Christoffel v. Lee

The record before us presents an unusual jumble of pleadings, orders and practice. It shows that ten days after the bill was filed, September 22, 1899; the controversy involved In the original bill of complaint was settled, and that there remained thereafter no ground upon which the bill could be maintained, or upon which it could serve any legal purpose. Yet, a receiver of all the property of the Sunnyside Express Company was continued in charge of the property and business .of the company for years thereafter. After the vendors’ lien of the complainants was settled and adjusted, and the…