Denison & Northern Railway Co. v. Raney-Alton Mercantile Co.
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States Court for the Southern District. Hosea Townsend, Judge. ■ Action by the Ranney-Alton Mercantile Company against the Denison & Northern Railway Company and another to establish and foreclose a lien for supplies furnished in the construction of the first-named defendant’s road. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant, railway company, appeals.
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Appeal from the United States Court for the Southern District. Hosea Townsend, Judge. ■ Action by the Ranney-Alton Mercantile Company against the Denison & Northern Railway Company and another to establish and foreclose a lien for supplies furnished in the construction of the first-named defendant’s road. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant, railway company, appeals. On March 14, 1898, the appellee, Ranney-Alton Mercantile Company, hereinafter called “plaintiff,” filed in the United States Court in the Indian Territory, Southern District, at Ardmore, its original complaint in equity against the…
1Opinion of the CourtSpringer, C. J.
The above statement of facts in this case is taken substantially from the appellant’s brief. The attorneys for appellee in their brief contend that the statement prepared by appellant is incomplete and unsatisfactory, . and then proceed to make what appellee contends is a full and complete statement of what has been done. The additional facts to which counsel for appellee insist upon as essential to a complete understanding of the case are substantially as follows:
The Denison & Northern Railway Company was organized in 1892 by Newton B. Childs and his associates. Childs transferred to one O.…
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