Angier v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Corporations. Charters. . License. ' Laws. States. Vendor and Purchaser. Before Judge Estes. Fulton County At Chambers. January 12,1885. Angier et al. filed a creditors’ bill against the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad and the Central Trust Company, of New York, the latter holding a deed of trust to secure the holders of mortgage bonds.
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Railroads. Corporations. Charters. . License. ' Laws. States. Vendor and Purchaser. Before Judge Estes. Fulton County At Chambers. January 12,1885. Angier et al. filed a creditors’ bill against the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad and the Central Trust Company, of New York, the latter holding a deed of trust to secure the holders of mortgage bonds. The bill alleged that the railroad was a Georgia corporation, and specifically alleged, in brief, as follows: The road from Rome to Macon was built by the Cincinnati and Georgia Railroad, and the road from Macon to Brunswick was…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This record makes the question of the removal of a cause in the superior court of Fulton county 'to the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of Georgia. The judge of the superior court of the Atlanta circuit, which embraces this county, being absent, the judge of the Northeastern Circuit approved the removal bond, and thereby virtually gave judgment for the removal in vacation.
Pretermitting the power of a judge to pass such order by this entry of approval, under the laws of this state, which distinguishes between the powers of court and those of…
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