The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-23
CELEBRATED CASES
rwo PROMINENT ALTERATIONS IN
 SUPREME COURT.
r.nrr~.an Case, Involving vaIfdny VI rndiefmerts of Saloon Men, ana
 Grny-RniHway Suit Argued A VoHay. {.

<~s %h. tew cases that are to be ar s-,,oa hefore fhe 5uprame Court Of Ala hama this morning. two stand out as perhaps the most prominent. Ihese are the saloon case from Culiman ana the hearing of the rule nist isslef. < s.tyst r.bancellor A. H. Renners. of ffe North western Chancery Division. in the matter of Henry B. Gray, oI Birmingham, against the LouisVihe and Nashville Railroad Company.
 The hearing of these two cases nas been set for this morning The re- cords Tn the Cuflman case have aireaoy : been filed. This is to determine the validity of an indictment secured n (sulinan county against a saloon pro nriefor named Al Richter for an al- legged violation of the prohibition law of Alabama.
 For the state in the cui1man case 2 win appear Col. J. Brascomh Brown, and Hon. E. F. Parker of cullman and Hon. Sidney J. Bowie former Congressman, will appear for the ap- nailsnt. Judge D. W. Speake was the rros1dinr judge in the circuit court of Cullrnan county which found guilty Al Richter. who with more than two hun dred others. were indicted for the sale of lsouor after it was alleged to nave been prohibited beginning January l. 1908
 The rule nisi directed at Chancellor Benners is simply another echo Of the old litiration between Henry B. Gray. q minority stockholder of the. south and North Railroad, and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. when Mr. Gray lost his suit brought in the Montgomery City Court for an accounting of the affairs of the South and North road he and counsel sought to intervene in the suit which had all a. a.- "A in the Chancery Court at Birmingham.
 For some reason the chancellor at Birmingham refused to allow the pe< titfoner to intervene in the chancery suit. For this act of refusal the chan ceilor has been directed to show cause why the writ of mandamus tempor- arfly issued by the Supreme Court should not be made permanent, com polling him to allow intervention.
 The suit in the chancery court had been brought by the large body of minority stockholders except MT. Gray. He brought the suit in the Mcntgon- cry City Court, alleging, in effect. in sincerity on the part of the complain ants in the upstate. The Supreme Court. on the appeal from the Mont gonaery City Court. offered intervention by Mir. Gray in the chancery suit as the only recourse
 The minority stockholders are so designated as distinguishing them from the Louisville and Nashville Rail- road Company, which corporation owns the majority of the stock of the South and North road. The South and North road is operated as a part of II e main line of the Louisville and Nashville. %
 It Is not likely that the Supreme Court will render the decision today in the rule nisi hearing but the argu- menfs of both sides will he completed.
 The following decisions were yes terday handed down in the Supreme Court:
 TYSON, c T.:
 John W. Smith vs W B. Roebuck ct al.. appeal from Birmingham City Court Reversed and remanded. HARALSON, a.:
 Mantly wynne vs. State of Alabama, appeal from Hale County Court. Re- versed and remande1.
 SIMPSON. T.:
 Morgan Perry vs. State of Alabama appeal from Dallas Circuit CouFf Reversed and remanded.
 DENSON. l.:
 F. T. Langley vs. John PuIliam, et al, appeal from Tallapoosa Circuit Court. Affirmed.
 Another output of decisions is ex- peeted today from the Supreme Court