THOMPSON v. MURPHY

No. 11398.

104 F.2d 10 (1939)

THOMPSON v. MURPHY et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Williams, of St. Louis, Mo. (Earl F. Nelson, Fred L. English, and Roland F. O'Bryen, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

Jacob M. Lashly, of St. Louis, Mo. (Lon O. Hocker, of St. Louis, Mo., and Boyd, Brooks & Wickham, W. H. Boyd, and W. D. Cole, all of Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief), for appellees John J. Murphy, J. J. Anzelone and John D. Fackler, as executors of Estate of Oris P. Van Sweringen, deceased.

Jacob M. Lashly, of St. Louis, Mo., for appellees Leonard P. Ayres, Alva Bradley, John Sherwin, Jr., and George A. Tomlinson.

Before SANBORN, THOMAS, and VAN VALKENBURG, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit in equity brought by the appellant in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, as a court of bankruptcy, in the Matter of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, debtor, a proceeding for the reorganization of a railroad under Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, Act of March 3, 1933, c. 204, 47 Stat. 1474; Act of Aug. 27, 1935, c. 774, 49 Stat. 911; Act of June 26, 1936, c. 833, 49 Stat. 1969, Tit. 11, U...

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