MacOn Grocery Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURÍ OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The facts, .which involve the jurisdiction/ of the Circuit Court, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This litigation was commenced on the equity side of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia, by the 'filing on July. 25, 1908, of a bill on behalf of the present appellants, all citizens of the State of Georgia, who are wholesale dealers in groceries and food products and like commodities. The defendants named in the bill are the appellees in this court, railroad corporations of States other than Georgia, viz., the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis- Railway Company,…
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