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PORTER v. PITTSBURG BESSEMER STEEL CO.

120 U.S. 649 (1887)

PORTER v. PITTSBURG BESSEMER STEEL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 21, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.E. McDonald, Mr. John M. Butler, Mr. A.L. Mason, Mr. O. Peckham, and Mr. R.B.F. Pierce for appellant.

Mr. A.C. Harris, Mr. W.H. Calkins, Mr. John S. Cooper, and Mr. E.W. Tolerton for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD, after stating the facts as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

It it alleged that the Circuit Court erred in decreeing the several claims of these five appellees to be liens on the railroad and property of the original Chicago and Great Southern Railway Company superior to the lien of the mortgage of November 1, 1881; and that it also erred in decreeing these claims to be liens on the...

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