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HOLLINS v. BRIERFIELD COAL & IRON CO.

No. 29.

150 U.S. 371 (1893)

14 S.Ct. 127

37 L.Ed. 1113

HOLLINS, v. BRIERFIELD COAL AND IRON COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 20, 1893.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander T. London for appellants.

Mr. Daniel S. Troy filed a printed argument for appellants.

Mr. William F. Mattingly for the Brierfield Coal & Iron Company and Thomas J. Peter, appellees.

Mr. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs were simple contract creditors of the company; their claims had not been reduced to judgment, and they had no express lien by mortgage, trust deed, or otherwise. It is the settled law of this court that such creditors cannot come into a court of equity to obtain the seizure of the property of their debtor, and its application to...

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