Gibert v. Washington City, Virginia Midland & Great Southern Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an appeal by Frederick E. Gibert from a decree of the circuit court of Alexandria, made on the 13th day of February, 1880, in a cause depending in said court in which John G. Graham, in behalf of himself and all other creditors of the Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company, was plaintiff, and the said company was defendant.
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This was an appeal by Frederick E. Gibert from a decree of the circuit court of Alexandria, made on the 13th day of February, 1880, in a cause depending in said court in which John G. Graham, in behalf of himself and all other creditors of the Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company, was plaintiff, and the said company was defendant. Gibert who filed his petition in said suit as a creditor by bonds issued by the Orange and Alexandria railroad company, obtained from this court an appeal from the decree of the circuit court of Alexandria, which directed a sale of…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
This case is before us on appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the city of Alexandria. The ease under ordinary circumstances would have been heard by this court sitting at Richmond, it properly belong*588ing there, but on motion of appellees, in order to have a speedy decision of the case, it was transferred to the court here. The court recognizing the importance, both to the bondholders and all other claimants, as well as the great public interests involved, in putting an end to controversies arising with respect to this, one of the most important railroad lines in the State, has…
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