Show i Of Great Importance r i J i 4 I ToPEKA Ksf September 14Inktne nitedStates court the 11 opfinion a of it dge Brewer wagfiledlth o gLlt of great importare involving the powersof the Atchison Topeka Santa I Fe Railroad Company toextern i1r lln in other St tes and T rrit6risothsflie I of Kansas The suit was brought by Clarepce H Yenner of Bojston Itp 1 strain the Atc Kon Company I fro acquiring the Qnlt of Colorado SJn ti Fe RailwaVm Teins and from building through the Indian Territory to connect con-nect with that road Venner who wag a stockholder claimed it Was a violation of the charter of the Atchison pom panv tq purchase the other road aim that the laws of Kansas did not authorize author-ize such purchases The case was argued I ar-gued in July and on account of its importance was taken under advisement advise-ment by Judge BrewerThe judge sustains sus-tains the jpower of the Atfchixon cornj pany to acquire the Gulf of Colorado and S rata Fe both by virtue of the charter and of the subsequent statutes of the State of Kansas llheopinfbn Kl i very lengthy and is an exhaustive uis cusidn of the powers of railroad corporations cor-porations and especially of the Afcbi son The court decided that this company com-pany was originally incorporated with the distinct purpose of extending its line southwesterly to Santa > e and southeasterly to the Gulf of lexicoJ and the limits of the State of Kansas and was carrying out the original plan of its projectors addition to this the decision de-cision holds that the general laws of Kansas permit railroad companies to extend their lines beyond the border of the State The contract between the Atchison and Gulf companies which was made last winter provided for an exchange of the stock of the two companies com-panies and Judge Brewer holds this to be the lawful and proper exercise of the power of the companies and that Yen ner cannot be permitted to buy stock of the Atchison Company and then come i L i and attack its validity or the validity valid-ity of its contracts |