The San Francisco call., 1903-09-03
TICKET BROKERS
GIVEN SURPRISE
Judge Kerrigan Changes
Murasky's Ruling in
Scalper Case.
Modif1es Associates Order
and Gives Railroads
Upper Hand.

the suit brought by the Southern Pacific.
Union Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande
and the Rio Grande Western Railroad
| companies on August IS against the local
ticket brokers for an injunction that
would prohibit them from dealing IN spe-
! cial excursion tickets during the Grand
Army Encampment
! In making his order yesterday Judge
Kerrigan apparently forgot a previous
ruling made by him and upset one re-
! Gently issued by Judge Murasky in the
/ same cases. An Injunction against Ticket
Brokers Adolph Ottinger, Charles Conk-
lin, Duffin & Welsh and others was issued
! by Judge Murasky, and later the plain
| tiffs went into court and by affidavit Sc
cured citations against Dufhn & Welsh
to show cause why they should not be
adjudged in contempt for alleged viola
| tions of the injunction. Upon the repre-
| sentations of their attorney, Samuel Nj.
| Shortridge, Judge Murasky' afterward
modified his injunction, agreeing that 1t
was too broad and general. He there
/ fore eliminated certain sentences which
! practically left the order applicable to
the lines Of the plaintiffs instead Of pro-
/ hibiting the brokers from handling tick
! cts Of any description on any Of the many
lines throughout the country.
The contempt case was to have come
up for a hearing some days later, but
] on the date set Judge Murasky was alb
| sent. and Judge Kerrigan. sitting in his
| stead announced that he would not hear
evidence or argument in any contested
case during the absence Of Judge Mu-
rasky, and set the railroad case down for
| September a. Apparently this disposed
of the matter until Judge Murasky was
ready to hear it, and naturally the de-
] PENDANTS and Attorney Shortridge were
( greatly surprised yesterday afternoon
! when they were served with an order
from Judge Kerrigan's court modifying
the order issued by Judge Murasky, in
/ which he had modified his own original
order of Injunction.
| It was mainly the question Of jurisdic-
| tion-that is. whether the State court
had authority to abridge the rights of
brokers to deal in tickets applying to rail-
/ roads beyond the Jurisdiction of the State
that prompted Judge Murasky to modify
his injunction conining 1t to the lines
Of the plaintiffs. Under its provisions the
! brokers could buy and sell portions of
4 tickets over lines beyond the terminals OF
1 the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and
! the Rio Grande system. and they pro-
! ceeded to do so, until Judge Kerrigan,
without previous notice to the defendants
attorney, yesterday again changed the
| order, which gives the railroad companies
/ the upper hand for a time, in that the
]
/ can now handle are those for transpor-
/ tation over lines east Of Omaha. Judge
/ Kerrigan's order caused considerable talk
/ among the brokers, who are now prepar-
/ ing to bitterly fight the railroad compa-
MES through all the courts 1t is claimed
/ that a recent decision handed down by
! Justice Parker Of the Supreme Court de-
clares that the business Of ticket broker
| is a legitimate one, and that the
/ man who buys a ticket from
railroad company and permits another
man to use it is not injurinE the COM
/ pany and is not guilty of an act of fraud.
/ This contention is to be one Of several
which the local brokers purpose to in
! corporate in their fight against the South
1 ern Pacific Company when the latter at
! tempts to again enjoin them against the
selling of excursion or regular tickets.
The order Of modification of Judge Ker-
| rigan is drafted after the one issued by
! Judge Murasky and simply eliminates GER
| tain words so as to broaden the prohibit
! tive measure to the end of the Union
/ Pacific line at Omaha and to include the
| Rio Grande systems lines, practically es-
| tablishing an embargo on all brokerage
! business with tickets this side of Omaha
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