Ketchum v. St. Louis
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
The present appeal brings before us for examination a decree of the Circuit Court rendered April 25, 1877, adjudging that the county of St. Louis had an equitable lien or charge upon the earnings of the Pacific Railroad of Missouri, to whomsoever the same may be transferred or conveyed, prior and paramount to any mortgage- or other lien thereon, to the extent of $4,000 per month, payable monthly, from the first day of April, 1876, and $1,000 payable in each month of December, to meet the interest upon $700,000 of bonds issued by the county of St. Louis in the year 1875, and by it loaned to…
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