The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-04
felirninary Injunction
Is Granted.
] IDDeE THOMAS WILL HEAR
EVIDENCE WEDNESDAY
UnIawful Means Of Securing Bush
ness Charged.
uu1ansss ~. OF CITY Urged To Violate
Ouu6xnsss l1sas wlth Plal.tiR
csnpa.y 10 n II Al

A0eo1n9 In slsven counts that the
Z 01Sn1momaxy Agflt and water Power
6ompany has by unlawful means IN
Gtco1 6usiness from the Citizens
1Awht, Heat and Power Company. at
Hbrnoys for the latter corporation. yes
&or6ax fled . bin OF complaint In tho
ront6omery City Court requesting
=. Thomas to issue injunction
&Ga1nst the defendant, restraining de-
4oudnnt from such further practices
i Acting upon the prayer. "Wednesday
mornlng. at 10 o'clock. has been set
Eobf = hearing. Ut which time the Ques-
In1n oR whether or not the Injunction
MIN b granted will be heard
Inc1uded In the counts are SPECIFIC
n11owAfions against the defendant cor
|upration In which II IL charged.
1hieGy. that the Montgomery Light and
fTater Power Company. acting through
ls1aGsnts and solicitors. has approach
80 number Of persons doing business
with the Citizens Light. Heat and
ROVER Company. with the end in view
10 Inducing such persons ito violate
md terminate their contracts with
of4tor. and to become customers OF
mo MONTGOMERY Light and Water
U0wer Company. and to refuse longer
- take eiectricity from orator az they
had agreed and bound themselves to
~ under their said contracts" Here
there are named a number Of the cor
Uor1tfons and persons who are sup
pcsed to have been so induced, per-
Souaded or frightened into violating
thetr said respective contracts. :.
= without any legal excuse what
ever.
The corporations named are !. Levy
stein. B. B Kessell. Devfnney and Son.
Mrr. r. =. Hunt J. r.. Mcintyre Char
Nctcr Clothes Shop. Leveritt Bird Gro
cary and>Seed Company. Davidson lew
elry Company and J. r. Cooiedse and
Counts In DetaaS.
n detafl. count one states the place
~ business and organization of the
respective companies: count two al
Neging monopoly of the light BUSH
ness on the part of the MONTGOMERY
Light and Water Power Company up
~ the month Of June. 1904, a single
Exoeption 10 made Of the business Of
West, who was at the time op-
eraffng o small plant.
During June OF 1904, count threa
p<&reA the orators company was or
Ene12e0s since which time. II alleges.
has so grown In favor with the
people OF Montgomery ana 30 la r1eIv
Eucfeased It's said business that n ne,
Hsconns. and has continued to be. ana is
oW form1dable competitor OF said
E1onfgomery Light and Water Pow.r
company IN said electric light. heat
and power business; that orator. h,,st~
Hens gave zn6icaffcns twelve ,,,aa.,-
R4o mat orator would become IN ~
future 2 much more formidable COM
Count four values the plant a, ~.
orator at s26o,00o, ana its business al
nuakys gross receipts, at $4,000. ana
1dds that the value of orators a. "a
elAnr business and franchises depends
10 '%A - ~ measure upon its retaining its
&&lq customers and the fulfilIment b,,
$50 customers of their respective row.
<xActs with orator, free from the act,
Auf Interference e'"
Count five alleges that the defend
.&nr's solicitors have approached busi.
ness people of Montgomery, who bad
confrhcted with the plaintiff corpora
f'on and Induced their trade. After
Naming some of the corporations an
anduced, as given above, count siT
sEniRtes that some, If not all. Of cold
s1nstanees. said defendant corpora fion
has agreed and promised to indemnIfv
and hold harmless parties so yiolating
s<heir said contracts, against loss or
damage on account of such violation
mat the defendant corporation is stiIi
continuing to try to induce the cus-
afomers bound to IT,"
Count seven relates that AMONGST
the means so employed, said defenda n,
desperation has falsely stated TO many
Fof said corporations that orator is in
solvent, or In great financial straitg
OR on the verge of bankruptcy, or that
~ would very soon be out OF business.
sor In the hands OF a receiver. that
shere were dissentions among its man
aging officers, that 1t would not be able
long to furnish electricity TO said GUS
<nmers. and that unless such customers
At nnee ieft orator and became custom
isys OF said defendant corporation. they
need not expect from the defenda nj
evaporation any consideration when or
ntor's company went out of business -
Counts eight nine, ten and eleven