CORONA COAL CO. v. DAVIS

No. 4722, 4778, 4779.

20 F.2d 738 (1927)

CORONA COAL CO. v. DAVIS, Director General of Railroads, etc. (three cases).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 26, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Montgomery, of New Orleans, La., and Forney Johnston, of Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff in error.

J. Blanc Monroe, Monte M. Lemann, and Walter J. Suthon, Jr., all of New Orleans, La., Albert S. Bozeman and Ben F. Cameron, both of Meridian, Miss., and Harry McCall, George Denegre, Victor Leovy, Henry H. Chaffe, and James Hy. Bruns, all of New Orleans, La., for defendant in error.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error, Corona Coal Company (herein called the Coal Company), brought three suits against James C. Davis, as Agent for the President under the Transportation Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 456), for balances alleged to be due for coal delivered to the Railroad Administration during the period of federal control. Some time prior to December 26, 1917, the date of the passing of railroads into control of the government, the Coal Company...

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