Legal Opinion
McCook v. Groton & Stonington Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 16, 1928Published
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, J.
This action was brought by the treasurer of the State of Connecticut as trustee for the first mortgage bondholders of the Groton and Stonington Street Railway Company to foreclose a mortgage given to his predecessor in office to secure an issue of bonds in the amount of $375,000, bearing date July 1st, 1904, and maturing July 1st, 1924. The company operated a railway line between Groton and Westerly, Rhode Island, and continued to do so until 1916, when all its property was sold to the Shore Line Electric Railway Company. The latter company took title subject to the mortgage in suit and also…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, & Indianapolis Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Central Trust Co. of New York v. East Tennessee, V. & G. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Gregg v. Metropolitan Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
- Mersick v. Hartford & West Hartford Horse RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. Atlanta, B. & A. Ry. Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1924
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