Legal Opinion
Blair v. St. Louis, H. & K. R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
Decided November 3, 1884PublishedCited by 14 opinions
In Equity. Exceptions to master’s report.
1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, J.
1. The' first exception runs to a matter of practice. On the twenty-fourth of March, 1884, this court,-in its order respecting intervening claims, directed the master as follows:
“It is further ordered, that when an intervening claim, so far as the facts on which it rests, appears from the books of the defendant to be correct, the master may proceed to pass thereon without further evidence, unless, in his opinion, further evidence is needed, or some person in interest appears to •contest the same.”
The master has acted upon this direction, and its propriety is now challenged. The exception will…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Barton v. BarbourSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Fosdick v. SchallSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Miltenberger v. Logansport Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Galveston Railroad v. CowdreySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- United States v. New Orleans RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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3Cited by14 opinions
- North American Co. v. St. Louis &. S. F. R.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1922
- Wise v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937
- United States v. PierceDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1917
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. OsbornCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- In Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Maine Central Railroad Company, in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Penn Central Corporation, in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Canadian Pacific, in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Eastern Associated Coal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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