Lanham v. State Bank of Rome
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; Samuel H. Sibley, Judge. Suit in equity by Henderson D. Lanham, trustee in bankruptcy of the Armuchee Pants Manufacturing Company, against the State Bank of Rome, Ga., and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is brought to review the decree of the court below in dismissing on motion a bill in equity brought by the appellant, Lanham, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Armuchee Pants Manufacturing Company (hereinafter called the Ar-muchee Company), against the appellees. The bill alleged that:
On September 9, 1912, appellee Allie W. Watters owned in fee simple two certain tracts of land in Floyd county, Ga.; one known as the “130-acre tract,” and the other as the “West Rome S-acre tract.” On said September 9, 1912, said defendant Watters executed to the State…
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