Arthur v. Oakes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Petition by P. M. Arthur and others to modify certain injunctions issued in a consolidated suit brought by the Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company and others against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and its receivers, Thomas F. Oakes, Henry C. Payne, and Henry 0. Rouse. 60 Fed. 803. The injunctions were only modified in part, and the petitioners appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HARLAN, Circuit Justice.
The questions before us relate to the power of a court of equity, having custody by receivers of the railroad and other property of a corporation, to enjoin combinations, conspiracies, or acts upon the part of the receivers’ employés and their associates in labor organizations, which, if not restrained, would do irreparable mischief to such property, and prevent the receivers from discharging the duties imposed by law upon the corporation.
The original bill was filed on behalf of stockholders and creditors of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation created…
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