SWANN v. CLARK


110 U.S. 602 (1884)

SWANN & Others v. CLARK & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3d, 1884.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David Clopton and Mr. S.F. Rice for appellants.

Mr. Moorfield Storey and Mr. P. Hamilton for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is an outgrowth of a foreclosure suit brought by the trustees in a first mortgage executed by the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad Company upon its road, property, rights, and franchises, to secure the payment of bonds by it issued. The history of that suit is given in the opinion just rendered in Swann v. Wright's Ex'or. The terms of the several...

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