“July 24th, 1874.
Dear Cohen:
Regret on your own account that you are so ill. Send Mr. Yost over particularly to report, and carry this message. Michael Reese is willing to commence suit as stockholder. Please transfer to him 150 shares of your stock in the California Pacific. Hoping to hear a more favorable account of your health, I remain,
Yours truly,
Stanford.”
The inference from this letter is, of course, that the Reese suit was brought at Stanford’s own instance.
[164] United States Pacific Railway Commission, pp. 3936-42, testimony L. E. Chittenden.
[165] United States Pacific Railway Commission, p. 3614, testimony Leland Stanford.
[166] On December 2, 1865. United States v. Southern Pacific, transcript of testimony, p. 1284. Hereafter referred to as “United States v. Southern Pacific.” This company was organized under the general California statute relating to incorporations approved May 20, 1861.
[167] 14 United States Statutes 292 (1866). An act granting lands to aid in the construction of railroad and telegraph line from the states of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific Ocean. The provisions of this act were promptly accepted by the Southern Pacific. See United States v. Southern Pacific, pp. 1672-73.