New River Lumber Co. v. Tennessee Ry. Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SCOTT. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Scott County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— Hugh G. Kyle, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice LaNsdeN
The original hill in this case was filed to secure the specific performance of a contract entered into by the lumber company and the railway company to have certain extensions of the line of the railway company made into the timber lands of the lumber company. The trust company is the holder, as trustee, of a mortgage, to secure certain bonds issued by the railway company, and is resisting the specific performance of the contract. The chancellor decreed a specific performance, and his decree has been enforced. An appeal was taken by the trust company to the court of civil appeals, in which…
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