Central Trust Co. v. South Atlantic & O. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia
In- Equity. Bills by the Central Trust Company of New York against the South Atlantic & Ohio Bailroad Company, and by the Virginia, Tennessee & Carolina Steel & Iron Company, against the Bristol Land Company, praying the appointment of receivers. The causes were consolidated, and receivers appointed accordingly.
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In- Equity. Bills by the Central Trust Company of New York against the South Atlantic & Ohio Bailroad Company, and by the Virginia, Tennessee & Carolina Steel & Iron Company, against the Bristol Land Company, praying the appointment of receivers. The causes were consolidated, and receivers appointed accordingly. The hearing is now on demurrers to the petitions of William McGeorge and others, stockholders and creditors of the iron company, and of John M. Bailey, claiming to be receiver of the three corporations by virtue of an order from a state court.
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL, District Judge.
The first named of these suits is brought by the complainant company the Central Trust Company of New York, a corporation created by and existing under the laws of the ■state of New York, against the South Atlantic & Ohio Bailroad Company, a corporation created by and existing finder the laws of the state of Virginia, and a citizen and resident of said state of ■Virginia, and of the western district of Virginia; and the second named brought by the complainant company the Virginia, Tennessee & Carolina Steel & Iron Company, a corporation created by and existing under the…
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