The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01
WILL GO To THE
HIGHEST COURT
Henry w. Leman Takes Up
the Fight Against
Hartman.
INJUNCTION AGAIN SOUGHT
COMPLAINANT A STOCKHOLDERS
I'M ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

SChicago. Feb 29.-Henry W. Leman,
who was one of the counsel for Stuy-
Vesant Fish in the recent Illinois Cen
trail case. decided by Judge Ball ad-
versely to the contentious made by Mr..
Fish. filed bill in the superior court
today seeking to enjoin the Union Pa
cific Railroad company and the Rail-
road Securities company from voting
2sl, 2S1 shares of Illinois Central stock
at the annual meeting TO be held here
March 2
Thirty-seven persons, among them
Edward II. Hartman, in whose name
the 2s1.23l shares in question stand, are
also made defendants to the suit
Points in Complaint.
The bill, which is quite lengthy, seeks
the following:
That the Union Pacific Railroad
company may be decreed to have no
right, power or authority to ov n PSI, 231
shares of stock of the Illinois Central
Railroad company or any one or more
of said shares, and that the claimed or
pretended ownership of said shares or
of any one or more of them by said
company, may be decreed to be illegal,
ultra wires and null and void.
That the Union Pacific Railway
= tight, power or authority to own all
line stock of said Railroad Securities
company or any one or more of the
lshares of stock of the said company
and that the claimed or pretended own
ership of said shares may be decreed
10 be Illegal, ultra wires, null and void.
No Right to Vote Stock.
THAT the Union Pacific Railway
afzxr h to. No
right to vote PSI. 231 shares of the stock
of the Illinois Central Railway COM
pany at the meeting of the stockhold-
eTs of the railroad company TO be held
March ?. or at any adjournment there
of or at any other meeting of the stock
holders of said company and that any
attempt TO vote the same at said meet
ing or at any adjournment thereof or,
at any other meeting of the stock
holders of said company may be de-
clared TO be illegal
THAT the Illinois Central Railroad
company may be, by the decree of this
court, perpetually enjoined and re
strained from permitting the Union
Pacific Railroad company and the Rail-
road Securities company TO vote any
one or more of said 2S1, 231 shares of
stock of the Illinois Central Railroad
company at the meeting to be held on
xlarch >, or at any adjournment there
As either by any officer of the said
non Pacific Railroad company or of
the Railroad Securities company or by
any of its attorneys, solicitors, agents,
employees or representatives or by its
or their proxies.
Ownership illegal.
THAT the ownership and holding of
the stock of said Illinois Central Rail-
road company by the said Union Pa
ciflc Railroad company or by said Rail-
road Securities company or by any
other corporation or corporations.
either in its own name or names. or
I'm the name or names of any person
or persons for them or for any of them.
may be decreed to be illegal, ultra wires
and null and void.
That this court may make such
orders and decree herein as to the dis
position of said 2S1, 231 shares of stock
of the Illinois Central Railroad COM
pany as this court shall deem proper
and as shall be agreeable to equity"
Gives List of Owners.
The hill asserts that the Union Pa
cific Railroad company owns all but
a few of the shares of stock of the
Railroad Securities company
II then gives a list of owners of the
2s1. 231 shares of stock in question and
declares that all of the stock is held
and owned for the Union Pacific Rail-
road company. 1t alleges that the
Union Pacific Railroad company has no
right or authority to vote this stock
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