Coffee v. Gray
Supreme Court of Georgia
• Receivership, etc. Before Judge J. B. Jones. Habersham superior court. November 15, 1923. • On June 25, 1923, the Southern Railway Company, a Virginia corporation, in its own behalf and of such other creditors as might ¡join therein, filed an equitable petition against the Tallulah Falls Railway Company, a Georgia corporation, having its principal office in Habersham County, this State; and made substantially this case: The- defendant company is indebted to petitioner in…
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• Receivership, etc. Before Judge J. B. Jones. Habersham superior court. November 15, 1923. • On June 25, 1923, the Southern Railway Company, a Virginia corporation, in its own behalf and of such other creditors as might ¡join therein, filed an equitable petition against the Tallulah Falls Railway Company, a Georgia corporation, having its principal office in Habersham County, this State; and made substantially this case: The- defendant company is indebted to petitioner in the aggregate sum of $1,155,472.22, which is made up of interest due on a mortgage indebtedness, moneys advanced by…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. "We think the employees had such an interest in this proceeding as entitled them to be made formal parties. The application of the receiver was to cut their wages. He was proceeding in equity. In this matter the employees had a vital interest. All persons interested in litigation should be parties to proceedings for equitable relief. Civil Code (1910), § 5417; Houston v. Redwine, 85 Ga. 131 (11 S. E. 662). Besides, the chancellor had invited the employees to show cause why the relief sought by the receiver should not be granted. The response to this…
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