Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-09
IN y. S. CIRCUIT COURT
The Legal Battle TO Prevent the Cons
summation OF John skeiton ws,l-
iams' plan. for Formation OF
Greater seaboard Air Limo system
I. Now on-Tnik with colouol ms
gals -Importnnt pcclsion.
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Richmond, Va, Jan. S.--A bitter fight
was begun this morning before Judge
Edmund Waddill. Jr. In the United y
States Circuit Court, for an order re-5s
stralning the Scaboard and Roanoke
road from making any disposition OF its
stock looking to consolidation with!
any of the roads known as the Sea-
board System. lGa
THE COUNSEL
The following appeared as the coun- n.
sci for President John Shelton wis.,
!iams and the Williams syndicnte. N
Judges e. ]. D. Cross. OF Baltimore:
Leigh r. Watts. OF Portsmouth,; l.. L.5
Lewis. of Richmond: General Edgar
Allan, of Richmond; Hugh T.. Bond,
Jr., of Baltimore, and w. w. Henry
and e. Randolph Williams, of the firm
Of Henry & Williams. of Richmond. as
mir. Ryan's interests were in the
hands of Messrs. Bernard Carter and &
w. s. Marbury, OF Baltimore; d. Inw-.f
renee Groner of Norfolk, and W. II. sS
Page, OF New York. Though they took i
no active part In the proceedings,
Messrs. Lemuel Ely Quigg and William
X. Ryan, son of Mr. Thomas *. Ryan.
the petitioner, were In frequent con-
sultation with the counsel,
THE BATTLE OPENED.
The legal battle opened by request;
from Mr.. AIarbury that the proceeds
ings OF to-day be conducted as If they
were but a continuance of the hear
ing held on the night OF December 2o,s
1899. postponed until December 2Sth,
and continued until this date, and that,
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ment was entered into Mt that time
by the counsel that the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad Company would take
no step toward consolidation with tho
Raleigh and CASTOR railroad, or other
railroad, until the application for the
Injunction was heard and disposed OF. Il
Judge Cross opposed the method, and (
stated that at the time of the alleged
agreement the counsel had stated that
no action could be taken until the 10th
instant. when an adjourned meeting Of
the Seaboard and Roanoke would be-
held. and that this court had no jur1s-
dictIon over the Raleigh and -Ga4tass-.
Mr.. Groner insisted that such an
agreement as stated by Mr.. Marbury
had been entered into.
Judge Waddill then announced that
an agreement had been made by the
counsel that the affairs OF the Seaboard
ana 1SOlNOKc, LOOKING toward CONSOLE
dalton, would remain in stntu quo until
this application was disposed OF. ard
that this was a continuation OF the
hearing.
APPLICATIONS AMENDED.
Counsel then held consultation and
Mr.. Bernard Carter offered amend
ments to the original applications foris
an Injunction. asking that the Seabonrd
and Roanoke be perpetually restrained
from consolidation with tho Floridn
Central and Penirsuar, Georgia and
Alabama or any of the other roads
mentioned in the original bill.
Mr.. Carter declared that his client
was entitled to restraining order
against the Seaboard and Roanoke,
prohibiting any consolidation and from
the contamination OF the sale OF the 4
stock Of the Raleigh and CASTOR to
Middendorf and Oliver. of Baltimore,
which WAS practically the sale OF the
bonds owned by NIessrs. Williams and
others. OF whom Mr.. Middendorf was
one. and that owing TO the fact that
they were directors, was practically the
sale OF stock by himself to himself.
and that 1t was undoubtedly part of the
plan to consolidate the Seaboard and s
Roanoke and the Raleigh and Gaston
Mr.. Carter commended. though, in the
answer filed by the defendant that no
act of consolidating OF merging OF the
capital stock franchises and property
of the Seaboard and Roanoke with
those of any other company, until such
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