Paxson v. Cunningham
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United states for the District of Massachusetts. This was a petition by Edivard M. Paxson and others, receivers of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, for an injunction against Milford T. .Cunningham, to restrain the prosecution of a libel in admiralty. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the petition, and a decree dismissing the petition was entered thereon. The petitioners appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY', Circuit Justice.
This was a petition by the receivers of the property of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company for an injunction to restrain the prosecution of a libel in admiralty against a steamship in their possession. The. allegations of ttie petition were, in substance, as follows:
On February 20, 1803, the petitioners were appointed, by decree in equity of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, receivers of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, a, corporation of Pennsylvania, and of all its railroads, canals, collieries, boats,…
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