Smith v. Jones Lumber & Mercantile Co.
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
In Equity. Suit by the State Bank of Chicago against the La Crosse Water Power Company to foreclose certain mortgages, in which Clement C. Smith was appointed .receiver. Cross-bill by the receiver against the Jones Lumber & Mercantile Company, the City of Black River Falls, and others to restrain the prosecution of tort actions in the state court, and to compel proof of the tort claims as claims against the funds arising in the foreclosure proceedings.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Cross-bill filed by leave of court in the foreclosure suit in this court of State Bank of Chicago v. La Crosse Water Power Company to foreclose certain mortgages, begun August 10, 1911, in which Mr. Smith was appointed receiver August 10, 1911. A decree of foreclosure and sale was entered August 17, 1912, and sale theremider October 11, 1912, which has been conditionally confirmed. This cross-bill grows out of claims against the receiver by reason of the breaking of two dams in his possession as receiver, known as the Dells dam and the Hatfield dam, October 6, 1911, by…
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