STATE OF GEORGIA v. CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

No. 18485.

406 F.2d 830 (1969)

STATE OF GEORGIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold N. Hill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellant, Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Alexander Cocalis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., Ben F. Smith, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Marietta, Ga., Chambliss, Hodge, Bahner & Crawford, Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief.

Ellis K. Meacham, and Richard P. Jahn, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellee, Eugene N. Collins, City Atty., Will Allen Wilkerson, Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge and O'SULLIVAN and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Chief Judge.

The controversy here is over a locomotive named "General," a relic of the Civil War, alleged by appellant, State of Georgia, to be —

"[A] valuable piece of equipment in the history of railroading and a historical monument to the bravery of Federal and Confederate soldiers by virtue of its having been captured by a Federal raiding party at Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), Georgia, and recaptured near Ringgold, Georgia, following what is...

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