Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co. of Baltimore v. Collins Park & B. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia
This is a suit in equity to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance of the city of Atlanta. On demurrers to.bill.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
The demurrers to the bill in this case raise the question of the jurisdiction of the court. The bill was filed by the Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company of Baltimore, a corporation of the state of Maryland, against the Collins Park & Belt Railroad Company, a corporation of the state of Georgia, exercising its corporate powers in the county of Fulton, and against the city *813of Atlanta, a municipal corporation of said county of Fulton. The purpose of the bill is to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance which authorized the Collins Park & Belt Railroad Company to condemn…
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