Peabody Coal Co. v. Nixon
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; Walter H. Sanborn, Judge. Petition by William C. Nixon and others, as receivers of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, for an order approving their renunciation of a contract with the Peabody Coal Company. From an order of approval, the company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, District Judge.
Receivers were appointed in a suit against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company on May 27, 1913, with power and authority to continue the operation of the railroad. Eight days later the court made an order in the cause giving the receivers six months within which to affirm or renounce any contract of the company. Within a month after their appointment a conference was had between a representative of the receivers and the vice-*21president o£ appellant concerning a contract by which, in May, 1912, the coal company bound itself to furnish, and the railroad company…
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