The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-14
INJUNCTION GRANTED.

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INJUNCTION GRANTED.
Thomas T. Ryan Enjo!ned From Voting
Stock at the s. A. l.. Meeting.
AS the time FOR the annual meeting of
the Seaboard Air Line draws near the
great fight of Thomas f. Ryan to GUST
the present management and to gain
control himself is again to the front
and Judge L. r. Watts, general counsel
Tor the company, has secured from
Judge II. r. Prentis, Of the City Cur
cult Court, an Injunction restraining
Ryan and his associates from voting
stock at the annual meeting. The plain
tiffs named in the bill are Richard
Curzon Hoffman; Charles Chauncey,
Charles G. Savage Severn Eure, Ever
EFT st. John. William w. Chamberlain,
G. Hatton and N. Champe Robinson;
the defendants being the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad company, Thomas T.
Ryan, Ralph L. Anderson, L. ClelaEd
Benedict and seventy-ive others.
Mr.. Hoffman gave bond Of $1,000,
and notices are being served on the de-
PENDANTS.
The bill Of complaint shows the III
corporation of the Seaboard and Roam
oke Railroad company and sc :tionS of
the charter In reference to voting stock,
No. Z saying that when q vote Is Of
fered to be given at any meeting ubor
stock transferred, within sixty days re-
FORE such meeting, If any present OBJ
ject to the vote, 1t shall not be counted
unless rhe stockhoder has made or shall
make oath that the stock on which such
stock is to be given is held by him bona
fide, and not by virtue of transfer,
with intent to give more votes than is
allowed by the preceding section"
That Immediately before the last an
nual meeting held in last October, and
afterwards. the defendant, Thomas f.
Ryan, made an effort to purchase,
through John GILL president Of the Mer-
camille Trust and Deposit company, of
Baltimore controlling interest in the
capital stock of said company, his
av0wcd irGention being to secure control
of the management of said corporation,
and he succeeded in purchasing about
two thousand five hundred shares.
Tfat in pursuance of the said scheme
mentioned the said Ryan In the month OF
June caused to be transferred out of the
names Of his vendors 40 shares in blocks
OF two to other parties named. and In
the first week of August last the said
Thomas f. Ryan caused to be transfer
red on the books of said Roanoke and
Seaboard Railroad company from the
names Of the former owners from whom
the same had been purchased, shares of
the said capital stock to other persons
naming them. the total number trans
ferred being 935 shares.
1t IS claimed that most Of the per-
sons to whom the said transfers were
| made are persons of no pecuniary re-
SponSihllty and clerks and employees
under Ryan, and the instruments Of
| himself and the persons by whom he has
been employed in furtherance of the
| scheme for the procurement of the con-
troll of the management of said Seaboard
and Roanoke Railroad company After
| mentioning the names OF number of
persons who are employed as clerks in
| the office Of the New York Guaranty
Trust company and National Union
Bank. With both Institutions the said
Ryan Is connected and associated, land
one of the transferres Michael Gilloo-
| ley. Is the coachman of said Ryan, ard
lives In rooms over the stable of said
Ryan. No. 1884 Amsterdam avenue, in
| the city of New York"
lhat the transfers were made In los
OF twenty shares. with n few exceptions
| Tor the reason that he " ,uld IL he should
| be allowed to take the benefit of such
fraudulent tra' sfers m this manner Sc
cure to himself and associates the maxi
mum voting power of one vote for each
share of said stock. the scale vote an.
OF more than twenty shares of said
cani.al stock
Exhibit &C" shows fhe names of seve-
raj stockholders from whom Ryan pur-
chased the sid stock, together with tho
number of shares held by them, re-
Spectivcly, ard the votes to which in
the aggregate said shares would have
been entitled in the hands of said stock
holders and the number Of vo:es to
which the said Ryan would have been
entitled IL he had caused the stock tn
be transferred to himself as he was In
equity and good conscience bound to do.
crhis gives Ryan 1.Gi3 votes. while the
persons from whom he purchased were
er'tiled to only ]. O05 votes)
Ihf': the said Ryan caused most of
inc transfers TO be made immediately
before the sixth day of August last nast
ana were urgent that the same should
hH completed at once. for the reason
mat unless the sad transfers were made
sixty days prior to the next annual
| meeting of the shar2h olders of said com
pany. to be held on the 5th day Of Oc-
Toner next. the woes of the transfers
would he liah," to challenges. The plain
fiffs charge that Ryan could not tr,,.h
iniy make oath that the Stock held b.
htm was bona iidc. and this was known
TO Ryan and his associates The ora
tors are further advised that tho said
fraudulent scheme for the Unlawful in
crease of the votes will be successful
unless preventive remedy Is given by a
court Of equity
GIVEN FIVE YEARS FOR FORGERY
About four months ago a negro came
h"re from Philadelphia and located on
WASHINGTON s.ree:. near High lie had
been here but short while before he
presented check nj the bank for $3.50,
supposed to be drawn by Mr.. jackson, q