Atlanta & F. R. v. Western Ry. Co. of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Georgia. Suit in equity by the Western Railway Company of Alabama and others against the Atlanta & Florida Railroad Company and others. A plea to the jurisdiction was overruled, and defendant railroad company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
- McCormick:, Circuit Judge.
The appellees, corporations, respectively, of the states of Alabama, Tennessee, and New Jersey, brought this suit in thé United States circuit court for the southern district of Georgia against the appellant railroad, a Georgia corporation, and the Central Trust Company of New York, a New York corporation, on three separate simple contract debts not secured by a lien or mortgage, or put in judgment at law, held by the appellees, respectively. They charged that the appellant railroad was insolvent, and was about to put out an issue of second mortgage bonds for…
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