Woodworth v. Blair
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was an appeal, by a prior mortgagee of a tract of land occupied by the Chicago and Pacific Railroad Company, from decrees in a suit in equity to foreclose two mortgages of its whole railroad.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was an appeal, by a prior mortgagee of a tract of land occupied by the Chicago and Pacific Railroad Company, from decrees in a suit in equity to foreclose two mortgages of its whole railroad. The material facts appearing by the record were as follows: On October 1st, 1872, and on November 6th, 1874, the corporation made to a trustee, to secure the payment of its bonds, two mortgages of all its railroad, right of way, franchise, road bed, stations.and station houses, depot grounds, and other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
He recited the facts'in the foregoing language, and continued:
Assuming, as the appellant contends, that her conveyance-to ' Dobbins, and the mortgage back by him, should be considered in equity as if made-to and by .the railroad corporation, no' ground is shown for reversing the decree below.
The appellant’s mortgage covered only the tract of land specifically described therein, and did not affect the title of. the corporation in other lands and in so much of its róad as was not- laid over the land mortgaged to her. The case differs in this respect from the cases cited- by her counsel, in…
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