Toler v. East Tennessee, V. & G. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Tennessee
Sait by Deverenx Toler and others against the East Tennessee; Virginia & Georgia Railway Company a.nd others, for foreclosure of a mortgage. The complainant Toler is the holder of 5 bonds, of $1,000 each, Issued by the Bast Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company, the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company joining as co-obligor.
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Sait by Deverenx Toler and others against the East Tennessee; Virginia & Georgia Railway Company a.nd others, for foreclosure of a mortgage. The complainant Toler is the holder of 5 bonds, of $1,000 each, Issued by the Bast Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company, the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company joining as co-obligor. These bonds are part of a series of 6,000, each for $1,000, and are known as the “Bast Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company's Extension Five per Gent. Mortgage Bonds.” They bear date as of February 1, 1890, and mature in 60 years, and bear interest at 5…
1Opinion of the CourtLurton, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The primary question for decision arises upon the application of Henry A. Taylor, who claims to be the owner of a majority of the bonds secured by the mortgage sought to be foreclosed, to be made a defendant to both the original and cross bill. To this application the complainants object, and insist that he ought not to be allowed to intrude himself into the litigation, over their objection. If Taylor sought to become a party complainant for the purpose of aiding in the foreclosure, it would be difficult to see how he could be denied, inasmuch as the bill…
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