Mercantile Trust Co. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a suit in equity by the Mercantile Trust Company against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, praying an injunction, accounting, and other relief. The cause was heard on exceptions to the report of a master, to whom were referred the questions arising on certain motions made by the complainant to strike out parts of the answer and pleas.
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District'Judge.
The bill alleged:
“That on or about the 1st flay of June, 1890, and at various dates thereafter, the said defendant raijway company made, executed, and issued, and, for value, delivered to various persons and corporations, its 23,000 -bonds, certified by your orator as trustee, numbered from 1 upwards, of which bonds, 17,000 were and ar.e of the denomination of $1,000 each, and 0,000 were and are of the denomination of $500 each; amounting, in the aggregate of their principal sum, to $20,000,000. Bach and all of said bonds are dated on the' 1st day of June, 1890, mature…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Grant v. Phœnix Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Hayes v. DaytonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1880
- Mercantile Trust Co. v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas · 1889
- Huntington v. LaidleyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia · 1897
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