The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-09
OF the Georgia and Alabama With the
f, C. aud z. Railroad,
A T EMP Q RARY RESTRAINT
Mr.. j. .S.1clton Williams aud Other
Parties Defendant are Cited to APP
pear Before Judge specr and
Show C:,,scy Why tho in
junction sI,oniu Not be
Pcrpctuatcd

ATLANTA, GA, JAN. S-Specinl.-Hon.
Emory Spee-. judge of The United States
Circuit Court for the Southern District
Of Georgia, granted to-day a temporary
injunction restraining the officers OF the
Georgia and Alabama railway from con-
solidating it with the Florida Central
and Peninsuar railroad and other corpof-
ations, OH a bill tiled by Michael j. DhdS,
a minority stockholder
1t is alleged III the bill that Mr- j.
SHELTON Villains, is at the head OF what.
is called a voting trust that controls
practically all the stock of the Georgia
and Alabama railway, and is proposing
to consolidate that road with the Florida
Central .and Peninsular, Of which he is
also president, and that the proposed
consolidation with the latter road is in
his interest as well as in the interest
Of other persons associated with nm IN
the voting trust" and contrary to the,
interest of the road and its stockholders.
PARTIES DEFENDANT.
Mr.. J. SHELTON Williams, John w. Mid
dendorf and c. Sidney Shepard. are also
parties defendant and the injunckon
operates against them. The bill WAS
presented to Judge speer by Marion Err
win. and Joseph Terrell, as counsel for
the complainant Dady. Dady's bill, in
addition to the allegations that the pro-
posed consolidation is prejudical TO the
rights of the stockholders and the road
and for the personal interest of the
voting trust" headed by Mr. J. Shelton
Williams, claims that the Georgia and
Alabama railway and the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular Railroad Company
are parallel and competing railroads,
and under the constitution OF the State
of Georgia their consolidation is pro-
,hibited.
Mr.. Joseph NJ. Terrell. of counsel for.
the complainant, is the Attorney-General
of the State of Georgia, ana he is now
ofti.tlly engaged in prosecuting two
salts in the name of The State Of Georgia
and by the direction Of Governor Gambler
TO prevent other railroad consultations
claimed to be contrary to the same clause
OF the constitution of the State, Which
it is claimed in this sul before Judge
Speer, is about to be Violated by the
proposed consolidation of the Georgia
and Alabama aid the Florida Central
and Peninsular railroads.
THE BILL.
The bill prays that Nessrs. Williams,
NIiddendorf and their associates under
the voting trust agreement. be en-
joined from voting the stock they hold
under the agreement in favor of the
proposed consolidation. and that the rail-
roads be crioned from receiving any
vote under that agreement. The allega-
ton is made in the bill. that the VIII
liams syndicate is proposing to, set sew
eral million dollars for personal services
in carrying out the consolidation scheme.
THE ORDER.
After considering the bill Judge Speers
granted the following order: Read and
considered. Let the defendants named
be temporarily enjoined as prayed until
Saturday. the 18th instant, at which time
they are directed to show cause before
me at Macon. Ga. at 10 O'Clock a. NJ.
why the injunction prayed Cor should
not be granted. Ordered further that a
copy of this order be served on eacn of
the defendants named or their COUNSEL