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KENT v. LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP CANAL

No. 149.

144 U.S. 75 (1892)

12 S.Ct. 650

36 L.Ed. 352

KENT, v. LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP CANAL, RAILWAY AND IRON COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Everett P. Wheeler (with whom was Mr. John Cummins on the brief) for appellant.

Mr. John E. Parsons for appellees.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

By this bill plaintiff, as succeeding to the rights of Wells, seeks relief in respect of so much of the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan of February 12, 1877, as adjudged that the release by Birdseye was invalid, and the receiver's certificates a prior lien.

It appears that the canal company defaulted in the payment of...

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