Legal Opinion

St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Road Improvement Dist. No. 3

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 17, 1924No. 6418PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern .District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Suit in equity by the St. Louis Union Trust Company, trustee, against Road Improvement District No. 3, of Van Burén County, Ark. From an order making allowances to complainant and its counsel, complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

STONE, Circuit Judge.

This is a bill by the St. Louis Union Trust Company, as trustee for bondholders, against a road improvement district, seeking to enjoin the road district and its depository from diverting certain funds on deposit and to require their application to the payment of overdue bonds and coupons of the district. The trustee secured a default decree wherein the trial judge expressly made certain reservations which included the matter of allowances to the trustee and its counsel. Thereafter the trustee filed an application for such allowances. In this application it set up that…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Guardian Savings & Trust Co. v. Road Improvement Dist. No. 2 of Benton CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. GardnerMontana Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Mercantile Trust Co. of St. Louis v. Wilmot Road Dist.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926

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