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Originally Posted by nolemmings
If you are arguing that the Ty Cobb brand was not "officially owned" by the ATC, whatever that means, then I would describe such argument as weak sauce.
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It means exactly what I posted, they didn't officially or legally have outright
ownership of the F. R. Penn company until 1911.
The American Tobacco Company—by stock ownership is the
owner outright of the following defendant companies:
S. Anargyros [The S. Anargyros Company owns all the capital stock (10 shares) of the London Cigarette Co.]; F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.; Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co.; Crescent Cigar & Tobacco Co.; Day and Night Tobacco Co.; Luhrman & Wilbern Tobacco Co.; Nall & Williams Tobacco Co.; Nashville Tobacco Works; R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co.; Monopol Tobacco Works; Spalding & Merrick.
The American Tobacco Co. also has the
stock interest indicated in the following defendant corporations:
British-American Tobacco Co.—owns 1,200,000 shares of 1,500,000 shares of preferred stock, and 2,280,012 shares of 3,720,021 shares of common stock.
The Imperial Tobacco Co., etc.—owns 721,457 pounds sterling of 18,000,000 pounds sterling of stock.
The John Bollman Co.—of 2,000 shares of stock, owns 1,020 shares.
F. R. Penn Tobacco Co.—of 1,503 shares of stock, owns 1,002 shares (through Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co.)