Investment Registry, Ltd. v. Chicago & M. Electric R.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Equity. Suit by the Investment Registry, Rimited, against the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company and others, in which the Western Trust & Savings Bank and Willoughby G. Walling, as trustees under a deed of trust made by the defendant company, filed a cross-bill against the defendant company and others.
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In Equity. Suit by the Investment Registry, Rimited, against the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company and others, in which the Western Trust & Savings Bank and Willoughby G. Walling, as trustees under a deed of trust made by the defendant company, filed a cross-bill against the defendant company and others. Motions by cross-complainants and by Smith and Ford, purchasers, and a reorganization committee represented by them, to withdraw applications for confirmation of sale and for a new sale, and motion by John Griffiths, a bondholder, for leave to intervene. Motions by the…
1Opinion of the CourtGeiger, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
[1] The motion of the trustees and the purchasers to withdraw the application for confirmation of the sale must be granted, it seems to me, almost as a matter of course. The objections which were urged in the trial,court and Court of Appeals in respect to the Illinois sale, it was conceded, were, or might be made, available here; and if, upon the prompting of the appellate court ruling and without contest here, the purchasers are content to relinquish any right which their bid may have given them, no reason is perceived for refusing to accept their offer,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Investment Registry, Ltd. v. Chicago & M. E. R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
- Investment Registry, Ltd. v. Chicago & M. Electric R.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1913
3Cited by4 opinions
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- American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co. v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Fidelity Trust Co. v. Washington-Oregon Corp.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1914