Legal Opinion

Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri

Decided December 30, 1886PublishedCited by 9 opinions

In Equity. Application of the receivers for instructions as to the surrender of certain properly to Thomas M. Cooley, who has been appointed Wabash receiver by the circuit court of the Seventh circuit, in the foreclosure suit of Atkins v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co., 29 Fed. Rep. 161.

1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, C. J.

During the last two days we have received a petition from the receivers of this court, reporting to us the action that has boon taken by the circuit court of the Seventh circuit, and asking instructions from this court as to their action. We have also received an application of the purchasing committee, and the form of an order which they desire.

I may be pardoned if, preliminary to a formal statement of the orders that will bo entered, I refer to some matters in the history of this litigation. The Wabash road was a road extending through several states,—states within the jurisdiction of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Muller v. DowsSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1907
  2. Park v. New York, L. E. & W. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1895
  3. State v. ChadwickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  4. Hay v. McDanielIndiana Court of Appeals · 1901
  5. Slover v. Coal Creek Coal Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1904

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