Emery County Progress | 1907-08-10 | Page 2 | Loses License to Do Business

LOSES LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS southern railway up ag ast a new law in georgia montgomery ala the license of the southern railway to do business in alabama has been ed by ac alon of secretary of state julian for alleged violation of senate bill no ag effective J ily 1 the action of the secretary of state Is not in resistance to restraining orders isred by the united states court of the fifth cir cult as this law is not among those combated by the railroads and not in eluded in any of the litigation now pending in the court of federal judge jones of the mid lie alabama district the case upon the revocation was made came from the circuit court of talladega county in the shape ol 01 a notification from bleik mcnell that a suit had been removed from the tate court to the federal court sec detary julian investigated the law and decided there was nothing else to dc but mark the license cancelled as the action of the statute 1 automatic act ag provides that when any for eign corporation Is sued in the state courts and removed such suit from the state to the federal courts the clerk of the court from which the re v as taken will at once certify such action to the secretary of state who shall thereupon immediately cancel said license and make and en ter upon the stub thereof an order in substance