigation, John T. Crowley, a prominent business man of this city and Baltimore, yesterday filed sult in the District Supreme Court. The complainant declares that he hired his cousin as manager of a saloon, which he purchased on August 25, 1905. and in this capacity the defendant deposited moneys, made purchases, signed checks, and attended to other matters of business for him. Because of their relationship John T. Crowley asserts he considered a written agreement unnecessary. According to the bill James J. Crowley, on February 5. 1906, approached the proprietor and offered to sell him a half interest in the business for $25,000, claiming an interest in the saloon without having purchased it. The complainant also requests that the Commercial National Bank be enjoined from paying any of the funds deposited to the credit of James J. Crowley, and asks that a receiver be appointed to hold the property and money until the final decision in the case. Accompanying the petition are thirteen affidavits signed by prominent business men of this city, showing that the complainant paid in full for the property, and that the defendant at no time was considered as part owner of the business.
