Legal Opinion
Freeman v. Mulcahy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 9, 1957No. Nos. 5194-5199PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals from two orders entered by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a proceeding for the reorganization of the Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation under Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, 47 Stat. 1474, as amended, 11 U.S. C.A. § 205. One order approved a plan of reorganization for the debtor-railroad; the other classified the securities of the railroad for the purposes of voting on the plan.
The Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation (B & P, or the debtor hereinafter) was chartered in 1831. In 1888 it leased all of…
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