V. & A. COAL CO. v. CENTRAL RAILROAD &C. CO.

No. 100.

170 U.S. 355 (1898)

VIRGINIA AND ALABAMA COAL COMPANY v. CENTRAL RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY OF GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 9, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas Mayhew Cunningham, Jr., and Mr. Alexander Rudolf Lawton for the Central Railroad and Banking Company.

Mr. Walter B. Hill and Mr. N.E. Harris for the Virginia and Alabama Coal Company.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

In each of the intervening petitions a liability of the Central Company was asserted to arise from the fact that the coal was sold to and purchased by the Danville Company for use in operating the lines of railway of the Central Company, and in the lower courts, as in this court, it was contended that under the prayer for general relief the petitioners were entitled to have...

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