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SHOECRAFT v. BLOXHAM

124 U.S. 730 (1888)

SHOECRAFT v. BLOXHAM.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.K. Davis for appellant submitted on his brief.

Mr. R.G. Erwin (with whom was Mr. W.S. Chisholm on the brief) for the South Florida Railroad Company, the Florida Southern Railway Company, the Sanford and Indian River Railway Company, the Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad Company, the Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railway Company, the East Florida Railroad Company, and the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company, appellees.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The conveyance to the company of the lands held by the trustees pursuant to the contract between those parties is essential to the value of the security offered for the bonds executed to the Security Construction and Trust Company, and to enable the complainant to discharge the trust accepted by him. But the contract being between citizens of the State of Florida, a suit upon it could not...

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