Farmers Grain Co. v. Toledo, P. & W. R. R.

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad Company from a judgment appointing a receiver to take possession of all its properties and to operate its railroad, and enjoining appellant and all others from interfering with his possession or operation.

The controversy which gave rise to the present action arose out of labor difficulties between defendant-appellant, the railroad company, and the defendants-appel-lees. The latter are labor unions in which, it is alleged, 90% of appellant’s employees hold membership. These difficulties began prior to 1940 and…