Georgia v. Jesup
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. The suit, out of which this appeal arises, was commenced on the 15th of February, 1877, in the court below, by Jesup, a citizen of New York, and the surviving trustee in a mortgage, or deed of trust, executed on the 20th of December, 1867, by the Atlantic and Gulf-Railroad Company, a Géorgia corporation, conveying to trustees and the survivor of them its main line and certain branches,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. The suit, out of which this appeal arises, was commenced on the 15th of February, 1877, in the court below, by Jesup, a citizen of New York, and the surviving trustee in a mortgage, or deed of trust, executed on the 20th of December, 1867, by the Atlantic and Gulf-Railroad Company, a Géorgia corporation, conveying to trustees and the survivor of them its main line and certain branches, together with their appurtenances, rolling-stock, equipment, &c., respectively, in trust to secure the payment of bonds,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
It does not seem incumbent upon this court to determine some of the questions, however important or interesting as abstract propositions, which counsel have pressed upon its attention. The case, as presented by the record, is within a very narrow compass, as is evident from the statement, already made, of the history and nature of the litigation out of which the present appeal arises.
The action of the court below is assailed by the State upon numerous grounds, separately stated in the assignment of errors. They are, however, all comprehended in the general proposition that the court erred in…
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