Trimble v. Guardian Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. J. E. Slover, Judge. ■ (1) These suits were brought as a result of an effort of the plaintiffs themselves to be the first in the field for receivership with a. view of getting control of the receivership proceedings.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. J. E. Slover, Judge. ■ (1) These suits were brought as a result of an effort of the plaintiffs themselves to be the first in the field for receivership with a. view of getting control of the receivership proceedings. (2) As to the items of $2500 and $2000 for filing the suits in the two courts in the south, Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company v. Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf and Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust Company v. Texarkana & Ft. Smith Railroad, the proceedings were advised by plaintiffs themselves and the mortgages which they were seeking…
1Opinion of the Court
ROY, C.
This is an action on a long account for attorneys’ fees and for money paid out as expenses connected with the legal business of defendants. There was a trial before a referee, resulting in a finding for the plaintiffs for $16,265.75, and his report was approved and judgment rendered thereon, from which defendant has appealed.
For several years prior to April 1, 1899, the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad Company, a Missouri corporation, hereafter called the Pittsburg Company, was engaged in operating a railroad, from Kansas City south to the Gulf. It owned the road from Grandview,…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Guardian Trust Co. v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Trimble v. Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Besch v. Western Carriage Manufacturing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1889
- Trimble v. Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Trimble v. Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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