Legal Opinion
Jones v. Schlapback
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Decided October 8, 1896PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is a bill filed by Jones, as receiver of the 'Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus Railroad, against the defendants, to enjoin them from prosecuting a suit commenced and now pending in the city court of Floyd county, in this district, against said Jones, as receiver, for certain wrongful acts in building a dam and operating a pump in such a way as to flood the lands of plaintiffs, to their damage. The Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus Railroad had become, prior to 1892, a part of the Savannah & Western System of railroads, and the Savannqfi & Western had become a part of the…
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- Jansen v. OstranderNew York Supreme Court · 1824
- Central Trust Co. of New York v. Chattanooga, R. & C. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia · 1894
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