The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-13
4 UNITED srirrs JrDGE AssaILED



Some 81 the New England newspapers
have reecntly contained Institutions OF "a very
damaging and sraniAIouS character against
substantially that he has grossly denied and de-
lavcd justice in foreclosure suit brought 10y
the hUuihOldcrs Of the Central kailrOu OF
luWn. Tn Iowa Central j. u railroad running
north AMI south thru ugh the stat" Of Iowa. the
bonds OF which are. mainly owned IN the cast.
Like many other West. IN roads. after the panic
Of 1913 il collapsed. Til" first mortgny" bond
holders had. n IS usual. the right to lOrcrluse
the mortgage and TAX poss ,ssion of the road {;
holder can maintain a foreclosure suit. and
although fore .losurc proceedings were begun
of three years. unforcclo-ed. and this. too. not
withsiandng the fact that all the parties inter.
BE- ,nirrri hy Judge Dillon ~ long ago as o.
toher 1873. and -uch a decree was actually
entered During tins delay Judge Dillon
II charged with having remONet a
perfectly competent receiver. who WAS mana
ging thu road in "A manner satisfactory To tho
self To- be- q IN man; with having puf In n man
unucluaintcd with railroad management tMr.
j. Is. Gr.nn"ll of Iowa, who at once began not
merely h. mismanag". hut Ia plundcr the road (;
ana further, on charges bong brought against
Mr.. Grinn"il. with having refused to examine
them. 1t If also alleged against him that. hay
Ing first denied an appeal from the decree en-,
tered IN 1875. he almost Immediately ait"rward
allowed II. without any change OF circum-
stan '"- TINT. having in the first instance DEE
corrected or "a new decree entered. hr decided
subsequently exactly the opposite; that having
finally granted a stay of Proceedings. and tho
rns" having been taken To the supreme Court ut
Washingtun and there decided against him.
and the stay set aside. he still continued for
some time 10 prevent any execution OF the de-
crrn.
These charges are made more serious by tho
connection with them Of the Hon. Hiram Price.
the inther-in-law Of Judge Dillon. Mr. Pr. 'e
was, IL IT, stated very early in he history Of the
road made u comm ssiOncr hS his sun-in law To-
examine and report on the road, 30 that when.
at the end 81 all the tedious AN harasSing liti-
CATION looking 10 foreclosure III" price II the
securities being much impaired by II, he sud
denly comes forward with an oiirr 20 buy the
road at thlrly-three cents on the dollar. the
owners Of the property may he pardon"d a ut
Il" surpri-" II not Indignation. judge DILLON
has always hecn supposed a. be above su-pl-
ciOn, but the law Whlcn nc has furnished Win
regard 10 railroads has been sometimes very
queer. In 1875 h. rendered "A decision ia on"
Of the Granger cases to the effect that rnirpuds
were public highways. whose rates might Toe
fixed IN the discretion Of the Iegi-lntnr", al
though, in 1869 when he WIS Chlei Justice Of
the state supreme Court. he had decided thcm
to be- " mere private corporations, organized
solely to make money Tor their stockholders.
the Legislature having " no mora power over
their property or rights thnn It has over the
property or rights of natural persons. We un-
drr0tauI that the representatives. OF the bond
holders have taken legal advice on the subject
of having Judge Dillon lmpeaeheq at the neat
session vi the Senate.