East London Railway Act 1881
WHEREAS the East London Railway Company are indebted to various companies and persons including the Great Eastern Railway Company the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company and the South-eastern Railway Company for land taken and used and for tolls rents stores and services and otherwise to an amount estimated at two hundred thousand pounds (but subject to reduction) and until some or all such debts be paid the net revenue of the Company will not be fully available for distribution a...