Earle v. Seattle, L. S. & E. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
In Equity. Rill by Thomas Ea,rle and Angus Mackintosh, stockholders of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Company, against said corporation, its trustees, and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, to enjoin the further operation of the first-named corporation’s railways hy the latter under a traffic contract; for the appointment of a mud ver, and an accounting as to the dealings of said corporations with each other.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
I have studied the showing made by the complainants, and the response of the defendants thereto, contained in the pleadings and affidavits, and the arguments of counsel, upon the application for the appointment of a receiver of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Company’s railway lines and business during the pendency of this suit. The case is substantially as follows; Said company was incorporated in the year 1885, under Hie laws of Washington Territory, with 50,000 shares of *910stock, of $100 each, 41,150 of 'which have been issued. Seattle is, by the articles of…
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