Findlay v. Florida East Coast Ry. Co.
District Court, S.D. Florida
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity, the purpose of which is to procure a construction by this court of item No. 9 of the will of Mary Lilly (Flagler) Bingham, deceased, and to compel the application of the residuary trust fund created by said will, hereinafter mentioned, in financial aid of Florida East Coast Railway Company for the benefit of its creditors.
The bill of complaint, in effect, alleges that, upon the death in 1913 of Henry M. Flagler, the founder of the railway and hotel companies hereinafter mentioned, his wife, Mary Lilly Flagler, as principal beneficiary under her…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- General Investment Co. v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- In Re TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Fall v. EastinSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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- Findlay v. Florida East Coast Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934