Newport & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v. Douglass
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cases 31-54 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEALS PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. Action to foreclose railroad company mortgages. July 25, 1874, George L. Douglass, trustee, etc., filed a petition in the Louisville Chancery Court against the Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad Company; Joseph Patterson, James 0. Harrison, and Augustus F. Hawkins, trustees; Norvin Green, trustee; Abram D. Hunt, trustee; the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Louisville; the German…
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Cases 31-54 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEALS PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. Action to foreclose railroad company mortgages. July 25, 1874, George L. Douglass, trustee, etc., filed a petition in the Louisville Chancery Court against the Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad Company; Joseph Patterson, James 0. Harrison, and Augustus F. Hawkins, trustees; Norvin Green, trustee; Abram D. Hunt, trustee; the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Louisville; the German Bank, and the Masonic Bank of Louisville, to foreclose the mortgage executed April 1, 1870, by said railroad company to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lindsay
Prior to the year 1866 the Lexington & Frankfort Railroad Company had encumbered its property by a conveyance in the nature of a mortgage executed and delivered to Harrison & Hawkins. Of this mortgage indebtedness there remains unpaid $25,000, which has been due since July 1st, 1874. Prior to the same year the Louisville & Frankfort Railroad Company had encumbered its property by a mortgage to secure *702the payment of the principal and interest of certain municipal bonds loaned it by the city of Louisville. One hundred of these bonds, aggregating $100,000, remain unpaid, and will mature on the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ellis v. Boston, Hartford & Erie RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Douglass v. ClineCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876
- Caufman v. SayreCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1841
- Radford v. Southern Mutual Life Ins.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876
- Springle v. MorrisonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823
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- Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. RadfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Schreiber v. CareyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Watt's Administrator v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1884
- Collins v. RichartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879
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