NASHUA AND LOWELL RAILROAD v. BOSTON AND LOWELL RAILROAD

No. 166.

136 U.S. 356 (1890)

NASHUA AND LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION v. BOSTON AND LOWELL RAILROAD CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 31, 1890.

Decided May 19, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.J. Phelps and Mr. Francis A. Brooks for appellant in support of the jurisdiction, and on the merits.

Mr. J.H. Benton, Jr., on the merits, and in opposition to the jurisdiction.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity to compel the defendant, the Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation, to account for various sums of money alleged to have been received by it and used for its benefit, to which the complainant was entitled, and also to charge the defendant Hosford personally with the amount diverted by him to that corporation. The controversy relates to certain...

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