RAILROAD COMPANY v. SOUTTER


80 U.S. 517 (____)

13 Wall. 517

RAILROAD COMPANY v. SOUTTER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. G.B. Smith and M.H. Carpenter, for the appellant.

Mr. J.W. Cary, contra.


Mr. Justice BRADLEY, having stated the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The bare statement of the claim, even presenting it in the language of the bill itself, seems to us sufficient to condemn it. Who are the complainants? Are they not the very bondholders, self-incorporated into a body politic, who, through their trustee and agent, effected the sale which was declared fraudulent and void, as against creditors, and...

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