Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-09
Missouri Supreme Court Denies
Motion for Absolute Custer
From State.
JUDGMENT is SUSPENDED.
Motions OF Standard OF Indiana
And Republic Oil Co. of
Ohio Were Denied.
Means They Are Expcllcd--NIust Each
Pay $4,000 Fine and Cease 10 DO
Business in the state.


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'"U '"' i'ep unHc 'H com
pa"N OF ONO Tor q re-hcsring % The
custer suit recently decided AGAINST
them and for "a uodie.atio, Of tt.
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s-,,-. 70 '"o ''iS
S'uIl supreme court today.
The position OF tho Waters ,io,.,
oil company WINS upbeld tb. r,,t,..
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70'i'l"t LOT an dh-
s''uIe custer OF the Missouri company
being denied. the complfsnco with fb.
court order recently hled by the com
pauy approved. and the Judgment OF
custer against It being susDe9ded
The effect of these decisions ie 40 cx-
pei the Indiana and Ohio ronnarirs
from Missouri and 10 restore fbs
Watcrs-P Pierce COMPANY go per cent of
whose stock is held bv the stand
ara on company OF New Jersey. the
ilght to DO business within the state
No formal opinion in the premises
was read Chief Justice Valiant simp-
F announcing the gist OF the courts
u'l''ieh' justices Lamm and Wood
9gr ul-sented'
- ou'ioaId on interests are oV-
L-..N ~ "pp''l from the decision and
80 tt.it gus. to me supreme court
''''-4 o1''e''
a GREAT VICTORY.
The decision is considered a great
victory for the Vvatars-pis,..o $50,
t-ls ana incidentally for the minority
TO have been maxine ,,na,,,i NJ 10 lam
90 free the cornnai,,- 80, ,,i. l, ~
the New Jersey ror,,orstto,, wv 10y
object in view tbev doclIned d, ,r,,r.,,..,
the proposition made bv fbe SEED
ard oil company OF indiana tbat tb3t
company be allowed TO continue me
iness in the state under "a trusteesbip
composed of representa- lives OF the
court and the company.
win the Judgment OF custer made
a a,,,'',.'. u against the standard on
~II 10y OF inalana and the Republic
~. ,.I.'palSs these concerns must now
| fess. L.l,i ll''s OF 100000 each and
MS, ss,l,e7s lh the state.
Waters Pierce 20, an iSs,ss''a against the
pad. In conjunction Win tbe csrt5 ',,s,'
check which Tho Missouri compapv fie,i
I with the clerk OF tho rourt 49,, -.
| presented q document "accenting'. ~.
1 court s. original decree which ,arIi4F :,
conditional permit 10 continue business
These provisions included one ih8f ~.
company must Doe reorgau!zed i, as h.,
be free from standard OH control Their
NttH IDLNllAE ln the document ID ziRN-
that this had been done and ON mis-
basis the attorney general moved thst
the custer decree be made effeotive
al once
ATTY CHM RrArop.s ,,,,s,,r.,-7,
W.. '''i " i--N !
~" l.lt"llieu ot the court action
'i., %N..y lien. MAJOR SAID
i.o sul.Ielne court decision sim
~ l',tmA ma, the W atels-Fierce COM
N'L uot DC oua'ed from the state
1nl9 ''ll. however the original
'u1s OF lile court VIII stand
"s'l.,sl ~ 50 thal 10 Do violates the
gou, ae'Iee Ihe state can renew It's
'pi,.,,-'1l'n TOT custer
, ~. s'"'' "sNeu thal me court make
'ne ousueI aec!ee lnme dlauely, as we
Con'enuea lhe W'iers-Pleroo company
l"4 i"l eoNlpite1 WIN lhe conditions
iaIH 4'Wh nl l"e supreme court in the
hi7t instance
THE ORDER.
The following order. WAS made In. tho
court ip relation to tbe yVafors- pierc,
colnpspy.
..Tbe Waters pferco OH rop,nan,. ba.y-
inc rendered into eourf M 1n,oi,r,f ~
tbs 0De inposod unon ID b, ne iuds.
ment OF ms court ana having given
-1ffef4rfnru arrfianrs Of fie I.ftrra5..