Garland Globe | 1907-03-16 | Page 2 | Blow at Oil Trust

BLOW AT OIL TRUST. Decision of Circuit Court Sustains Contention of Government. St. Louis. Decision wns handed down In the United States circuit court on Thursday, sustaining tho order or-der of service out or the United States circuit court against the Standard Stand-ard Oil company and over fifty othur non-resident corporations and Individuals, Indivi-duals, co-defendants with tho Wntors-Pierce Wntors-Pierce Oil company, lu tho suit lllcd by the government at the lustnnco ot President Itoosovelt. Over n month ngo a motion wns filed by tho defendants defend-ants to the effect thnt It was not In tho Jurisdiction of tho St. Louis court 1 to compel non-resident witnesses to come hero and testify In the suit. Argument s wero heard beforo Fedorui Judges Sanboiu, Hook. Adams nnd Vandovnutor, and tho point nt Issue wns taken under advisement. Judge Sanborn wrote tho opinion.