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James v. Central Trust Co. of New York

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 9, 1899No. 289PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina. This is an appeal by the respondents below from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the Western district of North Carolina, granting an injunction against S. T. Pearson, Mrs. Clemye James, administratrix of W. A. •Tames, and Mrs. Fannie E. Howard, administratrix of T. H. A. Howard, tlieir agents and attorneys, enjoining the said S. T. Pearson and said Clemye…

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina. This is an appeal by the respondents below from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the Western district of North Carolina, granting an injunction against S. T. Pearson, Mrs. Clemye James, administratrix of W. A. •Tames, and Mrs. Fannie E. Howard, administratrix of T. H. A. Howard, tlieir agents and attorneys, enjoining the said S. T. Pearson and said Clemye Tames, administratrix, from proceeding any further in the prosecution of an action set out in the bill of complaint,…

1Opinion of the CourtMorris, District Judge

(after stating the facts as above). In the bill of complaint in the superior court of Rowan county, filed by S. T. Pearson and Mrs. Clemye James, on behalf of themselves and other creditors and stockholders of the Western Forth Carolina Railroad Company, praying for a permanent receiver, two classes of claimants are inextricably mingled: First, the stockholders of the Western Forth Carolina Railroad Company; and, second, the creditors who have become such since the second mortgage was foreclosed and the Southern Railway Company became the purchaser, and since the railroad property, by order…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Sanger v. UptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Hawkins v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Crescent City Live Stock Co. v. Batchers' Union Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. Root v. WoolworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Railroad Co. v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1869

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Alabama Great Southern Ry. Co. v. American Cotton Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1916
  2. In re MertensDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1904
  3. In re GutmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1902
  4. Broussard v. MasonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
  5. Central Trust Co. of New York v. Western North Carolina R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina · 1901

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