Legal brief in the case of *Anthony EGI et als. Plaintiffs vs. The Central Pacific Railroad Company, Defendants*. Filed in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of California, in and for the City and County of San Francisco in 1876. The brief was prepared by Alfred A. Cohen and Delos Lake, attorneys for the plaintiffs. The complaint alleges that the Central Pacific Railroad, through its directors Stanford, Huntington, and Hopkins, illegally purchased the capital stock of the California Pacific Railroad Company and then refused to pay interest due on bonds issued by that company in an effort to bankrupt it. The document is accompanied by a small broadside (5 1/2" x 8 1/2") titled "HUNTINGTON TRIES TO TAMPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS," dated May 2, 1876, containing an extract from a letter signed C.P. Huntington. Alfred A. Cohen was a prominent attorney and leader of California's early Jewish community. First edition. Rocq 9271. (22733)
Subject: Jewish Americans -- California -- History -- 19th century
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Legal document regarding an oil claim filed by Nathan, Sigmund, Isaac, and Adolph Strassburger, Louis Straus, Albert Rosenbaum, and Emil Rosenbaum in Ventura County, California, on October 11, 1890. This document represents early Jewish investment in the California oil boom. The document shows signs of age, including folds, toning, and foxing.