Virginia Development Co. v. Crozer Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of hustings court of city of Roanoke Tendered in the chancery cause wherein the Virginia Develop-meut Company was complainant and. the Roanoke Rolling Mill, the Pocahontas Coal Company, and the Crozer Iron Company were defendants. Prom the decree in favor of the defendants the complainant appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a controversy between creditors of the Roanoke Rolling Mill Company, one of the defendants in the court below. The main contest is between the Pocahontas Coal Company and the Crozeulrou Company, claiming to be “ supply creditors” of the defendant company, on the one hand, and the appellants, mortgage bondholders, on the other. The defendant company was chartered by the legislature of Virginia by an act approved the 2d day of May, 1887, and is authorized by its charter to erect rolling mills, forges, and furnaces, and to manufacture iron,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. HumesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- New York & New England Railroad v. BristolSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by21 opinions
- McGuire v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Mumpower v. Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
- First National Bank v. William R. Trigg Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Bowman v. Virginia State EntomologistSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Dickens v. Snellings (In Re Snellings)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 1981
16 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.