CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENN. v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. CO.

Civ. A. No. 5089.

298 F.Supp. 1 (1969)

CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE; and Felix Miller, Jr.; Donald W. Hayden, E. R. Pickett; and Fred Rothberger, Jr. v. The LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

January 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Collins and W. A. Wilkerson, Chattanooga, Tenn., for City of Chattanooga.

Tanner & Jahn, Chattanooga, Tenn., for intervening plaintiffs.

Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.


OPINION

FRANK W. WILSON, District Judge.

In this lawsuit the pursuit of the "General" continues. While the capture of the now ancient and historic steam locomotive known as the "General" remains the object of the pursuers in this lawsuit, unlike on that fateful day of April 12, 1862, life and death does not hang in the balance. Rather here the pursuers and the pursued vie with each other as to the more appropriate manner to preserve and do honor to the memory...

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