Legal Opinion

Jessup v. Illinois Cent. R.

U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois

Decided November 26, 1888PublishedCited by 12 opinions

In Equity. On motion to dismiss bill.

1Opinion of the CourtBlodgett, J.

This case is now before the court on a motion by the defendant the Illinois Central Railroad Company to dismiss on the ground that the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad Company, an Iowa corporation, is made a party defendant in the case, but has not been served with process, and lias not appeared; the moving party insisting that the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad Company is, upon the issue made by the bill, so far interested in the subject-matter of the controversy as to make it an indispensable party to the suit, and without wbicli the suit *736ought not to proceed as against the other defendants.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  2. Pulllman's Palace Car Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Picquet v. SwanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1830

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Chase v. Michigan Telephone Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Searles v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  3. Page v. Town of GallupNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1920
  4. General Finance Corporation v. Keystone Credit Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
  5. Lawrence v. Southern Pac. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1910

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