Van Dyke v. Norfolk Southern Railroad

This appeal is taken from a decree -of the circuit court sustaining the demurrers of appellees to a bill filed by appellants seeking specific enforcement of a certain written memorandum of a contract bearing date January 19, 1909, made by and between appellants Van Dyke and Zell on behalf of themselves and others composing a syndicate, and appellees Schoonmaker and Clark, on behalf of themselves and others, acting as a reorganization committee for the bondholders of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company.

The contention of appellants is that by the alleged con- ■ tract the syndicate agreed to…