Gunnison v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. In the year 1858 the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company owned and operated a railway extending from Milwaukee, by way of Beaver Dam and Horicon, to Portage City, and thence to La Crosse, the railway from Milwaukee to Portage City being denominated the “Eastern Division,” and the road from Portage City to La Crosse being called the “Western Division.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. In the year 1858 the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company owned and operated a railway extending from Milwaukee, by way of Beaver Dam and Horicon, to Portage City, and thence to La Crosse, the railway from Milwaukee to Portage City being denominated the “Eastern Division,” and the road from Portage City to La Crosse being called the “Western Division.” The incumbrances upon the property on June 1, 1858, were as follows: Upon the Eastern Division: (1) A mortgage to Palmer, as trustee, to secure an issue…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above), delivered the opinion of the court:
Among the questions of interest presented at the argument were these: Whether the Cleveland judgment was a lien upon the railway and the franchises of the Ea Crosse Company from the date of its rendition, October 7, 1857; whether the St. Paul Company derived its title solely from the James decree of January 7, 1867; whether the trustees of the Fonda and Scribner mortgage, and the bondholders under the mortgage, are concluded by that decree, which determined that the sale to the St. Paul Company passed the whole of the…
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- McCann v. WelchWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Lampman v. Van AlstyneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Maxwell v. HartmannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Knowlton v. WalkerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
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- In re StewartDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1910