Snyder v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rd.

This cause comes into this court on error from the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county, and it involves the judgments of the insolvency court and the court of common pleas rendered in proceedings to appropriate property commenced in the insolvency court by the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, known as the Nickel Plate Railroad, against J. Royal Snyder et al., owners of the property sought to be appropriated.

Under the statute, a hearing was first had as to the preliminary questions to be determined by the court. Section 11046, General Code of Ohio, provides that “the…