Von Boston v. United Rys. Co. of St. Louis

SCOTT, District Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff Von Boston from rulings of the District Court sustaining separate motions of the several defendants to dismiss plaintiff’s bill. Plaintiff, Yon Boston, is the holder of four bonds, of the par value of $4,000, of an issue of $45,000,000, referred to in the record as “Railways 4’s,” secured by what is referred to as a first general mortgage on the system of street railways in St. Louis. Plaintiff filed his original bill on October 2, 1923, without leave of court, and on November 26, 1923, with leave filed an amended and substituted bill,…