Southern Pacific Co. v. Robinson

—This action was brought to restrain the appellants from prosecuting about five hundred suits, which it was alleged in the complaint they had already commenced, and also from bringing any other actions based on claims for penalties of two hundred dollars each, which they claimed were due them by reason of alleged violations by the respondent of the provisions of section 490 of the Civil Code. It is alleged that they comprised a confederacy of individuals, who had been seeking to extort money from the railroad company by laying apparent foundations for claims to penalties, bringing suits…