Legal Opinion
Bruce v. Manchester & K. R. R.
United States Circuit Court
Decided February 14, 1884PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The Manchester & Keene Railroad was incorporated by the legislature of New Hampshire, July" 16, 1864. On the twenty-ninth of May, 1878, it issued its bonds to the amount of $500,000, bearing date July 1,1876, and payable July 1, 1896, with 6 per cent, interest, semi-annually. To secure the payment and interest of these bonds, it mortgaged its road and franchises, and all the property connected therewith, to Cornelius V. Dearborn, J. Wilson White, and Earnum E. Lane, trustees. By this mortgage it was stipulated that if said railroa'd failed for a period of six months to pay the interest of…
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