Dimpfell v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PEOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOE THE SOUTHEEN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
delivered tbe opinion of the court. .
This suit was'brought to set aside the contract by which the* Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company became the owner of a portion of its road known as the Springfield Division, and to> obtain a decree from the court declaring that the bonds issuedi by the company, and secured by a mortgage upon that division,, are null and void. It was commenced by Dimpfell, an individual stockholder in the company, who stated in his bill, that it was filed on behalf of himself and such other stockholders as. might join him in the suit. Callaghan, another stockholder, is,…
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