Legal Opinion

Central Trust Co. v. Georgia Pac. Ry. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 12, 1898No. 644PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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

1Opinion of the Court

PARDEE, Circuit Judge.

This is an intervention to enforce a mechanic’s lieu in the main case, which is a foreclosure suit brought by the Central Trust Company of New York, trustee in a mortgage of May 1, 1888, against the Georgia Pacific Railway Company. The interveners allege that on June 8,1888, R. M. and J. M. Brooks made a written contract with the Georgia Pacific Railway Company to do all their earthwork, woodwork, clearing, and grubbing in the construction of 11 miles of its railroad, from sections 40 to 50, inclusive, in the counties of Clay, Oktibbeha, and Webster, in the state of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Swann v. Wright'sSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Compton v. JesupSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. NewmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  4. Central Trust Co. of New York v. Georgia Pac. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia · 1896

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sunshine Cloak & Suit Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1928
  2. First Trust & Savings Bank v. Southern Indiana Ry. Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1912

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