Jamison Coal & Coke Co. v. Goltra

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Jamison Coal and Coke Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, brought suit in the district court against the executors of the estate of Edward F. Goltra, deceased, asking the court to declare an equitable lien upon funds in the custody of the defendants and to decree the specific performance of a written contract. Erastus Wells, J. Clark Streett and Tom K. Smith, Trustees, as creditors of the decedent’s estate, intervened on behalf of the defendant executors. Motions of the defendants and interveners to dismiss the petition were sustained and a judgment of…