Legal Opinion

Cochran v. Richmond & Alleghany R.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 18, 1895PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, pronounced March 19, 1891, in the chancery suit of Terrell & Bocock, trustees, v. Richnmond & Alleghany R. Co. and others.

1Opinion of the Court

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The controversy before ns presents but a small portion of a very important litigation conducted in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, having for its object the enforcement of certain liens by deed of trust upon the franchises and property of the Richmond & Alleghany R. R. Co. The defendant acquired the franchises and property of the James River and Kanawha Canal Co., subject to two deeds of trust for the payment of certain bonds, and proceeded to create other liens by deed of trust thereupon1 in favor of creditors of its own, which resulted…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Littleton v. KincaidCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
  2. Willson v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1943
  3. Williams v. BondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
  4. Stull v. HarveySupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
  5. Berkeley & Harrison v. GreenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904

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