Peninsular Iron Co. v. Eells
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa.' This was a suit by the Peninsular Iron Company and Abel Whitney, as trustee for himself and Walter S. Sears, Clianning Whitney, William S. Wilcox, Porter L. Sword, the estate of Henry Hart, deceased, the estate of Chaides Kynd, deceased, and for the Illinois Manufacturing Company; Joseph S. Hart, administrator, and Jane S. Hart, administratrix, of the estate of Henry Hart; Adelia S. Angel;…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa.' This was a suit by the Peninsular Iron Company and Abel Whitney, as trustee for himself and Walter S. Sears, Clianning Whitney, William S. Wilcox, Porter L. Sword, the estate of Henry Hart, deceased, the estate of Chaides Kynd, deceased, and for the Illinois Manufacturing Company; Joseph S. Hart, administrator, and Jane S. Hart, administratrix, of the estate of Henry Hart; Adelia S. Angel; Joseph R. Bennett; S. Edson Graves; Henry S. Wilcox; George A. Wilcox; and Abel Whitney, against Dan. P. Eells; the St.…
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a bill brought in September, 1887, by the appellants, the • Peninsular Iron Company, a corporation, and others, to set aside the decree of foreclosure of a mortgage for $2,700,000 on the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railway Company, rendered in the circuit court for the Southern district of Iowa on July 7, 1887, and to establish and foreclose a superior lien to that of the $2,700,000 mortgage upon the property of this railroad company. The facts out of which this controversy arises are substantially these:
On January 27,…
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