Cunningham v. MacOn & B. R. Co. And Others
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OE GEORGIA. Bill in equity by holders of second mortgage bonds of a railroad company, to foreclose • their own mortgage, and to set aside a previous sale of the railroad to the State of Georgia under the foreclosure of the first mortgage, and for other relief. Bill dismissed below on demurrer for want of jurisdiction, and the plaintiff below appealed. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia, dismissing the bill of complainant on demurrer.
The bill is filed by Cunningham, a citizen of the State of Virginia, against Alfred H. Colquitt, as governor of the State of Georgia, J. W. Renfroe, as treasurer of the State, the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company, and A. IFlewellen, W. A. Lofton, and George S. Jones, styling themselves directors of said railroad company, John H. James, .a citizen of Georgia, and the First National Bank of Macon.
The bill sets out, with reasonable fulness and with…
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