Hagenbeck v. Hagenbeck Zoological Arena Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
In Equity. On motion for a receiver. Suit by Carl Hagenbeck against the Hagenbeck Zoological Arena Company and others for a receiver and an accounting. Complainant moves for a receiver.
1Opinion of the Court
GROSSOUP, District Judge.
This is a motion for the appointment of a receiver. The bill and answer, taken together, show that certain of the defendants, who subsequently incorporated the Hagenbeck Zoological Arena Company, procured a concession- from the Columbian Exposition under which, upon payment of 25 per cent, of the gross receipts, they and their successors were permitted to exliibt, on the grounds of the-Exposition, a show of trained animals. Subsequently, an agreement was entered into between them and Carl Hagenbeck, a citizen of Prussia, by the terms of which the defendants were to…
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