Third National Bank v. Eastern Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition against the Eastern Railroad Company and the trustees of the same, appointed under the St. of 1876, c. 236. The respondents filed a demurrer. Hearing before Eevens, J., upon the petition and demurrer, who reserved the questions arising thereon for the consideration of the full court, in whose opinion the case is stated.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The St. of 1876, c. 236, entitled “An act for the relief of the Eastern Railroad Company and the securing of its debts and liabilities,” provides, in §§ 6, 7 and 8, a mode for determining the liability of the corporation upon all disputed claims which can be the subject of an action at law either in contract or tort. Under these sections, this court may appoint, on the petition of any person asserting such claim, three commissioners, from whose decision it is provided that an appeal may be taken to the Superior Court or to this court according to the amount involved. Under § 9 any person,…
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