Hervey v. Illinois Midland Ry. Co.

DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.

An original bill was filed in the Edgar county circuit •court, on the 11th of September, 1875,.by one Henry Hervey, who claimed to be owner of the majority of the stock of various railroad companies, the Paris & Decatur Railway Company, the Peoria, Atlanta & Decatur Railway Company, and the Paris & Terre Haute Railway Company, all of which had been merged in the Illinois Midland Railway Company, and which was made a defendant. The only plaintiffs in the original bill were Hervey, and some judgment creditors of the Peoria & Decatur Railway Company.

The original bill…