Sutherland v. Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railroad & Iron Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan
In equity. The following is the substance of an opinion prepared through the aid of an, amanuensis, and submitted to the judge. It has his Approval as being substantially correct.
1Opinion of the Court
EMMONS, Circuit Judge.
The property involved amounted to several millions of dollars. consisting of lands granted by congress to aid in the construction of a canal, and of the canal itself and a large quantity of personal property. July 1st, 1865, the company executed a mortgage, of which John L. Sutherland is trustee, upon part of the land and all the personal property and the canal, to secure its bonds, in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars. July 1st, 1868, it executed a mortgage, of which 1/ueien 3irdseye is trustee, upon other lands and upon the canal and the personal property, to…
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