SHEARMAN v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 15784.

250 F.2d 191 (1957)

Thomas B. SHEARMAN, Irvin Fane, Joseph J. Kelly, Jr., and Robert P. Lyons, Appellants, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Roudebush, St. Louis, Mo. (Grand, Peper, Martin & Roudebush and Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellants.

Charles M. Spence, St. Louis, Mo. (James M. Douglas, St. Louis, Mo., J. Richard Skouby, Belle, Mo., Geo. W. Holmes, and Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Douglas, St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and VOGEL, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court granting a preliminary injunction in an action ancillary to the Proceedings for the Reorganization of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. The action was brought by the Company on April 19, 1957, to permanently enjoin the appellants from prosecuting an action in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, brought by Thomas B. Shearman on or about April 16, 1957, against the directors...

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