Virginia & Alabama Coal Co. v. Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI to the circuit court of appeals for the fifth CIRCUIT. On December 19, -1-888, the Georgia Pacific Railroad Company leased its line of railroad extending from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama^ to the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, ^-corporation organized under the laws of Virginia, and which'.owned or controlled by lease a line of railroad from Atlanta to Washington, in' the District of Columbia; and, thereafter, the Georgia Pacific road was operated by the…
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CERTIORARI to the circuit court of appeals for the fifth CIRCUIT. On December 19, -1-888, the Georgia Pacific Railroad Company leased its line of railroad extending from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama^ to the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, ^-corporation organized under the laws of Virginia, and which'.owned or controlled by lease a line of railroad from Atlanta to Washington, in' the District of Columbia; and, thereafter, the Georgia Pacific road was operated by the Richmond and Danville Company.- On June 1, .1891, the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, a corporation…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
In each of the intervening petitions a liability of the Central Company was asserted to arise from the fact that the coal was sold-to and purchased by the Danville Company for use in operating the lines of railway of the Central Company, "and in the lower courts, as in this court, it was contended that under the prayer for general relief the petitioners were entitled to have their demands allowed as a preferential claim ' against'any surplus income which might arise from the operation of the Central road under the receiver, after payment of the ordinary expenses of operation, or out of the…
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