Legal Opinion

Van Weel v. Winston

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 2, 1885PublishedCited by 49 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP ILLINOIS. The original bill in this case was filed December 12,1876. The amended and supplemental bill, on. which judgment was rendered below, was filed May 22, 1880. Van .Weel, an alien holder of bonds of the Chicago and Southwestern Railway Company of Iowa and Missouri, secured by mortgage on the Atchison Branch of that road, was complainant.

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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP ILLINOIS. The original bill in this case was filed December 12,1876. The amended and supplemental bill, on. which judgment was rendered below, was filed May 22, 1880. Van .Weel, an alien holder of bonds of the Chicago and Southwestern Railway Company of Iowa and Missouri, secured by mortgage on the Atchison Branch of that road, was complainant. The railway company, and Frederick JEL Winston and Campbell, both citizens of Illinois, were defendants. Winston was former president of the company. The trustees of the…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

The original bill was filed December 12,1876, and several amended bills were'filed, until, on May 22, 1880, complainant filed what he calls his amended and supplemental bill, substituting'it in lieu of his previous bill and amended bills.

The defendants named in this bill are the Chicago and Southwestern Railway Company of Iowa and Missouri, Frederick H. Winston; and George C. Campbell, citizens of Illinois, Calvin F. Burnes, a citizen of Missouri, and David Dows and Frederick S. Winston, citizens of New York.

Mr. Yan Weel describes himself as an alien, and a subject of the King of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Ambler v. ChoteauSupreme Court of the United States · 1883

3Cited by49 opinions

  1. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Mellen v. Moline Malleable Iron WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Knowles v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  4. Raynor v. Scandinavian-American BankWashington Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Warren v. Para Rubber Shoe Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896

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