U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1924

Davis v. Pringle

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided September 29, 1924 · Waddill, Webb, Woods

1 F.2d 864; 1924 U.S. App. LEXIS 1911 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Alex Koplin, Gen. Atty. for U. S. Railroad Administration, of Washington, D. C., and Augustine T. Smythe, of Charleston, S. C. (Lambert McAllister, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant., N. B. Barnwell, of Charleston, S. C. (P. H. Horlbecb, Whaley, Barnwell & Grimball, and Mitchell & Horlbeek, all of Charleston, S. C., on the brief), for appellee.

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Opinion of the Court

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the claim of the Director General to priority of the debt duo by the bankrupt, accruing on the line of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company during federal control. The questions made ai‘e discussed and decided in the opinion filed this day in No. 2245, Davis, Federal Agent, v. E. H. Pringle, Trustee, 1 F. (2d) 860, this day decided.

For the reasons therein stated, the decree of the District Court must be affirmed.

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