Brown v. Pennsylvania R.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Cross-Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. Suit by Alice Frances Brown and others against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and"others. From the decree (244 Fed. 980), complainants appeal, as does the named defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOFFFY, Circuit Judge.
The questions in these cross-appeals arose on the distribution of a fund which was paid under a decree of the District Court (229 Fed. 444), affirmed by this court (235 Fed. 669, 149 C. C. A. 89), holding the Pennsylvania Railroad .Company liable for the sinking fund of the General Mortgage of the Pennsylvania Canal Company.
The trustee of the mortgage filed a petition showing that the railroad company had paid him $1,923,408.16 — the principal and interest of the amount decreed — and praying instructions as to its distribution. The court referred the matter to a master.…
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- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Hobbs v. McLeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Pulllman's Palace Car Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Smith v. Equitable Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Pennsylvania Canal Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1916
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