Skidmore v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was an action of ejectment, and the material facts found by the court below, on which the case comes here for decision, were as follows: In the spring of 1868, the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railroad Company purchased the premises in dispute upon time contracts, by which the purchase money was to be fully paid within four years and a conveyance'made when the payments…
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was an action of ejectment, and the material facts found by the court below, on which the case comes here for decision, were as follows: In the spring of 1868, the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railroad Company purchased the premises in dispute upon time contracts, by which the purchase money was to be fully paid within four years and a conveyance'made when the payments were completed. Immediately on making the purchase the company went into possession of the premises, “ and erected thereon…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
He stated the facts in the.foregoing language and continued : •
■ ’ The judgment "below was clearly right. The Columbus, Chicago &, Indiana Central Company was, in equity, the owner of the property when the lease was made and when the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Company went into possession under it. The deed executed in February, 1872, pursuant to the contract of purchase, converted the equitable title of the Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central Company into a legal title, which at once, by operation of law, inured to the benefit of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Company under…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Skidmore v. Pittsburg, C. & St. LR Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
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