Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Union Rolling Mill Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OE ILLINOIS. The following statement of the case was prepared by the court to precede its opinion.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OE ILLINOIS. The following statement of the case was prepared by the court to precede its opinion. The original bill in this case was filed January 8th, 1876, by John B. Dumont, a citizen of the State of New Jersey, against the Chicago and Illinois Biver Railroad Company, the Chicago Railway Construction Company, the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, and the Union Rolling Mill Company, which, for the sake of brevity, will be called respectively the Illinois River Railroad Company, the Construction Company, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
delivered the opinion of the court..
The appellants assign for error—
1. The refusal of the circuit court to dismiss the original -bill and the rendition of the final decree in favor of the Rolling Mill Company and the ordering of the sale of the property of the company to satisfy the same.
2. The finding that the Rolling Mill Company had a lien upon the railroad and property of the Illinois River Railroad Company for the amount found tó be due it, and that such lien was paramount to the lien of the bonds secured by the trust deed to Straut.
3. The rendition of a personal decree against the…
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