Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. Old Colony Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa; Smith McPherson, Judge. Suit in equity by the Old Colony Trust Company and others against the Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad Company. From a decree entered on its petition of intervention, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
CARRAND, Circuit Judge.
On June 4, 1910, the Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad Company, hereinafter called the Electric Company, was placed in the hands of receivers by the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa, in actions commenced therein by the Old Colony Trust Company and the American Trust Company, to foreclose as trustees for bondholders two certain mortgages, dated June 24, 1907. Pending the receivership and on July 5, 1913, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, hereafter called the St. Paul Company, on leave granted, filed in the court below an…
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