Legal Opinion
Converse v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 16, 1939No. 194PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order in bankruptcy in the joint reorganization under § 77, Bankr.Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 205, of the Old Colony Railroad and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, which directed the trustees of these two roads to discontinue stops of passenger trains at some 88 stations in Massachusetts and five in Rhode Island; the greater part of these being stations upon the Old Colony. On December 28, 1937, the trustees of the New Haven applie'd to the Department of Public Utilities of Massachusetts for leave to abandon the 88 passenger stations in…
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