The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-30

and used by them the said defendant
| corporations for said purposes"
The petition goes on to state that GER
tain agents in the state under the com-
mission agreement who act for mem
bers OF the trust are not allowed to
handle the business of any non union
company. The petition further says:
The said defendant corporations in
pursuance of the object, intention and
| purpose Of said defendant corpora tions,
have wilfully and unlawfully agreed
combined and confederated with each
other, and with other fire insurance cor
porations, to form an insurance trust
and pool as aforesaid, to regulate, fix
and maintain the cost, rates and pre-
MUM to be charged by each OF said de-
fendant corporations for insuring the
different designated classes OF risks on
property against loss by fire"
The petition asks that under the law
all the companies forfeit their franchises
and that judgments for $1,000 apiece be
placed against each company. and that
meanwhile the companies be tempo
rarily enjoined from using the rate
The following are the names of the
56 companies named as parties to the
suit. The companies are all licensed
to do business in Topeka:
The Aetna Insurance Co
The American Fire Insurance Co
American Central Insurance Co.
Boston Insurance Co.
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.
Fire Association of Philadelphia.
Firemen's Fund Insurance Co
Franklin Insurance Co.
German American Insurance Co.
German Alliance Insurance Co.
Greenwich Insurance Co.
Hanover Fire Insurance Co.
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Home Insurance Co
Insurance Co. of North America.
Liverpool & London & Globe
Merchants Insurance Co
Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Co.
National Fire Insurance Co.
Niagara Fire Insurance Co.
Orient Insurance Co.
Pelican Assurance Co.
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance co.
Phoenix Insurance Co.
Providence Washington Insurance Co.
Queen Insurance Co. of America.
Reading Fire Insurance Co.
Springfield Fire and Marine InsUr-
ance Co.
ST Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Traders Insurance Co.
United F'iremen's Insurance Co
British American Assurance Co.
Commercial Union Assurance Co.
Hamburg Bremen Fire Insurance Co.
Imperial Insurance Co.
Lancashire Insurance Co.
Liverpool & London & Globe Insur-
ance Co. of London.
London Assurance Co.
London and Lancashire Fire Insur-
ance Co
Manchester Assurance Co.
National Assurance Co.
Northern Assurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
North British and Mercantile Insur-
ance co.
Palatine Insurance Co.
Phoenix Assurance Co. of London.
Royal Insurance Co.
Royal Exchange Assurance Co.
Sun Assurance Co.
Union Assurance Co.
Western Assurance Co.
Indemnity Fire Insurance Co.
Mercantile Fire and Marine Insur-
arce Co.
Palatine of London Insurance Co.
Magdeburg Insurance Co.
SIMILAR SUITS ON DOCKET
Two other cases similar to those filed
by County Attorney Nichols were com
menced in the district court a year ago.
The cases were brought by Ferry &
DCran for Frank Thomas against the
Springfield Fire and Marine and the
Traders Insurance company for 81 $50
damages in each case. These suits are
civil suits for the recovery of damages,
but are essentially the same as the
cases brought by the county attorney
Thomas was agent for union companies
and because he acted for a non-union
company the union companies took their
business away from him.