FARLEY v. HILL

No. 56.

150 U.S. 572 (1893)

FARLEY v. HILL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry D. Bean and George F. Edmunds for appellant. Mr. Edward D. Cooke was with them on the brief.

Mr. George B. Young, (with whom was Mr. M.D. Grover on the brief,) for appellees.

Mr. John Maynard Harlan for the St. Paul Trust Company, appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

The bill sought to enforce an agreement whereby Farley, the plaintiff, and Kittson and Hill were to purchase, for their joint and equal benefit, bonds, secured by mortgages, of two railroad companies, of one of which Farley was receiver by appointment by the court, and of the other of which he was the general manager, by appointment of the trustees named in the mortgages.

The validity of such an agreement...

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