Skiddy v. Atlantic, M. & O. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia
In equity. The line of railroad consolidated under the company, which is the defendant in this suit, was originally owned by three several companies. The Norfolk and Petersburg Company owned the road between those cities. The Soutliside Company owned the road between Petersburg and Lynchburg. The Virginia and Tennessee Company owned the road between Lynchburg and Bristol, a* town on the border of Tennessee.
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In equity. The line of railroad consolidated under the company, which is the defendant in this suit, was originally owned by three several companies. The Norfolk and Petersburg Company owned the road between those cities. The Soutliside Company owned the road between Petersburg and Lynchburg. The Virginia and Tennessee Company owned the road between Lynchburg and Bristol, a* town on the border of Tennessee. There was also a fourth company, chartered for the purpose of extending the line to Cumberland Gap, called the Virginia and Kentucky Company; and this company was also consolidated with…
1Opinion of the Court
BOND, Circuit Judge.
There have been filed a large number of petitions in this cause, asking that the receivers be required to pay out of the earnings of the Atlantic. Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, for materials furnished to the company shortly before the appointment of receivers, and for wages due to the employés of the company before the receivers took possession of it. The petition of George Faris is, to be paid the amount of judgment recovered against the company, upon which execution was issued and levied upon personal property belonging to it. We have thought it unnecessary to set out…
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