Lineburger Bros. v. Hodge

Separate bills were filed against the Federal Compress & Warehouse Company, a corporation, by E. S. Yancleve, J. R. Hodge, and E. A. Bates & Company, a partnership, each praying for a mandatory injunction against the defendant to compel delivery of cotton held by the defendant to them as purchasers and holders of the warehouse receipts covering' the number of bales of cotton held respectively by each of the complainants, or in the alternative for the value of the cotton thereby represented. The total number of bales is twenty-four, Vancleve claiming nine, Hodge six, and E. A. Bates & Company…