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BANKERS TRUST CO. v. TEX. & PAC. RY.

No. 889.

241 U.S. 295 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 569

60 L.Ed. 1010

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maurice E. Locke, with whom Mr. William W. Green was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. George Thompson and Mr. Henry C. Coke, with whom Mr. Thomas J. Freeman, Mr. Arthur J. Shores and Mr. Alexander S. Coke were on the brief, for appellees.

Mr. Winslow S. Pierce and Mr. Lawrence Greer filed a brief for appellees as counsel for the Protective Committee of Stockholders of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to foreclose a railroad mortgage and for other incidental relief. It was brought in the District Court for the Northern District of Texas December 27, 1915, was dismissed by that court for want of jurisdiction and is here upon a direct appeal under § 238 of the Judicial Code.

The bill alleges that the plaintiff, the trustee under the mortgage, is a New York corporation and "a...

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