Bronson v. La Crosse & Milwaukie Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Bronson and Souter filed their bill in the Circuit Court for the District of Wisconsin, to foreclose a mortgage made on the 17th August, 1857, by the La Crosse and Milwaukie Railroad Company, a corporation of Wisconsin, covering a portion of a railroad made by the said company in that State, — the portion being between Milwaukie and Portage City, about ninety-five miles, and called the Eastern Division.* The mortgage was made to the said Bronson and Souter as trustees, to…
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Bronson and Souter filed their bill in the Circuit Court for the District of Wisconsin, to foreclose a mortgage made on the 17th August, 1857, by the La Crosse and Milwaukie Railroad Company, a corporation of Wisconsin, covering a portion of a railroad made by the said company in that State, — the portion being between Milwaukie and Portage City, about ninety-five miles, and called the Eastern Division.* The mortgage was made to the said Bronson and Souter as trustees, to secure the payment of bonds for one million of dollars issued by the company. These bonds were payable to bearer in New'…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
As the two stockholders (Rockwell and Fleming), though not made defendants by the bill, were permitted, by leave of the court, to appear and put in answers in the name of the Milwaukie and Minnesota Company, it is material to inquire into the effect to be given to them. That they can not be regarded as tbe answers of the corporate body is manifest, as a corporation must appear and answer to the bill, not under oath, but under its common seal. And an omission thus to appear and answer according to the rules and. practice'of the court, entitle the complainants to enter'an order that the bill be…
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