Continental Illinois National Bank Trust Company of Chicago v. Chicago Railroad I & P Railway Company

CHASE NAT. BANK OF CITY OF NEW YORK

v.

SAME.

Nos. 481, 482.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TRUST CO.

v.

SAME.

Nos. 483, 484.

HARRIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK

v.

SAME.

Nos. 485, 486.

NEW YORK TRUST CO.

v.

SAME.

Nos. 487, 488. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION

v.

SAME.

Nos. 489, 490.

Nos. 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490.

Argued Feb. 12, 13, 1935.

Decided April 1, 1935.

In Nos. 479-488:

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Messrs. Herbert A. Friedlich, of Chicago, Ill., Paul D. Miller, of New York City, Isaac H. Mayer and Carl Meyer, both of Chicago, Ill., Henry Root Stern, of New York City, Bertram F. Shipman, of New York City, T. M. Pierce and S. Mayner Wallace, both of St. Louis, Mo., and Hal C. Bangs, Edwin W. Sims, and Franklin J. Stransky, all of Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 650-652 intentionally omitted]

The Attorney General, and Messrs. A. A. Berle, Jr., of New York City, and Cassius M. Clay, of Washington, D.C., for petitioners.