Jackson & Sharp Co. v. Pearson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky
'At Law. Action by the Jackson & Sharp Company against Isaac Pearson, trustee, to recover possession of certain bonds of Mercer county, Ky., issued to pay a subscription by the county to the capital stock of the Louisville Southern Railroad Company, and deposited with defendant, to be held by him until certain conditions were complied with by said company. Defendant demurs to the petition. In Equity.
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'At Law. Action by the Jackson & Sharp Company against Isaac Pearson, trustee, to recover possession of certain bonds of Mercer county, Ky., issued to pay a subscription by the county to the capital stock of the Louisville Southern Railroad Company, and deposited with defendant, to be held by him until certain conditions were complied with by said company. Defendant demurs to the petition. In Equity. Suit brought in a court of the state of Kentucky by said Isaac Pearson, trustee, against said Louisville Southern Railroad Company and said Mercer county, to compel them to inter-plead, and have…
1Opinion of the Court
BABB, District Judge.
The first-named case is submitted on demurrer to the petition, and the second on motion to remand to the state court. Both the demurrer and motion to remand raise the question of the jurisdiction of this court oyer the same matter, and will be disposed of together.
It appears from the petition in the first case, which was filed in this court October 31, 1891, that Mercer county subscribed $125,000 to the capital stock of the Louisville Southern Bailroad Company, and was to pay for it by 5 per cent, qoupon bonds of the county. This subscription was made upon certain named…
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