Richter v. Jerome
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a suit in equity brought by Morris Richter, the appellant, and the case made by the bill and its exhibits was in substance this: In 1864 the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship-Canal Company was organized as a corporation under the laws of Michigan to build a ship-canal from the most westerly point of Portage Lake through a neck of land, called “ The Portage,” to Lake Superior.
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This was a suit in equity brought by Morris Richter, the appellant, and the case made by the bill and its exhibits was in substance this: In 1864 the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship-Canal Company was organized as a corporation under the laws of Michigan to build a ship-canal from the most westerly point of Portage Lake through a neck of land, called “ The Portage,” to Lake Superior. In 1865 - and 1866 Congress made two grants of land to the State of Michigan, of 200,000 acres each, to aid in this work, and both these grants were tranferred by the State to the canal company. The company…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Waite,
after stating the case, delivered the- opinion of the court.
We are unable to find any authority for granting the relief which is sought in this case. The bill was not filed to set aside the decree in the suit'brought by the Union Trust Company to foreclose its mortgage. On the contrary, the complainant asks in express terms to have the benefit of that decree, so that, as we suppose, he may keep the money he has got as his share of the proceeds of the sale under it. Neither is it sought to hold the Onion Trust Company accountable for its alleged misconduct and breach of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kerrison v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Shaw v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Corcoran v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
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- Atlantic Trust Co. v. DanaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Palmer v. Bankers' Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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