Cassidy Fork Boom & Lumber Co. v. Roaring Creek & C. R. Co.

Citations

• 119 F. 425
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 5282

Syllabus

<p>1. Equity—Sufficiency of Answer.</p> <p>Various exceptions’ to the answers of defendants in a suit in equity considered and overruled.</p> <p>2. Cokpoeations—Insolvency Pboceedings—Puechase of Claims.</p> <p>A creditor of an insolvent railroad company is not entitled to a discovery in respect to the prices paid for claims against the company by its president, who purchased for a third person having full right to buy the same, unless a conspiracy to defraud stockholders and creditors is first shown, and especially where such claims have been previously considered and allowed by a master.</p>