Johnson-Brown Co. v. Delaware, L. & W. R.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
In Equity. Suit by the Johnsom-Brown Company against the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company for injunction and equitable set-off. On motion to dismiss the bill and answer filed by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
[1] This is a bill filed to restrain an action brought by the Delaware, Eackawanna & Western Railroad Company to recover freight charges on a certain carload of melons. The defendant company is a corporation and citizen of another state. The equity suit filed here was served upon its attorney. No order of court was granted or sought authorizing such substituted service. This seems essential to its validity. In the case of Bartlett et al. v. His Imperial Majesty the Sultan of Turkey and Others (C. C.) 19 Fed. 346, it was held by Circuit Judge Wallace that an order…
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