Hines & Hobbs v. Brunswick & Albany Railroad

Trippe, Judge.

Plaintiffs in error, as counsel for several creditors of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, filed a bill to enjoin the sale of the road and its appurtenancs, which had been levied on in detached portions by divers executions against the road. They were also counsel for the State of Georgia, who was also a party complainant to the bill, for the purpose of protecting whatever interest the State might have, arising out of the indorsement of certain bonds of the railroad company. Associated with them, as solicitors for the State, were several other attorneys. The railroad company…