Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit June 15, 1900, No. 766 (Lake Shore & M. S. Ry. Co. v. Felton)

SEVERENS, Circuit Judge,

after having stated the case, deliv ered the opinion of the court.

*229In tlie brief and argument for the appellants it is urged that their rights cannot properly be litigaied upon a mere petition filed by the receiver in a suit to which they are not parties, and that they are entitled to the advantage of making their defense in a formal suit upon an independent bill.