Sturgis v. Knapp
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decree of the court of chancery. The bill was brought oü the 4th of April, 1857, for the purpose of setting aside,a certain lease of the Western Vermont Railroad, made on the 16th of January, 185.7, to the Troy & Boston Railroad Company by the defendants, Knapp and Briggs, who were then in possession of' the former road, as trustees of the first mortgage bondholders, under a decree of foreclosure, which expired without redemption on the 1st of January, 1857.…
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Appeal from the decree of the court of chancery. The bill was brought oü the 4th of April, 1857, for the purpose of setting aside,a certain lease of the Western Vermont Railroad, made on the 16th of January, 185.7, to the Troy & Boston Railroad Company by the defendants, Knapp and Briggs, who were then in possession of' the former road, as trustees of the first mortgage bondholders, under a decree of foreclosure, which expired without redemption on the 1st of January, 1857. This lease was duly executed, acknowledged and recorded, and was in the following words : “This indenture, executed the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierpoint, J.
The questions in this case arose upon the report of special masters, appointed by the court of chancery to ascertain the damages sustained by the defendants in consequence of the issuing of an injunction by said court, restricting the defendants from the use and occupation of the "Western Vermont Railroad.
The masters have found and reported that Knapp & Briggs have sustained' damage to a specified amount, and that the Troy & Boston Company have also sustained damage to another amount, and from different causes. The Chancellor decreed the payment of these several sums to the several parties,…
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