CHASE NAT. BANK v. WABASH RY. CO.

No. 12099.

40 F.Supp. 859 (1941)

CHASE NAT. BANK OF CITY OF NEW YORK v. WABASH RY. CO. et al.

District Court, E. D. Missouri, E. D.

August 25, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. S. Brown, of St. Louis, Mo., for receivers of Wabash Ry. Co. and another.

Homer Hall and J. S. Fathman, both of St. Louis, Mo., for Wabash Ry. Co.

Hennings, Green, Henry & Evans and Robert D. Evans, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Russell L. Snodgrass and Louis J. Morman, Jr., both of Washington, D. C., for Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Nagel, Kirby, Orrick & Shepley and Allen C. Orrick, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Milbank, Tweed & Hope and Arthur A. Gammell, all of New York City, for Chase Nat. Bank of City of New York.

Larkin, Rathbone & Perry and Hovey C. Clark, all of New York City, for Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.

Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Young and Guy A. Thompson, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Humes, Buck, Smith & Stowell and Irwin L. Tappen, all of New York City, for New York Trust Co.

Taylor, Chasnoff & Willson and Jacob Chasnoff, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Chadbourne, Hunt, Jaeckel & Brown and Alfred H. Phillips, all of New York City, for Chemical Bank & Trust Co.

Anderson, Gilbert, Wolfort, Allen & Bierman and Roscoe Anderson, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller and William H. Radebaugh, all of New York City, for Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. and others.

Polk & Williams and Charles P. Williams, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Carter, Ledyard & Milburn and John P. Allee, all of New York City, for Manufacturers Trust Co.

Fordyce, White, Mayne, Williams & Hartman, Thomas W. White and G. Carroll Stribling, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts and Eduardo Andrade, all of New York City, for group of insurance companies.

Bryan, Williams, Cave & McPheeters and Crawford Johnson, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine and William P. Palmer, all of New York City, for Protective Group for Wabash Ry. Co. Refunding and General Mortgage Bonds.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and Hamilton C. Rickaby, all of New York City, for Stockholders Protective Committee.


DAVIS, District Judge.

On December 1, 1931, the T. J. Moss Tie Company filed in this Court its bill of complaint against Wabash Railway Company alleging insolvency and praying for the administration of its properties as a trust estate for the benefit of its creditors. The defendant Railway Company appeared by counsel and filed its answer admitting the allegations of the bill of complaint and consenting to the appointment of receivers. This Court assumed jurisdiction...

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