Chickering v. Rutland Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
[In Chancery.] Petition to become a party oratrix in another suit pending in chancery. Heard on petition, answer, traverse, and testimony, March Term, 1882, Rutland County.
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[In Chancery.] Petition to become a party oratrix in another suit pending in chancery. Heard on petition, answer, traverse, and testimony, March Term, 1882, Rutland County. Yeazey, Chancellor, decreed: “ It is adjudged and decreed that the said cause is still pending in this court; that the said Caroline E. Chickering is entitled on her said petition to become a party complainant therein; that she is the holder and owner of the first mortgage bonds described in her petition, and the same have not been paid, and that they are outstanding, valid obligations, secured by the first mortgage of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
This is a petition to the Court of Chancery for the county of Rutland, by Caroline E. Ohickering, alleging that she is the owner of two of the bonds of the late Rutland & Burlington R. R. Company, and asking to be allowed to come as party oratrix into the suit, R. D. Smith and others v. the Rutland Railroad Company and others, to enforce against the defendants, who have succeeded to the possession and property of the late Rutland & Burlington Railroad Company, the mortgage covering such property given by the last named railroad company to…
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