Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
In Equity. On exceptions to master’s report. In re intervening petitions of Theodore Gilman and Charles H. Bull, .trustees; Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railway Company; George I. Seney, trustee, and St. Joseph & St. Louis Railroad Company.
1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, J.
These are three intervening petitions, in each of which is presented the question of liability for rentals during the receivership. The master denied the petitions, exceptions were duly taken, and the question is now before us on these exceptions. The first two cases are so nearly alike that the statement of the facts in one will bring the question clearly before us. In August, 1879, the Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railroad Company leased its road to the Wabash Railroad Company for a period of 99 years. By subsequent consolidations the Wabash Railway Company became merged into the Wabash, St.…
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- Woodruff v. . Erie Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Commonwealth v. Franklin InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
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- Clyde v. Richmond & D. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina · 1894
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