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HUSTON v. THOMPSON

No. 15223.

217 F.2d 308 (1954)

Stewart HUSTON and Bolton Sullivan, Independent Directors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Petitioners, v. Guy A. THOMPSON, Trustee of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 10, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick M. Myers, Jr., Pittsfield, Mass., for petitioners.

Russell L. Dearmont, St. Louis, Mo., for respondent.

Jacob Chasnoff, St. Louis, Mo., for Group of Institutional Investors holding First and Refunding Mortgage 5% Bonds of Missouri Pac. R. Co.

Alan S. Kuller, New York City, for Manufacturers Trust Co., as Corporate Trustee under First and Refunding Mortgage of Missouri Pac. R. Co.

Percival E. Jackson, New York City, filed brief on behalf of holders of First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds of Missouri Pac. R. Co.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, SANBORN, Circuit Judge, and NORDBYE, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This Court on November 29, 1954, upon motion of the petitioners, Stewart Huston and Bolton Sullivan, Independent Directors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, directed the respondent, Guy A. Thompson, Trustee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor, to show cause why Order No. 4410 entered November 5, 1954, by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, In the Matter of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor...

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