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Show I BEFORE SUPREME COURT. Amalgamated Injunction Case Soon j to Be Decided, j ; Helena. Mont., Nov. -C The supreme !i court today is hearing arguments in the i hsp of John MacGinniss and James For- . rosier against the Boston & Montana t company, the action in which Judge I I'lancy at Butte gTamed an injunction . r straining tlic Kosion &. Montana com- f pany from transferring its stock or pay ? f intr dividends to the Amalgamated Copper, (mpany. A. J. Shores, chief counsel for, f the Amalgamated, and Cornelius K. Kel- i i Icy of Hutte appear for the appellants ;.r,ii Judee J. J. -McHatton. chief connsM ! s for F. Augustus Ilcinze. for respondents. : j 'I'll" hearing must be completed by 51 I o'clock p. m., when the court will take :ir:ifal under advisement. I h was Clancy's order in this case that I ;,uvf-d the Amalcamated company to j i-liiit down all its properties in Mon- I tnna. j In his argument Attorney Shores, chief S coyiTSf-i for the Amaleam.ited, attacked I Tho rijrht of John MacGinniss to bring S i-nits for the injunction, contending that I . ilio plaintiff suing as a shareholder could 1 I not obtain relief except such as was es- s. ntial to protect his interests as a share- 1 bolder, actual misconduct not beinK I shown on the part of the Amalgamated i j I 'oppt r company in the administration ot j the affairs of llie Boston & Monlaua com- I I pany. 5 Attorney Shores also contended Mac- j 'Mnniss could not raise the question of ihc richt rfif the Amalgamated to become i the owner of the Boston & Montana stock, f as he did not claim to have any risht to 1 anv part of the stock alleged to havo been I .ic'iuired by the Ama lRamated, and he did j not claim to have been deprived of any I of ,is stock or the rights to which it en- I till.-d him. The Amalcamated Copper company, Mr. f-'hores declared, was not a trust, and ' actmc under a charter granted by the ' state of New Jersey was outside of the jurisdii .tion of Judge Clancy's court. ! Juiice McHatton. chief counsel for th 1 H-iiiz- interests, held that the Amal- I jramated Copjter company was a trust, r aetinir in violation of the laws of Mon- 1 j i.ina. and could not legally hold the stock j "! ihe Boston & Montana company. ' I At the conclusion of arguments, the en.jrt took the case under advisement. |