STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
A'FAR-ItEACHrNG JUDGMENT. . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Gopyrlght) : ; ... . (Bee. November 22; ; 1 a.m.) . ' -..■'/• •:, V ■"'.'■.•' .New York, November 21...' Tho United.States Circuit.Court of; Appeal, consisting of Missouri' judges, has ordered;the Standard Oil. Company of :Now: Jersey' to be dissolved as -an illegal corporation.. The Government's'; action. was directed against the parent organisation) and seventy, subsidiary branches, ■• for' conspiracy, monopoly, and restraining trade in eovoral States. •; The Court also enjoins tho .defendant companies not to. pay:dividends. to • the : Standard Oil :Company of New Jursn'y on.such, stock, or' permitting any combination vote on such stock.' Tho case will go to the United/States Supreme. Colirt; ■', .The ■ charges against' 33 branches' wore dismissed. .'-.Y ':'../ ■ ■■;.'■'■'_ -":'.i : ". .■■■■':■.' ■.'■■■:h'y, ;,, The judgment has led to a selling movement ori;the ; .New York.Exoh'ango. Standard Oil certificates declined; 12$'■ points.'. : ■■""•■'.';■ ■. i-"'7 ■E<?uter' : states that this is one of the most important, and far-reaching deoisions given as the result, of a civil action in,tho American 1 .Courts.,-.■.;■■';■.,:'.'V,. ■■>;' : \..[_\\--X'•:■'':. ; \ .:•.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 7
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156STANDARD OIL COMPANY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 7
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