State ex inf. Hadley v. Standard Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. (1) The ownership by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey of the stock of the Republic Oil Company and the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and over two-thirds of the stock of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, tends to show the existence of a trust, combination, understanding and agreement among respondents, and also shows the method or form in which such a trust, combination, understanding and agreement was accomplished and by which it was made effective.
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Quo Warranto. (1) The ownership by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey of the stock of the Republic Oil Company and the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and over two-thirds of the stock of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, tends to show the existence of a trust, combination, understanding and agreement among respondents, and also shows the method or form in which such a trust, combination, understanding and agreement was accomplished and by which it was made effective. State ex inf. v. Oil Co., 194 Mo. 124; State ex inf. v. Insurance Co., 152 Mo. 1; State ex inf. v. Packing Co., 173 Mo. 356;…
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT.
WOODSON, J.
This is an original proceeding in the nature of quo warranto, instituted in this court on March 29, 1905, by the Attorney-General, to forfeit the charter of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, which will hereafter be called the Waters-Pierce Company, and to revoke the licenses to do business in this State of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, which will hereafter be called the Indiana Company, and that of the Republic Oil Company of New York, which will hereafter be styled the Republic Company; and to enjoin and prohibit all of them from doing business in this State, on the…
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