, 1870-07-14
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC Rail.
ROAD.
An Extraordinary suit

FTofn ne Can FTaneisoo Rutetin, .IulvB.
Mg haFo before us the printed transcript o
suit which has just been commenced in III
rn.eenfn District Court Of San Francisco
tin and defendants: Samuel Etannan' pia;n
N '. Central Paci6c Railroad Company o
California. Western PsciGc Railroad Comnanr
Leland Stanford, G. ?. Huntington, Mai
Hopkins, Charles Croker, E. &. Ctocker
Gharies Aarah, A. r: Stanford, E. q. Miller
Jr.. u. B. Redding, the San Francisco & AIa
media Railroad Company, the San Frauciscf
4 Oakland Railroad Company, Wells, Fargo
20, contract md Finance Company, South
Grn Pacific Railroad Company, San Joaouir
valley Railroad Company, Californis i
oregon Haliroad Company, San Francisco 1
Wagon Road Company, b. O. Mills. D. q
Mills d Co., Alfred A. Cohen, John Doe. Rich
ard hoe, John Doe, Jr., and Richard Roe n
| !fhe names OF four last defandants arc un.
known to plaintin), defendants
Brannan sets ont that on the 18th dav OF No
vembcr, 1864, be subscribed and paid for, a,
the par value thereof, 200 shares Of the capi.
IA stock Of the Central Pacific Railrosd; and
TINT he now owns these 600 shares In the
next article, or count, he sets forth the follow
'ngi That ~. ,.,,n,,n,, 7,,n, e,,., -
Huntington. Marx Hopkins, & aries Crocker, and
Charles Marsh originally subscribed to said capital
stock, and agreed to take aud pay for the s!urcs
their par yalne. ns io9ws to vii. S.i ~, -, =,
Stanford, 100 Shares: said Z. p HnnfIn"ton 10
shares: said Mark Hopkins, $50 shares; said Chas.
sharpa That afteS.ar a .,,9 ~ aa.sn, ~
daic or ntes nainiM q on. a. Th9s VI particular
sn iaetNnpme %atenaatt % a. nv esa susctneu l1r ~
,ssueu ~ ssAu iast.WenIiohed corporation to said
aforementioned defendants respectively,
The plaintiff ls Informed and believes and
therefore AYERS, upon antl according to bis infor-
. -1}uY1 1a,f .Tot,,j
ants @ dld not, nor did either Of them, ever pay to
taia CORPORATION, or deliver to 1t any money or
other 1t;! valuable thing for the shares Of capital
las.-namea defendants respectively; but in truth,
and Ia fact, the whole Of such stock was 50 Issued
without any consideration ever having been paid
violation OF the statute In such case made aud
r0viled, and in fraud OF the rights OF the plain
Ia and the other stockholders Of the ceutnil Pa
The plaintiff sets ont that tho onlv stock hn.
siles his own which yay ever snl1arrihel far
ssup :nu pa.a lol ~ eooa lain vas az follows
Goun'y u iiacess 2'5Iu bnafes county or
sacFamento, ,oQo shares; Samuel Hooper, SO
'len t. Williams, 25 shares Orvillo D. Iom-
tartl, 200 shares Anne u. Jud,h. 81 a,,.yaa
Samuel P. Shaw. so alares. il q Iva. o.
uLnras ~ oi,.mt ~ ooo ai' -: -. i'est -
;.a,n,st ~, anuIa wv snares no" hold Dy un-
i'nown lnulSlduale. ..--....-. ......
lnat me SAD mentioned defendants and their
IL net, and Ia facr but illegally, acting Us WrcctDrs
" saii c. p and COMPOSING Z maIGrtty tneraof
ave caused TO be issued to tbemsclyes ind ,}ivers
ihclr confedetates, to plaintiff unknoFn. large
amounts of the capital stock OF said corporation:
!ut thaI all OF said stock 30 Issued to them and
.aeiI sau conlede-ates has been issuea without
tonsueisuony t.e9aliy anu frnnduently, aud the
aIl, uSnee taefeol Was and Is wholly illegal and
VIZ
A charge o. malfeasance or something worse
IL set up in the following words;
stThat the defendants IelanL stamford cbsr-
liza Croker, Charles Marxh. 4, 3 tfnnt,nt"nn
SIaFl Hopkins. ami others ther .orya1ara,ns ~
,Ialutln unkn0wn. were The I1ecfnIs' ~ ~
II for The f,rst thIre MnntSs a1,r ~.
zaslou thereof That az The ~ LIZ .ne ,tnh Tha ~
said three months ths ,,.fr,smt, p1ann ntoG a,, "
;orl, Charles Croker + i, En'rf,r r = nrn
tinytou Marx UoplIns. p Stspf,r; IN
Charles Marsh, and their confeeratss ~ nuina lT"
in unknDwn nr,.tenUnv nnnn"rin. -; ~ ti1 pt1.u
lnmDg to be the nolnl1,aj oWtcfs Of maia9itVG y
&c capital stock Of the said {. r., purpoftlng to
ave been Issued by II, and by other secret de-
ICES una sontlisancea UNKNOWN to plaintiff. CON-
s.s anM ~, s.1 M elec,d them
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=. aa nanna ir, na nnne lo laence hthef-
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vnn, hanant sduuGs% toG, 70 seir jo,nt anW lay!
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