Legal Opinion
Mayer v. Chase National Bank
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 30, 1956No. 278, Docket 23940PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit, based on diversity jurisdiction, for a declaratory judgment. The summary judgment from which this appeal is taken orders the defendant, Chase National Bank, to distribute certain funds to the plaintiff and other known holders of Western Pacific Railway mortgage bearer bonds issued in 1903 and in default since 1933. Reversal is sought by the appellant, the State of New York, an intervening defendant, and by attorneys appointed by the District Court to represent absent and unknown bondholders.
The source of the fund involved in this controversy is recoveries…
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