Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Boyd
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division, of the Eastern District of Washington. Suit in equity by Joseph H. Boyd against the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Decree for complainant (170 Eed. 779), and defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division, of the Eastern District of Washington. Suit in equity by Joseph H. Boyd against the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Decree for complainant (170 Eed. 779), and defendants appeal. The Ceeur d’Alene Railway & Navigation Company was organized under the laws of the territory of ¡Montana in July, 1886, with authority to build and operate railroads in the territories of Montana and Idaho. Before the end of that year it became indebted to William N. Spalding in the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The first question to be considered is whether or not the railroad company ever became liable for the payment of the Cceur d’Alene Company’s debt to the appellee. The appellee presents several grounds on which it is asserted that liability exists. One of them is that the lease constituted a diversion and appropriation by the railroad company to its own use of the assets of the Cceur d’Alene Company, such as to make it liable to the creditors of the latter company to the extent of the assets so diverted and appropriated. It was on this ground that the court…
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