Thomas v. Brownville, Fort Kearney, & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. Bill -in equity to foreclose a railroad mortgage. Decree of sale and sale made. Then stockholders petition to intervene on the ground of fraud, and by permission intervened, praying to set aside the sale, and to have the mortgage decreed invalid. The decree below set aside the sale and decreed the bonds to be invalid. Appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Milter
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the. District of Nebraska, dismissing appellant’s bill for a foreclosure of a railroad mortgage.
The mortgage was made by the Brownville, Fort Kearney and Pacific Railroad Company to secure the payment of bonds issued by said company to certain persons who had contracted to build its road, and to' whom 610 of said bonds of $1,000 each had been delivered. There was a default in the payment of-these bonds. After they were executed and delivered, the Brownville and Fort Kearney R. R. Co. became consolidated under the laws of Nebraska with…
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