Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1899No. 816PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from- the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas.
1Per curiam
The appellants were simple-contract creditors of the Greenville Water & Electric Light Company. Their claim had not been reduced to judgment, and they had no express lien, by mortgage, trust deed, or otherwise. It is well settled by the supreme court that such creditors cannot come into a court of equity to obtain a seizure of the property of a debtor, and its application to the satisfaction of their claims; and this, notwithstanding *729a statute of the state may authorize such a proceeding in the courts of the state. Hollins v. Iron Co., 150 U. S. 371, 378, 34 Sup. Ct. 127; Scott v. Neely, 140…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hollins v. Brierfield Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Scott v. NeelySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Lacassagne v. ChapuisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Cadwalader v. Jessup & Moore Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
3Cited by5 opinions
- Pusey & Jones Co. v. HanssenSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Brill v. W. B. Foshay Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Mathews Slate Co. v. MathewsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1906
- Jacobs v. Mexican Sugar Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1904
- Degraff v. SmithArizona Supreme Court · 1945