Hook v. Bosworth
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
On Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. Petition in the nature of a bill in equity by C. H. Bosworth and E. Ellery Anderson, receivers of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Company, against William S. Hoolc and Marcus Hook, to require defendants to pay petitioners certain money collected for transportation of mail. Petitioners obtained a decree. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
JENKINS, Circuit Judge.
The Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Company owned a railway in the state of Illinois extending from the city of Pekin to Jacksonville, with a branch line from Havana to Springfield. The Jacksonville, Louisville & St. Louis Railroad Company owned a railway extending from Jacksonville to Cen-traba, a distance of about 112 miles. The Litchfield, Carrollton & Western Railroad Company and the Louisville & St. Louis Railway Company were'respectively the owners of other lines of railway, the record not disclosing their location. It may be inferred, however, that they…
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