Show presentRco Beats the Standard Oil Trust NEW YORK Jan 7Judge OBrien today to-day gave judgment in favor of George Rice in his fight with the Standard Oil trust Some months ago Rice purchased in the open market five Standard Oil trust cer tificates He also icceived additional shares as stock dividends on five shares The certificates remained in lve name of the person from whom Rice purchased them and notwithstanding repeated efforts eforts to have them transferred to his name on the books the trust refused to comply with his demands Then he began suit in the supreme court against Tohn D Rockefeller Rockefeler and other trustees The defense was Rica had not established his title to the certificates and was hostile hoste to the defendants having purchased the certificates for the purpose of harrassing and annoying the trust that Rice had instituted in-stituted several suits to annoy the defendants defend-ants and had offered to drop proceedings if the trust paid him 550000 for his oil re iinqr t at Marietta O fudge OBrien in I giving judgment in favor of Rice says he i had established his right to become a transferee under the trust atrreement As to the suits against railroads and others the judge holds that they were justified by IS I I unjust discriminating in freight At any I rate even if these suits were unjustifiable unjustiiable that fact should not have been put forth rights as a reason to deprive the plaintiff of Bis |