 Later in 1887 the company was involved in the important legal case "Levy vs Abercorris Slate and Slab Co (1887) 37 Ch D 260" over the legal meaning of a debenture.A reconstituted Abercorris Slate & Slab Quarry Company was begun in June 1890, again led by J.W.Orchard, and it re-opened the quarry with 40 men employed.