Memphis & L. R. R. v. Dow
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
The complainant’s hill is filed against the trustees and holders of the mortgage bonds of the complainant for $2,600,-00Ú, and the mortgage upon its corporate franchises and property for securing the same, executed May 2,1877, seeking to annul the bonds and mortgage, upon the ground that they wore issued and executed by the complainant without corporate power in that behalf.
A brief statement of tho facts relating to the creation of the mortgage bonds, their origin, consideration, and purpose, will serve to present the legal questions involved. The complainant, created under a spec'al act of…
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