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KANSAS CITY RY. v. CENT. UNION TR. CO.

No. 265.

271 U.S. 445 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 549

70 L.Ed. 1028

KANSAS CITY TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. v. CENTRAL UNION TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel W. Sawyer, with whom Messrs. Edward J. White, N.H. Loomis, Bruce Scott, and Gardiner Lathrop were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Joseph M. Bryson, with whom Messrs. Albert Rathbone, Arthur H. Van Brunt, Nicholas Kelley, Edward Cornell, Edward C. Eliot, H.C. McCollom, Edward H. Blanc, Allen C. Orrick, W.W. Miller, Charles W. Bates, George H. Williams, Roberts Walker, Perry D. Trafford, and George C. Hitchcock were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This cause is here on certificate from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Jud. Code § 239. The relevant facts and the submitted questions follow.

In a proceeding by creditors, the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, appointed a receiver for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company. Appellees asked...

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