Mercantile Trust Co. v. Lamoille Val. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont
[This was a bill in equity by the Mercantile Trust Company against the Lamoille Valley Railroad Company, the Montpelier & St. Johnsbury Railroad Company, the Essex. County Railroad Company, Luke P. Poland, and Albert B. Jewett, for a foreclosure of mortgage and the removal of trustees. Heard on demurrers and pleadings.]
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District Judge.
This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff, as owner and holder of one hundred thousand dollars of the first mortgage bonds of the railroad of the defendants, which are railroad corporations, in behalf of itself, and all other like owners and holders who are non-residents of the state of Vermont, and wish to join therein, for a foreclosure of the mortgage, and removal of the trustees, alleging that one of the trustees is the sole trustee in a claimed preference mortgage of the same property, which he is seeking to foreclose in the state court, in which…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Belding v. ManlySupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
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