Legal Opinion

Boley v. Lake Street Elevated Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 14, 1896PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Assumpsit, on an interest coupon. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman

delivebed the opinion of the Coubt.

The question presented is as to the right of the particular bondholder to recover, under the circumstances, on the single coupon sued on, and involves, the right of all the holders of the $7,474,000 to recover under similar circumstances on any of the coupons which may come due during the life of the mortgage. With what the rights of the holders of coupons, only, would be, we are not now concerned.

A bond and the mortgage made to secure the same, when they are made at the same time, are to be construed together as if they were parts of one instrument, and in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co. v. Texas Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Guaranty Trust and Safe Deposit Co. v. Green Cove Springs and Melrose RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Chicago & Vincennes Railroad v. FosdickSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. McClelland v. . Norfolk Southern R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
  5. Muzzy v. KnightSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Mendelson v. Realty Mortgage Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Belleville Savings Bank v. Southern Coal & Mining Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1912
  3. Romberg v. Interstate Independent Telephone & Telegraph Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1916
  4. Rittenhouse v. Lukens Steel Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  5. Florida National Bank v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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