Reinach v. Atlantic & G. W. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio
In Equity. On motion for an injunction. Statement by BROWN, District Judge. This was a bill' to foreclose a mortgage made on the 1st day of October, 1855, by the Atlantic & Great Western itailroad Company, to Flagg and Sted-man, to secure the issue of $4,000,000 of bonds, payable 21 years from date, i. e. on the 1st day of October, 1870. About $2,500,000 of such bonds were alleged to be outstanding.
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In Equity. On motion for an injunction. Statement by BROWN, District Judge. This was a bill' to foreclose a mortgage made on the 1st day of October, 1855, by the Atlantic & Great Western itailroad Company, to Flagg and Sted-man, to secure the issue of $4,000,000 of bonds, payable 21 years from date, i. e. on the 1st day of October, 1870. About $2,500,000 of such bonds were alleged to be outstanding. The complainant, who is an alien, alleges to own $15,000 of the same. > The defendants Schuchardt and Meyer were the successors of Flagg and Stedman as trustees under this mortgage, which was…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge,
(orally, after stating the facts.) Entertaining, as we do, no serious doubts as to what our conclusion in this case ought to be, we have determined to dispose of it while die facts are fresh in our minds, and while the counsel who argued the case are present in court, although the limited time we have had for the examination of authorities will prevent that extended review of the facts and the law of the case which its importance, and the ability with which it was argued, invite.
1. The first defense made to this bill is that this court has no jurisdiction, inasmuch as…
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