The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-12

answer VI the NOTlASTH SECURITIES cOIn-
pany in the United States court
amounted to nothing, because that
court did not have jurisdiction.
The attorneys for the state took the
chance all along that the case might
be remanded by the court on it's own
motion. The supreme court did re-
mand it, and thus the state has gained
nothing, and all the money that it has
expended on the case has gone for
nothing.
Mr.. MUNN'S VIEW OF 1T.
NJ. D. Mum, counsel for the state
in the state case, said yesterday: II
am not prepared at this time to say
what the developments will be in the
case of the state of Minnesota against
the Northern Securities company. The
attorney general was the real head of
the litigation SO far as the states case
was concerned, and will not be able
TO say definitely what will be done
until have had conference with
Gov. Van SAINT and the new attorney
general w. B. Douglas, who repre-
sented the state in the capacity of at
torney general, is now on the supreme
bench, and my consultation will be
with his successor, w. J. Donahower.
L had from the first some fears that
the United States courts had not ju-
risdiction, but later l was led to think
that possibly the federal court had
jurisdiction, and our arguments were
along that line. The decision is, of
course, adverse to this view of the
case"
Judge George B. Young, chief coun-
sci for the Northern Securities COM
pany, said last night that further ac..
ton Of his clients would naturally de-
pend upon the attitude of the states
attorneys.
The case decided by the United
States supreme court at Washington
yesterday was originally commenced
April 4, 1902, in the district court of
Ramsey county, and in it the state
sought to defeat the control of the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
cific railways by the then recently
formed Northern Securities company.
Service of the summons was made up
on j. j. Hill as president of the North
ern Securities company. The attorneys
for the securities company moved to
set aside this service as not authorized
by law because the Northern Securi-
ties company was a New Jersey cor
poration and had no office In Mime
sofa, and while Mr.. Hill had a resi-
dence in Minnesota he resided in the
state as an individual and not as an
officer of the Northern Securities COM
pany; that none of the matters COM
planned of had been done in Minnesota
and that the company had no proper,
ty In Minnesota, and had never done
any business in the state. "a
CONTENTION WAS WITHDRAWN.
Later this contention was with
drawn and the Securities company re-
moved the case from the state to the
federal courts on the ground that fed
eral questions were involved.
The case came before Judge William
Lochren, in the United States district
court, in June of last year, and was
heard and submitted on the evidence
taken. In the meantime the suit
brought by the United States had been
decided adversely to the Northern Sc
curities company by the United States
circuit court. Judge Lochren, how
ever, did not agree with the views ex-
pressed by the circuit court judges in
the suit brought by the United States,
and decided in favor of the Northern
Securities company, holding that there
had been no violation of the state law.
The state appealed to the United
States supreme court and the Securi-'
ties company's attorneys moved to dis
miss the appeal on the ground that an
appeal to that court could not lie The