Wabash Ry. Co. v. Compton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. This is an appeal from the final decree of the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Ohio, in equity, upon the report of the special master on the accounting directed by. the Supreme Court under its mandate in the foreclosure suit of Jessup et al. v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company, sustaining the validity of the lien asserted by James Compton as against the so-called “Ohio…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. This is an appeal from the final decree of the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Ohio, in equity, upon the report of the special master on the accounting directed by. the Supreme Court under its mandate in the foreclosure suit of Jessup et al. v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company, sustaining the validity of the lien asserted by James Compton as against the so-called “Ohio division” of the Wabash system, on account of his ownership of a large block of the series of equipment bonds issued in…
1Opinion of the CourtKnappen, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The master who conducted the accounting under consideration was selected for that position “on account of his special fitness and experience in matters of accounting and the matters herein involved.” The record, including his report, shows that he performed the difficult task with ability and with painstaking care and fidelity. The opinion of the judge "who passed upon the exceptions submitted in the Circuit Court shows that careful consideration was there given to the exceptions presented. So far as such exceptions are before this court, their…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Davis v. SchwartzSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Crawford v. NealSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Ohio Valley Bank Co. v. MackCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
- Furrer v. FerrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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- Carroll v. SternCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
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