Nashua & Lowell R. v. Boston & Lowell R.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit by the Nashua & Lowell Railroad Corporation against the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, upon a contract in writing concerning the business of the two roads. The circuit court dismissed the bill, but complainant appealed to the supreme court, which held that complainant was entitled to an accounting, and accordingly reversed the decree, and remanded the cause. 10 Sup.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit by the Nashua & Lowell Railroad Corporation against the Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation, upon a contract in writing concerning the business of the two roads. The circuit court dismissed the bill, but complainant appealed to the supreme court, which held that complainant was entitled to an accounting, and accordingly reversed the decree, and remanded the cause. 10 Sup. Ct. 1004. The circuit court then ordered a reference to a master for the purpose of taking the account, and thereafter…
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This cause comes into this court on an appeal by the Nashua & Lowell Railroad Corporation, taken April 29, 1892, with a citation returnable May 28, 1892. May 5, 1886, a decree had been entered in the circuit court dismissing the bill, from which an appeal was taken to the supreme court, and was there duly considered on the merits, and an opinion rendered, found in 136 U. S. 356, 10 Sup. Ct. 1004, closing as follows.: “The decree *239of the court below will be reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.” The substance was that a…
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