Legal Opinion

Railroad Co. v. Sprague

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 25, 1881No. 263PublishedCited by 48 opinions

Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Indiana. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

This was a suit iú equity in which tbe Union Trust Com pany of New York was complainant, and the Indiana and Illinois Central Railway Company and others were defendants. It was brought for the foreclosure of a mortgage upon the property of the railway company, and it resulted in a decree of foreclosure and sale. - An interlocutory decree directed a master of the court to ascertain and report the names of all the holders of bonds and coupons, which had been duly issued under the mortgage, and were entitled to- share in the proceeds of the sale.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Murray v. LardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  2. Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Smith v. Sac CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  4. National Bank of North America v. KirbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  5. Parsons v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879

3Cited by48 opinions

  1. In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. McPherrin v. TittleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  4. Swearingen v. LahnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
  5. Morton & Bliss v. New Orleans & Selma Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1885

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