Legal Opinion

Pond-Decker Lumber Co. v. Spencer

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 12, 1898No. 600PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia.

1Opinion of the Court

McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.

The Pond-Decker Lumber Company, intervener, wished to establish a sawmill plant at Deckerville, in Arkansas. It opened negotiations with the owners of a fully-equipped sawmill plant located at Tallapoosa, G-a., with the intention and expectation, if it purchased the same, to move it by rail from Tallapoosa, Ga., to Deckerville. The most direct railroad route is over the Georgia Pacific Railway to Birmingham, ■ 108 miles; thence, by the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham road, to Memphis, 251 miles; and thence, by the Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis road, to Gilmore,…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  2. Southern Express Co. v. PopeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  3. Star-Chronicle Pub. Co. v. New York Evening Post, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
  4. Denver and Rio Grande Western R. Co. v. MartySupreme Court of Colorado · 1960
  5. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. BellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

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